As the public grows increasingly aware of sick building syndrome and other building-related illnesses, design professionals search for practical solutions to the problems. Environmental Interiorscapes is a comprehensive designer's manual for achieving healthy, beautiful, and highly functional interiors through the use of plants and state-of-the-art biotechnology.
Evoking the green spirit of design in the nineties, Environmental Interiorscapes discusses the many beneficial applications of plants in interiorscaping, beginning with their usefulness as air purifiers and ending with micro-irrigation systems to support them. Many varieties of plants for homes, offices, hotels, and commercial spaces are discussed, as are the methods for their maintenance. Detailed instructions show the designer how to design, install, and manage technologically advanced interior automated irrigation systems in different building types. Useful appendixes list plant types and their preferred conditions, illustrate interiorscaping materials, and compile lists of sources and suppliers.
Fully illustrated with photographs and drawings, Environmental Interiorscapes is an indispensable tool for interior designers, architects, landscape architects, and other professionals working in the building industry.
A perspective from the intersection of the modern desire for green environments, the failure of mechanical systems to provide adequate air quality in large buildings, and high-technology control systems. Explains the public's desire and the government's requirements for air quality, and how the innate cleansing function of living plants can be augmented by such devices as tiny fans to filter air through the soil. A major topic is automated watering systems to keep indoor jungles from being labor intensive; explains the principles, biological and hydraulic parameters, equipment, installation, operation, and other aspects. Most of the systems described are complicated enough to be the concern of architects and designers, but some concepts could be adapted by amateurs for the office or house. Highly illustrated in black and white. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
