EDRA 1: Proceedings of the 1st Annual Environmental Design Research Association Conference

by Henry Sanoff (Editor), Sidney Cohn (Editor)

Overview

Originally published in 1970, EDRA 1 is a record of the conference proceedings of the 1st annual Environmental Design Research Association conference. The papers featured in this volume represent the proceedings of the conference and are concerned mainly with contributions of scientific disciplines towards the creation of improved methods of problem-solving environmental design, as well as understanding the nature of human responses to the environment. The papers included in this volume focus on developing models and methods towards a framework of coherence and definable structure of environmental design, with the ultimate objective of achieving an optimum environment for man. This volume will be of great interest to planners, architects and academics of urbanisation alike. Although published over 40 years ago, the book’s content is still as relevant and interesting today as it was at the time of publication.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000763232
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/08/2021
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Henry Sanoff (Edited by) , Sidney Cohn (Edited by)

Table of Contents

Preface Biographical Sketches Part I: Introduction
1 An Approach to the Study of Environmental Quality, Amos Rapoport
2. Environmental Humanism Through Robots, Nicholas Negroponte
3. Architectural Manipulation of Space, Time and Gravity, James Fitch
Part II: Performance Systems
4. Residential Space Systems: Generic and Specific Concepts of Urban Structural Analysis, Peter Batchelor
5. Planning for Community Mental Health Centers: The Performance Approach, Michael Brill and Richard Krauss
6. Patterns and Semiology, Francis Duffy and James Friedman
7. Chairman’s Comments, Stuart Silverstone
Part III: Environmental Attributes
8. Visual Determinants of Preferences for Dwelling Environs, Raymond Craun
9. A Study of Meaning and Architecture, Robert Hershberger
10. The Quality of Visual Residential Environments, George Peterson
11. Chairman’s Comment, Richard Wilkinson
Part IV: Environmental Quality
12. Switching on the Seven Lamps, William Mitchell
13. Problem Solving in the Spatial Environment, Fred Steel
14. Chairman’s Comments, Richard Wilkinson
Part V: Problem Solving Methods in Design
15. Theoretical Premises of Problem Solving, Charles Eastman
16. Visual Information Processing in Problem Solving Situations, Joseph Ballay
17. Towards the Computerization of Architecture: A Theoretical Framework and a Partial Computer Program, Isao Oishi
18. Fundamental Description of a Floor Plan Design Program, John Grason
19. Chairman’s Comments, Charles Eastman
Part VI: Human Responses to the Environment
20. Analytical Sampling for Design Information: A Survey of Housing Experiences, William Michelson
21. Toward a Theory of Accessibility Acceptance, Richard Worrall, George Peterson and M.J. Redding
22. Chairman’s Comments, Ray Studer
Part VII: Environmental Perception
23. Towards a Stimulus-Response Theory of Environmental Design, Stuart Rose
24. A Study of Human Response to Selected Roadside, Gary Winkel, Roger Malek and Philip Thiel
25. Chairman’s Comment, Dan Carson
Part VIII: Attitudinal Responses to the Environment
26. Behavioral Design Criteria in Student Housing, Wolfgang Preiser
27. Chairman’s Comment, Man Sawhney
Part IX: Models in Planning
28. Locational Decisions: Objectives and Consequences, Wilferd Holton, Bernard Kramer, Peter New, Grazia Marzot
29. A Decision Agent Modeling an Approach to Planning for Urban Residential Growth, Edward Kaiser
30. Chairman’s Comments, George Hemmens
Part X: Decision Models
31. Toward a Theory of Technical Descriptions for Architecture, Charles Burnette
32. Matrix Method for Grouping an Interrelated Set of Elements, William Miller
33. Modelling the Activity System, Donald Watson
34. Chairman’s Comments, Murray Milne
Part XI: Participatory Planning
35. The Community Development Workshop, Ralph Brill, Eric Castro and A.J. Pennington
36. Identifying Community Leaders, Henry Burgwyn
37. Negotiate: An Experimental Planning Game, David Godschalk
38. Chairman’s Comments, Barry Jackson
Part XII: Design Education
39. An Experimental Approach to the Study of Critical Judgement, John Peterson and Leonard Lansky
40. Towards an Experimental Program in Design Education, George Bireline
41. Chairman’s Comments, Marvin Sevely