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This book contains the proceedings of the fifth International Conference on Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature (Eco-Architecture 2014). Eco-Architecture implies a new approach to the design process intended to harmonise its products with nature. This involves ideas such as minimum use of energy at each stage of the building process, taking into account the amount required during the extraction and transportation of materials, their fabrication, assembly, building erection, maintenance and eventual future recycling. Another important issue is the adaptation of the architectural design to the natural environment, learning from nature and long time honoured samples of traditional constructions. The papers in this book deal with topics such as building technologies, design by passive systems, design with nature, cultural sensitivity, life cycle assessment, resources and rehabilitation and many others. Also included are case studies from many different places around the world. Eco-Architecture by definition is a highly multi-disciplinary subject.Eco-Architecture V: Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature will therefore be of interest to, in addition to architects, many other professionals, including engineers, planners, physical scientists, sociologists and economists. Topics covered include: Bioclimatic Design; Design with Nature; Design by Passive Systems; Ecological and Cultural Sensitivity; Ecological Impacts of Materials; Energy Efficiency; Heat and Mass Transfer Problems; Building Technologies; Adapted Reuse; Life Cycle Assessment and Durability; Sustainability Indices in Architecture; Case Studies; Education and Training.

Table of Contents:
Contents Section 1: Bioclimatic design Incorporation of bioclimatic conditions in architectural projects: a case study of the Solar Hemicycle building, Madrid, Spain; Passive house for a desert climate; Bioclimatic building regulations for warm-dry climates Section 2: Design with nature Architecture vs. nature: a reinvented relationship; Architecture as symbolic reverence for nature: case studies: Seed Cathedral - 21st Century and Pigeons' Monastery - 16th Century; Eco-architecture and sustainable mobility: an integrated approach in Ladispoli town; Ecology for the architecture of large hotel spaces; Cost and comfort optimisation for buildings and urban layouts by combining dynamic energy simulations and generic optimisation tools; The role of wind catchers in improving people's comfort Section 3: Design by passive systems Applying traditional passive concepts of resource efficiency and climate adaptation to improve the energy efficiency of modern buildings: a case study in Thessaloniki, Greece; An energy-efficient smart home for new cities in Egypt; Vertical Greenery Systems as sustainable solutions for building retrofitting: a case study Section 4: Ecological and cultural sensitivity The efficiency of different simulation-based design methods in improving building performance; Designs for the Global South: a sustainable primary school in Uganda; Sustainable living and building indicators in Old Agirnas and their interpretations for new practice and research; Spirituality enhancing into Green Design: towards a better users' performance within a green building - "HSBC processing centre", Smart Village, Cairo, Egypt; Indoor air quality: an enviro-cultural perspective Section 5: Ecological impacts of materials Radiation-active surface design: the use of photocatalytic concrete enabling buildings to be active environmental remediators; Increasing the sustainability of coatings for precoated metal; The development of unfired earth bricks using seaweed biopolymers; Waste ceramics as supplementary cementitious material: characterization and utilization; Wood acetylation: a potential route towards climate change mitigation Section 6: Energy efficiency Intelligent buildings connected to future smart energy grids; Testing the theory: demonstration projects and the validation of integrated design protocols for advanced energy retrofits; Thermal energy storage by microcomposite of a phase change material and ethyl cellulose; Influence of the methodology for evaluating energy performance of buildings over the energy needed for cooling; An examination of lighting system energy and cost savings for cafeterias at the workplace Section 7: Heat and mass transfer problems Contribution of linear thermal bridges to the overall thermal performance of the building envelope: dynamic analysis; Influence of material properties and boundary conditions on the dynamic thermal behaviour of a building corner Section 8: Building technologies Towards nZEB: modular pre-assembled steel systems for residential buildings; A new approach to the design and construction of the nearly-zero-energy building in Sardinia; Operation and testing for product innovation; Improving the aesthetics of photovoltaics in decorative architectural glass; Rapid assembly of planar quadrangular, self-interlocking modules to anticlastically curved forms Section 9: Adapted reuse From building construction waste into a house of creativity: a case of adapted reuse; Opportunities and barriers to pre-assembled and/or pre-casted systems in retrofitting actions; Implementing an ecosystem approach to the adaptive reuse of industrial sites Section 10: Life cycle assessment and durability Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions arising from the production of glued and pressed wall panels derived from Guadua Angustifolia Kunth (bamboo) in Ecuador; LCA of different building lifetime shearing layers for the allocation of green points; A life cycle assessment of the cradle-to-gate phases of clay brick production in South Africa Section 11: Sustainability indices in architecture Prognosis method for the energy demand of nearly-zero-energy buildings in different climates; The colour green in public procurement Section 12: Case studies Italian research on eco-efficient housing modules; Environmental impact assessment of new district developments; High-efficiency and low-environmental impact systems on a historical building in Rome: an InWall solution; Moorish architectural syntax and the reference to nature: a case study of Algiers; Ethics vs. aesthetics in sustainable architecture Section 13: Education and training Zero-Energy-Urban-Quarter: experiences and results from a university teaching course; Analysis and perception: architectural pedagogy for environmental sustainability; Training needs to realise low carbon buildings: the Welsh built environment sector; DesignBuildBLUFF: Coyote architecture on the Colorado Plateau; Music for everyone: "building the space where the differences co-exist"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781845648237
  • Publisher: WIT Press
  • Publisher Imprint: WIT Press
  • Sub Title: Harmonisation Between Architecture and Nature
  • ISBN-10: 1845648234
  • Publisher Date: 24 Sep 2014
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)


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