scholarly journals Experiments with visible and invisible materials: designing and building an ambiance

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 02008
Author(s):  
Céline Drozd ◽  
Virginie Meunier ◽  
Antoine Mabire
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Sensory Quality ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
Physical Characteristics ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
The Way

This article relies on a workshop called “materials of ambiances” that is taking place at the Graduate School of Architecture of Nantes. It aims for the students to question the qualities of ambiances within spaces with an approach through the concept of material, making them aware of invisible materials (ambiances) from the manipulation of visible materials (building materials). The experimentation with materials holds a significant place: the students are asked to build an ambiance device to create a sensory experience in order to highlight every sensory quality of a material capable of producing an ambiance. The materials used for this experiment are mostly from fields beyond architecture as to think of potential misappropriations. It is about making sure that the student tests by himself the materials and recreates the connection between data from the experiment, and the physical characteristics given by the manufacturers and industrialists. The pedagogical experience that we present aims at creating within students an interest for the built material, to develop ambiance intentions to qualify projected spaces, which are not always measurable but always noticeable. This article proposes to turn back to the way the qualities of ambiances are felt, the misappropriations of materials are perceived, as well as the perspectives on the evolution of the architectural design process. This contribution is illustrated by an ambiance device whose the name is “Cosmic dream” built in 2018/2019 by Marilou Bach, Hugo Falaise, Carole Lyssandre and Charlotte Say.

The Role of Building Materials in Architectural Design

2014 ◽  
Vol 679 ◽  
pp. 6-13
Author(s):  
Hafedh Abed Yahya ◽  
Muna Hanim Abdul Samad
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
Core Element ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Architecture ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
The Way

The argumentation of previous studies demonstrated the historical evolution of the materials in architecture and the position of the materials in the design process. The purpose is to recognize the role of materials in architectural design, and the materials are a core element of the design process. This paper is about the way materials can be used to create personality and character of the design. The research finds two overlapping roles for materials which are providing technical functionality and building personality. Thus building materials were one of the major factors for new innovation forms through the history of architecture. Keywords: Building Materials, Architectural Design, Technical Functionality, Aesthetic Attributes.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PENAMBAHAN SERAT ECENG GONDOK PADA KUAT TEKAN PAVING BLOCK K-200

UKaRsT ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Muttaqin Fauzin Istighfarin ◽  
Rasio Hepiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Water Hyacinth ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Rigid Pavement ◽  
Cast Concrete ◽  
Additional Water ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Water Hyacinth Fiber

Abstract Paving block is one of the products of building materials used as the top layer of the street structure, compared to other pavements like cast concrete and asphalt, paving block has been widely chosen especially to the streets used to traversed by low-speeed vehicles. This study aims to know and analyze how strong the influence of additional water hyacinth fiber to the compressive strength of K-200 paving block. Method used in this study is experimental method, with the comparison of mix design reffering to the comparison of concrete quality mixture K-200 (SNI 7394-2008). The result is K-200 paving block decreases its compressive strength after given the mixture of water hyacinth fiber. The precentage of the lowest decrease is in the 0,2 mixture of 55,69% and the highest decrease is in the mixture of 0,8 with the decline presentage of of 82,39%. The score of compressive strength for each test object is: Normal of 209,53 kg/cm², 2% of 92,86 kg/cm², 4% of 84,53 kg/cm², 6% of 58,33 kg/cm², and 8% of 36,90 kg/cm². The relationship of non-linear regression can be seen in R² = 1 on  polinomial orde 4. Paving block with with code objects test “Normal” classified as in the quality of paving block B with compressive strength of 209,53 kg/cm² (17,03 Mpa), while for paving block with extra water hyacinth fiber, it is below the compressive strength standard according to SNI 03-0691-1996. Keywords: Rigid Pavement, Paving Block, Water Hyacinth, Compressive Strength.

BUILDING PERFORMANCE SIMULATION AS AN EARLY INTERVENTION OR LATE VERIFICATION IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: SAME PERFORMANCE OUTCOME BUT DIFFERENT DESIGN SOLUTIONS

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohuan Xie ◽  
Zhonghua Gou
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Integrated Design ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Building Performance ◽  
Performance Simulation ◽  
Building Performance Simulation ◽  
Integrated Design Process

INTRODUCTION Current green building practice has been largely advanced by an integrated design process. This integrated design process involves multiple disciplines, such as architecture, civil, mechanical, and electrical engineering. The design method heavily relies on utilizing building performance simulation to illustrate how design parameters affect the energy consumption and quality of the indoor environment before actual design decisions are made (Anderson, 2014). The architectural design tools in the integrated design process supersede traditional geometrical exploration instruments, such as Sketchup, Revit, ArchiCad, and Rhino (Negendahl, 2015). More building performance simulating tools, such as Ecotect, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Radiance, and EnergyPlus, have been developed to help architects measure building performance (e.g., natural ventilation, daylighting, solar radiation, and energy uses) in the design process and attain green building standards such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). The information presented by these tools guide architects at a certain level in achieving green building goals. However, building simulation is generally beyond the architect's knowledge domain. Many architects have difficulty in understanding these technical terms and models, as well as their design implications. Therefore, specific consultants have emerged to help architects grasp the meanings of these numbers and models, which require architects to implement a high level of design collaboration and coordination (Aksamija, 2015; Gou & Lau, 2014). Simulation consultants can work in parallel with architects at the early design stage to intervene in the conceptual and schematic design; they may also work behind architects to verify the building performance after the design is finished and make their design green through technical alterations. Most existing literature argues for an early intervention of building performance simulation in the architectural design process and explores different algorithms or models for optimal intervention (Degens, Scholzen, & Odenbreit, 2015; Sick, Schade, Mourtada, Uh, & Grausam, 2014; Svetlana Olbina & Yvan Beliveau, 2007). However, the difference between early intervention and late verification is often not investigated. Few qualitative studies can help understand how the building performance simulation is actually implemented, and how it influences the quality of design solutions in addition to the quantity of performance outcomes. The current research presents two case studies that compare building performance simulation as an early intervention and a late verification tool in the architectural design process, which contextualizes the building simulation research in real building practices.

Characteristics of Ion Release from Building Materials during Rainwater Harvesting

2014 ◽  
Vol 955-959 ◽  
pp. 3522-3528
Author(s):  
Jian Feng Zhang ◽  
Ya Xiong Deng ◽  
Zhan Qin Lei ◽  
Wei Xie
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Rainwater Harvesting ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Ion Release ◽  
Water Ph ◽  
Materials Used

In the past two decade, the Chinese government has paid a huge effort to solve the problem of drinking water in remote rural. As an alterative success case, rainwater harvesting and utility has been the most efficient way to supplying fresh water in rural areas of the Loess Plateau, a typical water resources serious shortage area in China. Focused on improving the quality of the rural village cistern water, study about the characteristics of ion release from building materials during runoff process with five representative materials used for rainwater collection: concrete, red brick, grey tile, red tile and soil was conducted. The ion releasing process and following effect on cistern water quality index, such as hardness, pH, conductivity, has been analyzed. Results revealed that the most release strength of different materials was arriving at 30s following startup. Furthermore, the test of effects of rain acidity on ion release procession showed that the total ion release increased with storm water pH declining, however, the release strength was irrelevance with runoff’s pH. Based on research results, a detailed suggestion was provided to renovate intake construction of cistern for improving the drinking water quality in remote rural areas of Weibei Semi-arid District.

scholarly journals FORMULASI DAGING KEONG SAWAH DAN TEPUNG PORANG TERHADAP MUTU FISIK DAN SENSORIS BAKSO

Pro Food ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 549
Author(s):  
Dewa Nyoman Adi Paramartha ◽  
Yeni Sulastri ◽  
Rucitra Widyasari ◽  
Zainuri Zainuri
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Quality ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Physical Characteristics ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Physical Quality ◽  
Sensory Acceptance ◽  
Randomized Block Design ◽  
Level Of Significance

ABSTRACT   The aim of this study was to examine the formulation of meat snail and porang flour on physical characteristics and sensory acceptance of the meatballs. The design used in this study was a Randomized Block Design (RBD) with 2 treatments, namely the concentration of meat snails and the concentration of porang flour in making meatballs. The treatment of meat snail concentration is 0%, 20%, 40% and 60% while for porang flour concentration is 0% and 0.3%. Each experiment was repeated 3 times so that there would be 24 units of trial units. Physical and sensory quality data obtained were analyzed using SPSS with a 5% BNJ level of significance. Concentration of meat snail has significant effect on physical quality (texture, color (L, a and b)) and sensory quality (color and hedonic texture. Porang flour concentration significantly influences physical quality (colors L and b). Interaction of treatment between the concentration of meat snail and the concentration of porang flour significantly affected physical quality (colors a and b) and the sensory quality of texture hedonically. Treatment of 20% meat snail concentration with the addition of porang flour 0.3% is the best treatment. Physical quality values are best treated for texture 3.38 N, color L 42.46, color a 2.92 and color b 16.31. Sensory quality values are best treated for color is rather like and texture likes.   Keyword : meatballs, porang flour, meat snail   ABSTRAK   Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengkaji formulasi penggunaan daging keong sawah dan tepung porang terhadap mutu fisik dan sensoris bakso. Rancangan yang digunakan pada penelitian ini adalah Rancangan Acak Kelompok (RAK) dengan 2 perlakuan yaitu konsentrasi daging keong sawah dan konsentrasi tepung porang pada pembuatan bakso. Perlakuan konsentrasi daging keong sawah yaitu 0%, 20%, 40% dan 60% sedangkan untuk konsentrasi tepung porang yaitu 0% dan 0,3%. Masing-masing percobaan diulangi sebanyak 3 kali sehingga diperoleh satuan percobaan sebanyak 24 unit percobaan. Data mutu fisik dan sensoris yang diperoleh dianalisa menggunakan SPSS dengan taraf nyata BNJ 5%. Konsentrasi daging keong sawah berpengaruh nyata terhadap mutu fisik (tekstur, warna (L, a dan b)), dan mutu sensoris (warna dan tekstur secara hedonik). Konsentrasi tepung porang berpengaruh nyata terhadap mutu fisik (warna L dan b). Interaksi perlakuan antara konsentrasi daging keong sawah dan konsentrasi tepung porang berpengaruh nyata terhadap mutu fisik (warna a dan b) dan mutu sensoris tekstur secara hedonik. Perlakuan konsentrasi daging keong sawah 20% dengan penambahan tepung porang 0,3% merupakan perlakuan yang terbaik. Nilai mutu fisik diperlakuan terbaik untuk tekstur 3,38 N, warna L 42,46, warna a 2,92 dan warna b 16,31. Nilai mutu sensoris diperlakuan terbaik untuk warna agak suka dan tekstur suka.   Kata Kunci : bakso, daging keong sawah, tepung porang

scholarly journals Trans-Create – Co-Design with Persons with Severe Disabilities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgitta Cappelen ◽  
Anders-Petter Andersson
Keyword(s):  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Design Methods ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Communication Situation ◽  
Good For ◽  
The Way

Technology has potential for improving the lives of persons with severe disabilities. But it’s a challenge to create technology that improves lives from a person’s own perspective. Co-design methods have therefore been used in the design of Assistive Technology, to include users in the design process. But it’s a challenge to ensure the quality of participation with persons with significantly different prerequisites for communication than ourselves. It’s hard to know if what we design is good for them in the way they themselves define it, in a communication situation, which has to be significantly different than traditional co-design. In this paper, we present a new approach to co-design with persons with severe disabilities. We call this process “trans-create”, based on the creative translation we use when translating between cultures. We found that by using familiar artifacts that could be added and removed in the co-design process, we had a language for communication. By adding a personalisable digital layer to the artifacts, we could adapt, scale and redesign both tangible, visual and sound qualities in the situation dynamically. For example, by making it possible for the user to choose and activate a pink music cover card (RFID) that turns the lighting of the entire room pink and changes the music. This implies changing the distinction between designer and user, between the design process and the use process, and the view of what we create during a co-design process. That is why we have chosen to call this process “trans-create”, instead of co-create, what we create for “living works”, instead of design, a hybridisation between design and use, process and result.

scholarly journals User involvement in building design – a state-of-the-art review

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (48) ◽  
pp. e151752
Author(s):  
Michele Caroline Bueno Ferrari Caixeta ◽  
Patrícia Tzortzopoulos ◽  
Márcio Minto Fabricio
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
User Involvement ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Clear Definition ◽  
Definition Of

This paper reports results of a systematic literature review on the definitions and levels of user involvement in the design process. Although many studies have highlighted the importance of user involvement for the quality of both process and final product, the term still lacks a clear definition and different models describe diverse involvement levels, which are detrimental to the advancement of knowledge in the area. The present study focused on the mapping of definitions of user involvement and comparisons of the different proposals of involvement levels for outlining a clear definition of the term, based on the levels of involvement, and contributing to the consolidation of the theory of user involvement in the field of architectural design.  Moreover, this research assists architects to find the most appropriate level of user involvement for the design they are developing, improving the practice of involving users in the design process.

scholarly journals Sound, Shape, Space : The Ontology of Space in Architecture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean W. Robbins
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Social Practice ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Shape Space ◽  
Physical Attributes ◽  
Ontological Sense ◽  
The Way

This work embarks on a radically different understanding of space that sheds its preconceived physical attributes. Borne from a criticism of the imbalanced approach to architectural design, which focuses on ‘form’, the aim is to redeem ‘space’ as the inextricably linked partner of form in the design process. Herein, space is re-framed in an ontological manner as it relates to architecture, that is, as having to do with ‘being’. To accomplish this, sound becomes pivotal, constituting a catalyst in the reaction with form that brings ontological space to life within architecture. By using sound in reaction with form, the work will engage in the design of space in the ontological sense; as it relates to being, namely, that of human social practice. At its heart, this work is not really about sound or space, nor even architecture for that matter. It is about the way in which humans exist.

scholarly journals Criteria for evaluating the quality of building materials used at capital repair of multi-apartment houses

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 264-271
Author(s):  
E. N. Desyatko ◽  
◽  
V. D. Staroverov ◽  
A. A. Gerasimenko ◽  
K. Y. Mazneva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Building Materials ◽  
Capital Repair ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Apartment Buildings ◽  
Prioritization Method ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Selection Of

The article considers the possibility of applying the prioritization method to facilitate the choice between materials with equivalent or similar characteristics when carrying out major repairs in apartment buildings. The currently existing problems of the major repairs of MKD in St. Petersburg are analyzed. A scale of criteria for the selection of materials is given and a methodology for the selection of building materials for the overhaul of apartment buildings is proposed.

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