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Könyv The HAB-itation of the Future Sarah E. Hickey

The HAB-itation of the Future

Designing Holistic, Affordable, and Built-To-Last Dwelling Places - The Evolution of Home in an Ever-Changing World

Szerző: Sarah E. Hickey
Nyelv: Angol
Kötés: Kemény kötésű
Kiadó: Latreia Home Solutions
Elérhetőség: Beszállítói készleten
Küldés 14-21 napon belül
45 525 Ft
Is a home merely a facility for survival, or is it the launchpad for your destiny?We are currently t...

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Szerző
Sarah E. Hickey
Nyelv
Angol
Kötés
Könyv - Kemény kötésű
Kiadva
2026
oldal
534
EAN
9798994949405
Enbook ID
53339171
Kiadó
Latreia Home Solutions
Súly
1500
Méretek
178 x 254 x 38

Teljes leírás

Is a home merely a facility for survival, or is it the launchpad for your destiny?

We are currently trapped in a cycle of disposable structures and crushing debt. For too many, our habitats have become a burden to our spirits: all-consuming overhead rather than the foundation for human flourishing. It is time to shift from survival to a higher calling.

In this groundbreaking work, design visionary Sarah E. Hickey introduces The HAB-itation: a radical architectural paradigm that unites human-centered design thinking with the big-picture logic of systems thinking. This framework proves that we can solve the global requirement for shelter by creating dwellings that are:

  • HOLISTIC: Mending the fracture between humanity and the earth by nurturing the physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual well-being of the whole person.
  • AFFORDABLE: Breaking the chains of debt to unlock true economic freedom, ensuring a home is obtainable, maintainable, and retainable for generations.
  • BUILT-TO-LAST: Replacing the fear of obsolescence and cheap materials with the peace of structural permanence and multi-generational endurance.

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR:

  • The Professional Architect & Urban Planner: Discover a rigorous framework for challenging restrictive zoning, eliminating double-loaded corridors, and deploying Point Access Blocks.
  • The Student & Scholar: Explore a rich, evidence-based academic synthesis balancing historical Vitruvian principles with 21st-century architectural solutions.
  • The Design Enthusiast & Hobbyist: Gain deep insights into alternative building typologies, biophilic patterns, and the profound neuro-architectural psychology of curved spaces.

INSIDE THIS REVOLUTIONARY GUIDE, YOU WILL DISCOVER:

  • The 24 Operational Pillars: A comprehensive system of actionable parameters-ranging from Resource Efficiency and Value Engineering to Universal Accessibility and Transcendence-built to withstand modern economic realities.
  • The Practical Design DNA: An in-depth exploration of how the three core elements of Geometry, Materiality, and Simplicity predetermine structural resilience, material consumption, and long-term energy performance.
  • Real-World Case Studies & Rubrics: Rigorous evaluations of groundbreaking modular developments, from the mass timber systems of Heartwood Workforce Housing to the highly resilient, eco-friendly footprint of bioceramic geodesic domes.
  • The Developer's Scorecard: A quantifiable, percentage-based diagnostic tool to objectively measure whether a building concept achieves true, multi-generational durability.
  • The (HAB)-itat Multi-Family Blueprint: A real-world architectural proposal engineered for dense, urban environments like downtown Chandler, Arizona, showcasing a hybrid deployment of Dowel Laminated Timber (DLT) and Hollow Core Concrete Slabs.

As we enter an era of unprecedented technological disruption and economic shift, securing our physical shelter becomes an ark of stability. The pillars are raised. The system is defined. The vision is clear.

Raise the pillars! Embrace the system! Welcome home!