The New Eco-Architecture: Alternatives from the Modern Movement

Porteous, Colin

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“…Poetic sensibility of the environmental technologies of the nineteenth and twentieth century archit ecture was investigated by Dean Hawkes through his portable 'environmental laboratory' that studied sight and hearing, with their direct relation to light and sound in the environment, but also the other senses, taste, smell and touch, separately and often in combination, that contribute to the perception of the complex experience of the environment within a building [30]. The transition between modern movement and current environmental needs in architecture were investigated by Porteous [31].…”

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Breathing Artifacts of Urban BioClimatic Layers for Post-Anthropocene Urban Environment

Davidová

2021

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This article seeks the qualitative synthesis of schools of thought from extreme climate regions that could support urban biodiversity and climate change adaptation through architectural design. It proposes that climate comfort and biodiversity are closely related. This article suggests a possible systemic urban metabolism within a built environment that can support a transition to post-Anthropocene, where humans and other species live together in synergy. This article exemplifies and seeks systemic relations and reflections of gathered field studies documentation of case studies of breathing walls, envelopes, and screens generating bioclimatic layers in the cultural landscape, selected for their penetrability and performance. The samples from diverse study journeys that were codesigned through vernacular cultures and the author’s research by design speculations on the responsive screen ‘Ray’ are investigated and speculated upon through gigamapping (visual complexity mapping). This gigamapping is not to present any hard data model but to relate, inform and speculate on the investigated field that is grounded in research by design on cross-species coliving. This is approached through possible architectures and architectural and urban design parasites, transitioning towards synergetic landscapes of our envisioned colived and cocreated futures.

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Breathing Artifacts of Urban BioClimatic Layers for Post-Anthropocene Urban Environment

Davidová

2021

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“…In other words, the risk of interstitial condensation would be high. Nevertheless, particular buildings appeared to show a good grasp of the theory involved -for example the roof of the 1930 seaside house by Alfred Roth and Ingrid Walberg, or the wall of the 1932 house by Adolf Bens in Prague (Porteous, 2002a). Architects did not necessarily need to know exact values for vapour and thermal conductivity.…”

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Chemistry, Emission Control, Radioactive Pollution and Indoor Air Quality

Mazzeo¹

2011

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Preface XV and moisture transfer. Chapter 19 presents the 3D particle tracking velocimetry method applied to the monitoring of air displacements and pollutant dispersion in rooms. Chapter 20 describes the use of environment friendly wind driven ventilation to improve the quality and comfort of human existence. This chapter focuses on wind driven ventilation systems that utilize wind as a natural energy to provide improved air quality within buildings. Chapter 21 studies the ability of the desiccant unit to remove IAQ-related microorganisms from the air. The ability of active desiccants to remove particulates, bioaerosols, chemical pollutants, and water vapor from the airstream delivered to a building provides a unique opportunity to view active desiccant technology as a viable control strategy for enhancing and maintaining a favorable IAQ in cooling climates. Chapter 22 studies indoor climate (temperature and humidity conditions) and energy use and the factors that affect them in typical apartment buildings erected from prefabricated concrete elements in Estonian cold climate. Chapter 23 illustrates the air pollution problem in rural areas. This chapter mentions the major air pollutants in rural areas, in indoor and outdoor environments, their natural and anthropogenic sources and health impacts. It clearly declares the necessity to strengthen both the quantity and quality of evidence linking air pollution and various health outcomes, especially for developing countries and for health conditions with weak or no evidence. Chapter 24 illustrates the use of computational fluid dynamics methods to design ventilation systems that reduce the ammonia concentration in pig housing and simultaneously reduce the required ventilation capacity. Chapter 25 describes differences in indoor air quality in horse stables under winter and summer conditions and studies correlations between selected components of stable air and indices of respiratory health in people and in stabled horses spending considerable time in the stable environment. Results contribute to the identification of suitable biomarkers to monitor the indoor horse stable environment and respiratory health in humans and horses.This book provides a source of material for all those involved in the field, whether as a student, scientific researcher, industrialist, consultant, or government agency with responsibility in this area.It should be emphasized that all chapters have been prepared by professionals who are experts in their research fields. The content of each chapter expresses the point of view of its authors who are responsible for its development. All chapters have been submitted to reviews in order to improve their presentation following several interactions between the Editor-Publisher-Authors. In this sense, the Editor, the Publisher and hard-working air quality professionals have worked together as a team to prepare a book that may become a reference in the field next years. This will have been achieved, mainly, thanks to the group of experts in their resear...

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“…From the 1960s onwards major authors, like Olgyay (1963), Banham (1969), and Givoni (1969), did recognise this. More recently other authors, such as Porteous (2002) and Hawkees (2008Hawkees ( , 2012 have analysed important architectural work from an environmental standpoint. However, these works are not scientific studies but are limited to descriptive non-quantitative studies of the relationship between climate and architecture.…”

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Energy and climate simulation in the Upper Lawn Pavilion, an experimental laboratory in the architecture of the Smithsons

2014

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This article aims to provide a critical analysis of the work of the Smithsons, with a focus on its interpretation of architecture from the standpoint of environmental commitment, an aspect that is barely touched upon in the extensive literature analysing their work. The main aim is to reveal the strategies of environmental conditioning and the energy behaviour of their major work both from an architectural and environmental standpoint, as well as that of their own home and experimental laboratory: the Upper Lawn Pavilion. These features make it a building of great heritage value, classified as a Grade II listed building according to the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Energy models reproducing the case study (in its original construction, occupancy and thermal conditions) have been simulated using DesignBuilder software in order to carry out a quantitative assessment of the house's environmental conditions, perceptively described by Alison Smithson in her diary. Indoor thermal conditions obtained from the energy simulations were studied, identifying the environmental benefits and deficiencies caused by the strategies applied by the Smithsons to their pavilion. It is concluded that its environmental behaviour is far from the current standards of adaptive comfort. Keywordsenergy simulation, Smithsons, solar pavilion, climate and architecture, building and environment

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The New Eco-Architecture: Alternatives from the Modern Movement

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Breathing Artifacts of Urban BioClimatic Layers for Post-Anthropocene Urban Environment

Breathing Artifacts of Urban BioClimatic Layers for Post-Anthropocene Urban Environment

Chemistry, Emission Control, Radioactive Pollution and Indoor Air Quality

Energy and climate simulation in the Upper Lawn Pavilion, an experimental laboratory in the architecture of the Smithsons

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