Design for an Empathic World Reconnecting People, Nature, and Self
Despite an uncertain economy, the market for green building is exploding. The US green building market has expanded dramatically since 2008 and is projected to double in size by 2015 (from $42 billion in construction starts to $135 billion). But green-bui
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empathic world Reconnecting to People, Nature, and Self
SIM VAN DER RYN
Design for an Empathic World
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empathic world Reconnecting People, Nature, and Self
S I M VA N D E R RY N with FRANCINE ALLEN
Washington | Covelo | London
Copyright © 2013 Sim Van der Ryn All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher: Island Press, 2000 M Street NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20036 Island Press is a trademark of Island Press/The Center for Resource Economics. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Van der Ryn, Sim. Design for an empathic world : reconnecting people, nature, and self / by Sim Van der Ryn with Francine Allen. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-61091-426-0 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-61091-426-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Human engineering. 2. Architecture--Human factors. 3. City planning--Psychological aspects. I. Title. TA166.V35 2013 720.1’03--dc23 2013014321
Printed on recycled, acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Keywords: Biological building, biophilia, building metabolism, community-supported agriculture, ecological design, Farallones Institute, Gaia hypothesis, humancentered design, indoor air quality, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), Living Building Challenge, local energy systems, People’s Park, Philip Merrill Environmental Center, post-occupancy evaluation, regenerative design, solar design, University of California Berkeley
To all of us who wake up each morning with gratitude for the incredible miracle of life and the happiness it brings to us and everyone we touch.
Vineyards—Sonoma
Contents
Preface: A Journey to Connect with the Natural World . . . . . . . . XI Foreword: A Sustained Awakening of the Human Heart . . . . . . XIX Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Chapter 2: Human-Centered Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Chapter 3: Nature-Centered Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Chapter 4: Lifetime Learning Design. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Chapter 5: Opportunities for Empathic Design . . . . . . . . . . 101 Chapter 6: Journey to the Inner Self and Outer World . . . . . . 121 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 ix
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Preface A Journey to Connect with the Natural World
Before my fifth birthday, my parents, my brother and sister and I left our comfortable home in the Netherlands and sailed first to London and then to New York. We left shortly before the Nazi invasion of our country. My parents left large families behind and it would be five years before they learned that few friends or family had survived the Holocaust. I was too young to understand the grief and pain they could not share with us. I often felt un
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