The Barefoot Architect

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A Handbook for Green Building

By Johan van Lengen

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The Barefoot Architect by Johan van Lengen is a comprehensive guide focused on sustainable architecture and eco-friendly building practices. It provides practical advice for constructing simple, cost-effective houses using local materials and traditional techniques. The book also covers aspects of community planning, resource management, and enhancing quality of life through thoughtful architectural design.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in sustainable building techniques and want to explore practical ways to create eco-friendly structures. It offers valuable insights into traditional construction methods and innovative design ideas for those passionate about self-sufficient living and environmentally conscious architecture.

The Barefoot Architect is a book dedicated to helping economically-challengedtropical builders learnhow to provide shelter, clean water, electrical energy, and sanitation by using indigenous, low-cost,sustainablebuilding materials.

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The 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 underprivileged, 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.

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The Barefoot Architect by Johan van Lengen receives praise for its comprehensive exploration of sustainable building practices, especially valuable for those interested in eco-friendly and cost-effective construction. Readers appreciate its practical guidance, clear diagrams, and emphasis on using local materials. The manual is lauded for being accessible and informative, making it a useful resource for both professionals and enthusiastic amateurs alike.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780936070421

Publisher: Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S.

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 November 2007

Country: United States

Imprint: Shelter Publications Inc.,U.S.

Illustration: B&W illustrations throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 45.0mm

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 907g

Pages: 704

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About the Author

Johan 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.