Desert Housing: Balancing Experience and Technology for Dwelling in Hot Arid Zones

About the Book: This selected series of international studies is aimed at achieving a balance between the house and the desert, assuming an energy-conscious future. In the book experimental houses and examples from the world's deserts are discussed, documented and illustrated. The studies were sponsored by the Arid Lands Natural Resources Committee of the University of Arizona."Sponsored by The University of Arizona Arid Lands Natural Resources Committee."From Cave to Cave: An Introduction / Patricia Paylore – Policy Trends in and Proposed Strategies for Arid Zone Development – Traditional Policies; New Trends; Strategies for Settling Arid Zones / Gideon Golany – Landscape Architecture for Arid Zones – Solar Radiation; Wind; Water / James D. Miller – Desert Housing and Energy Conservation – Climatic Features Relevant to Housing; Principles for Neighborhood Planning; Architectural Principles for Desert Housing; Building Materials for Desert Housing / Baruch Givoni – An Architecture of Minimums – Rural-to-Urban Transition; Vernacular Housing Design Solutions; Shelter Design / Mark Frederickson – Dwellings in Cultural Contexts: Examples from Arid Environments – Some Architectural Studies; Implicit Houses in Implicit Landscapes; Implications...Questions / David G. Saile – Adobe Comes Full Circle – The Past; The Present; The Future / Paul G. McHenry, Jr. – Clearview Solar Collector Space Heating Systems with Integrated Evaporative Cooling – Passive Systems; Hybrid Systems; Active Systems / John Peck – Le Corbusier in North Africa: The Birth of the Brise-Soleil / Harris J. Sobin – Microclimates in Desert Housing – Arid Settlements; Desert microclimates; Patchwork Cities; Energy Balance Simulation / Jeffrey Cook – Aridity and Structure: Adaptations of Indigenous Housing in Iran – Compact Settlements and Housing Orientation; Extensions of the Traditional Iranian House; A Traditional Wealthy Yazdi House; Iranian Houses and Indigenous Building Technology / Michael E. Bonine – Shay Gap, Australia: Design and Evaluation of a Desert Mining Town – Schematic Plan; Post Occupancy Evaluation / Robert B. Bechtel – Desert Housing in Baja California – Designing for Arid Zones: The Egyptian Example; The Cabo San Lucas Example / Ricardo Legorreta – Earth Sheltered Housing – Studies in Housing Alternatives; An Example of an Earth Covered House / Frank L. Moreland – Test Data from Two Passive Solar Houses – Unit I, First Village; Atascadero House; Rules of Thumb for Passive Solar Heating / Robert Stromberg – Two Natural Solar Houses – The Terry Residence; Suncave (The Fitzgerald Residence) / David A. Wright – Design Criteria for Desert Housing – Rationale; Design Criteria; Directions for Future Development; Summary of Design Criteria / Kenneth N. Clark