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Lightness: The Inevitable Renaissance of Minimum Energy Structures
Lightness is critical in reducing energy consumption, yet receives little attention - indeed, in economic terms, increased weight is associated with progress. This book redresses the balance, taking the reader on a tour of lightness in all its design incarnations - manifested in materials, form or manufacturing processes. It gives equal emphasis to high-tech and traditional materials and forms - the tent, the bow and the chariot of earlier societies can all teach us valuable lessons. Lightness was, and is, central to the constructions and artefacts of tribal societies - portability being an essential quality of goods for a nomadic or semi-nomadic society. Similarly, for us, "In a sustainable economy, the guiding principle is, 'the lighter the better.'"
By Adriaan Beukers and Ed van Hinte
O10 Publishers, Rotterdam, 1998
ISBN 90-6450-334-6 |
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