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The climate in Greece, described as Mediterranean climate, is characterized by hot-dry summers and cool-wet winters, which requires the development of adaptability tactics concerning the architectural design. Meanwhile, school buildings... more
The climate in Greece, described as Mediterranean climate, is characterized by hot-dry summers and cool-wet winters, which requires the development of adaptability tactics concerning the architectural design. Meanwhile, school buildings are considered to be structures of high energy consumption with significant losses during function hours. Starting from scratch, it was required to design an energy efficient nursery school, receiving 78 children and 20 infants in a site of 2.180sq.m., responding to the local climatic conditions in Aspropyrgos, a town situated in a valley in Attica.
The basic goal, in terms of design procedure, was to design a contemporary two-storey nursery school with sustainable applied methods, creating daylight and thermal comfort and becoming familiar to the young users. A vocabulary of sustainable tactics is taken into consideration, including both passive and active strategies. The methods applied, can constitute a prototype for buildings with high energy demands in this particular climate.
The primary decisions which would constitute a significant role to the energy performance impact were the optimal building orientation in the site and the well-studied building shape. Additionally, the building envelope is treated in an architectural prototypic way meeting the shading role of interior spaces during warm period and the penetrating role during cold period. Thus, the building volumes can serve as shading elements with minimal use of external additional systems. Moreover, regarding to the choice of the building materials, the thermal insulation and the coating, are included to optimize the energy efficiency, achieving thermal comfort.
Concerning the external spaces of the nursery school, semi-protected spaces of appropriate scale are proposed in the courtyard, serving the occupant needs and optimizing the microclimate. Furthermore, photovoltaic panels, solar panels for hot water and suitable artificial lighting contribute to the tactics’ list for a sustainable nursery building.
The architectural design is realized along with analytic work including the shadow, daylight and thermal simulations corresponded with conclusions that can be drawn from these tests. The respective software that was used for these analyses are Ecotect and Radiance for the shadow and daylight simulations, and Tas for the thermal simulations.
By the implementation of passive systems and active techniques, a significant portion of energy saving is achieved in accordance to the standard requirements for a bioclimatic nursery in mediterranean climate, decreasing the daily building energy loads.
The findings of this analysis will be useful references for the architects and environmental engineers working on the field of sustainable design, contributing to the development of a prototype urban typology regarding to new nursery buildings.
The basic goal, in terms of design procedure, was to design a contemporary two-storey nursery school with sustainable applied methods, creating daylight and thermal comfort and becoming familiar to the young users. A vocabulary of sustainable tactics is taken into consideration, including both passive and active strategies. The methods applied, can constitute a prototype for buildings with high energy demands in this particular climate.
The primary decisions which would constitute a significant role to the energy performance impact were the optimal building orientation in the site and the well-studied building shape. Additionally, the building envelope is treated in an architectural prototypic way meeting the shading role of interior spaces during warm period and the penetrating role during cold period. Thus, the building volumes can serve as shading elements with minimal use of external additional systems. Moreover, regarding to the choice of the building materials, the thermal insulation and the coating, are included to optimize the energy efficiency, achieving thermal comfort.
Concerning the external spaces of the nursery school, semi-protected spaces of appropriate scale are proposed in the courtyard, serving the occupant needs and optimizing the microclimate. Furthermore, photovoltaic panels, solar panels for hot water and suitable artificial lighting contribute to the tactics’ list for a sustainable nursery building.
The architectural design is realized along with analytic work including the shadow, daylight and thermal simulations corresponded with conclusions that can be drawn from these tests. The respective software that was used for these analyses are Ecotect and Radiance for the shadow and daylight simulations, and Tas for the thermal simulations.
By the implementation of passive systems and active techniques, a significant portion of energy saving is achieved in accordance to the standard requirements for a bioclimatic nursery in mediterranean climate, decreasing the daily building energy loads.
The findings of this analysis will be useful references for the architects and environmental engineers working on the field of sustainable design, contributing to the development of a prototype urban typology regarding to new nursery buildings.
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A critical view to the housing policies in Sao Paolo's favelas.
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The effect of globalization in the modern cities is decisive. The configuration of new economic conditions, the import of new technologies and the abandonment of older models of urban growth reshape the space of the city. The city is... more
The effect of globalization in the modern cities is decisive. The
configuration of new economic conditions, the import of new
technologies and the abandonment of older models of urban growth reshape the space of the city. The city is disconnected by the industrial production with the mass consuming models and turns itself in the flexible production and the fragmented consumption. Through this change new economic and social oppositions are given birth. At the same time the city extends, occupying vast areas and incorporating half of the world population. The urban landscape becomes complex and is altered dynamically. Architecture and urban planning are the tools that are used for the territorial expression of these dynamics.
The modern sociology of city uses the term “Global City” in order to describe the size, the role and the dynamics of modern big cities. The cities shape new geographic structures through a world urban net. In the global cities new territorial structures are presented that did not exist in the past. The economic capital takes the place of State as critical perpetrator that shapes the urban landscape, while the residents lose the control and are alienated by the environment of city. The architecture produces spectacular buildings that attract tourists and investors the same moment that the ghettos of the poor and immigrants are multiplied. The modern city presents new oppositions and problems that the architects, as co-formers of the urban landscape, should process and face.
configuration of new economic conditions, the import of new
technologies and the abandonment of older models of urban growth reshape the space of the city. The city is disconnected by the industrial production with the mass consuming models and turns itself in the flexible production and the fragmented consumption. Through this change new economic and social oppositions are given birth. At the same time the city extends, occupying vast areas and incorporating half of the world population. The urban landscape becomes complex and is altered dynamically. Architecture and urban planning are the tools that are used for the territorial expression of these dynamics.
The modern sociology of city uses the term “Global City” in order to describe the size, the role and the dynamics of modern big cities. The cities shape new geographic structures through a world urban net. In the global cities new territorial structures are presented that did not exist in the past. The economic capital takes the place of State as critical perpetrator that shapes the urban landscape, while the residents lose the control and are alienated by the environment of city. The architecture produces spectacular buildings that attract tourists and investors the same moment that the ghettos of the poor and immigrants are multiplied. The modern city presents new oppositions and problems that the architects, as co-formers of the urban landscape, should process and face.
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As cities strain under a growing population and demand for resources, Brazil will provide a test case for how politicians, architects and urban planners can work together with local stakeholders to improve living conditions in informal... more
As cities strain under a growing population and demand for resources, Brazil will provide a test case for how politicians, architects and urban planners can work together with local stakeholders to improve living conditions in informal settlements without upsetting their social structures. Against the backdrop of recent and exemplary developments in Brazilian public policy and slum-upgrading practices, Building Brazil! suggests a proactive approach to the favela that opens up the existing urban fabric to architectural and urban interventions.
Shifting between micro and macro levels of analysis, Building Brazil! investigates the way forward for the favelas of Jardim Colombo, Heliópolis, Cidade Ipava and Rio das Pedras. Practical design solutions for informal, risk-prone areas are situated within overarching urban strategies; and context-specific projects are complemented by editorials on the spatial, social and financial dynamics of the informal Brazilian city.
Shifting between micro and macro levels of analysis, Building Brazil! investigates the way forward for the favelas of Jardim Colombo, Heliópolis, Cidade Ipava and Rio das Pedras. Practical design solutions for informal, risk-prone areas are situated within overarching urban strategies; and context-specific projects are complemented by editorials on the spatial, social and financial dynamics of the informal Brazilian city.