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OverviewThe Barefoot Architect is a book dedicated to helping economically-challenged tropical builders learn how to provide shelter, clean water, electrical energy, and sanitation by using indigenous, low-cost, sustainable building materials. The Barefoot Architect is author Johan van Lengen's gift to the under-priveleged, ill-housed of the tropical world. As a former UN worker and successful architect, van Lengen saw the need for a book explaining in simple language, well-illustrated with lucid graphics, the process of building housing and providing a healthful environment. The theme of the book is that it is always best to search for the simplest solution with what one has on hand. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Johan van LengenPublisher: Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S. Imprint: Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 4.50cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9780936070421ISBN 10: 0936070420 Pages: 704 Publication Date: 15 November 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction How to Use This Manual 1. Design 2. Humid Tropics 3. Dry Tropics 4. Temperate Zone 5. Materials 6. Construction 7. Energy 8. Water 9. Sanitation 10. Appendix Materials and Heat Measurements Mixtures Climate Zones Angles Glossary Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationJohan van Lengen was born in the Netherlands, studied architecture in Canada, and received his architectural degree in 1960 from the University of Oregon. In the early '70s, largely influenced by the Whole Earth Catalog, he abandoned a successful career as an architect in San Francisco to work on providing better housing for the disadvantaged in Latin America. He moved to Brazil, where he and his wife, Rose, founded TIBA (Bio-Architecture and Intuitive Technology), an institute for alternative building technology in the Mata Atlantica, the eastern coastal jungle of Brazil. At the same time, the van Lengen family started converting abandoned grasslands into tropical forest. Johan has also worked for the United Nations and a number of government agencies in Latin America. At TIBA, he continues to develop new ideas in construction technology and ways to transfer this knowledge to the self-help builders in his workshops. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |