I really like this topic and I think there is a lot of room for exploration. There are two main subcategories as far as I am concerned when it comes to water and architecture: indoor and outdoor. There are LOTS of books on outdoor water and its use in architecture (see Water and architecture / Charles W. Moore and Aquatecture : architecture and water / Anthony Wylson). On the otherhand I have found very little information about water inside architecture.
In particular I am very interested in:
Cooling/Humidity: see Lavin-Bernick Center (Tulane University) water wall.
Acoustics:How moving water sounds, how water is used as an acoustic absorption device
Light/Reflections/Caustics: Still water has reflective properties, see barcelona pavilion
You may also find Ivan Illich's H2O and the Waters of Forgetfulness to be helpful. Other interesting references could include Lisa Heschong's Thermal Delight in Architecture, which if I recall correctly, discusses the use of water in the gardens of pleasure pavilions and Morna Livingston's Steps to Water: The Ancient Stepwells of India.
Architecture dissertation..
What you think about the role of water in architecture?
It's necessary because when it leaks we know it's great architecture
I really like this topic and I think there is a lot of room for exploration. There are two main subcategories as far as I am concerned when it comes to water and architecture: indoor and outdoor. There are LOTS of books on outdoor water and its use in architecture (see Water and architecture / Charles W. Moore and Aquatecture : architecture and water / Anthony Wylson). On the otherhand I have found very little information about water inside architecture.
In particular I am very interested in:
Cooling/Humidity: see Lavin-Bernick Center (Tulane University) water wall.
Acoustics:How moving water sounds, how water is used as an acoustic absorption device
Light/Reflections/Caustics: Still water has reflective properties, see barcelona pavilion
You may also find Ivan Illich's H2O and the Waters of Forgetfulness to be helpful. Other interesting references could include Lisa Heschong's Thermal Delight in Architecture, which if I recall correctly, discusses the use of water in the gardens of pleasure pavilions and Morna Livingston's Steps to Water: The Ancient Stepwells of India.
No water, no toilets. Pretty self explanatory.
There is always "Fallingwater, Leakingwater - a Retrospective" by de Neuron.
http://www.uncubemagazine.com/magazine-22-13117919.html#!/page1
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