scholarly journals Application of dichroic glass in the architectural design of buildings

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-201
Author(s):  
Vladana Petrovic ◽  
Branislava Stoiljkovic ◽  
Milica Zivkovic ◽  
Natasa Petkovic-Grozdanovic ◽  
Milena Medenica

The application of coloured and optical glass in architecture is of great importance in terms of creating spatial dynamics and uniqueness of space. Dichroic glass is a type of glass coated with a thin layer of metal, which causes the glass surface to change in colour depending on the viewing angle. The colour of the glass depends on the incidence of different wavelengths of light passing through or bouncing off the glass surface, thus creating different effects of colour refraction. Created effects provide different possibilities in the design of buildings and improvements in the aesthetic quality of the interior space. This paper deals with the analysis and application of coloured dichroic glass in architecture and interior design.

2021 ◽  
pp. xx-xx

Several scholars have focused on the different approaches in designing convivial urban spaces, but literary evidence shows that the essence of aesthetic design in public urban spaces, by referring to the main dimensions involved in the shaping of urban vitality, has not been adequately researched. In this regard, this study, by hypothesizing that the quality of urban design leads to a vital urban environment, focuses on urban vitality from the aesthetic point of view. Thus, in using qualitative grounded theory as a main methodological tool and using a systematic review of the related literature as the main induction approach for collecting qualitative data, five main dimensions of urban vitality, which are necessary to attain a correlation with the aesthetic quality of urban design, were conceptualized. The study concludes that the aesthetic design of an urban setting has a direct effect on the active involvement of its users and that this, therefore, has a direct consequence on the level of public urban vitality, manifested. Integrating the complexity theory with the five main dimensions used for assessing urban vitality was suggested as a viable area for further research.


Author(s):  
Adam Senetra

The article presents selected methodological assumptions of developing and evaluating landscape attribute maps that could be used in the process of the implementation of the European Landscape Convention (ELC). The Convention led to the passing of the Act of 24th April 2015 on the modification of some acts due to the enhancement of landscape protection tools. Article 7 implements changes in the Act of 23rd March 2003 on spatial planning and land use management. Determining general rules for landscape auditing and defining the priority landscape are elements of the changes. On 11th September 2015, the regulations that partially carry out the recommendation of the Convention entered into force. The regulations oblige local governments to conduct landscape auditing (not less often than every 20 years). The article presents a new method for evaluating the aesthetic-scenic value of landscape (EEVL), developed by the author on the basis of conceptual works done between 2004 and 2008. Tests of this method started in 2008. Then an assessment of the aesthetic value of the municipality of Pozezdrze in the Masurian Lake District was made. The three measurements, collected in 2008, 2012 and 2016, were then used in comparing the dynamics of landscape transformations considering the aesthetic value over 8 years. The research enabled the assessment of the usefulness of the method in landscape auditing.


2020 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 04011
Author(s):  
Junyan Dong ◽  
Bomin Zheng ◽  
Yupi Fu ◽  
Kechao Li

With the construction of a large number of affordable housing and the development of green buildings, the design of green affordable housing has become a new concern and research topic in China’s residential architectural design, and the interior design of affordable housing has become a top priority. This article takes Changchun city as an example, through the research of affordable housing in Changchun, visit, found the main problems existing in the status quo, in view of the problems put forward housing interior space design optimization principle, and according to the design principles of indoor space scale, provides a good green indoor living environment for green residential tenants in cold areas.


Procedia CIRP ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 95-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela Galati ◽  
Paolo Minetola ◽  
Giovanni Marchiandi ◽  
Eleonora Atzeni ◽  
Flaviana Calignano ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Mario Covarrubias ◽  
Monica Bordegoni ◽  
Umberto Cugini

The paper describes the results of a research activity on the design of a positioning system which includes both a physical 3-DOF and virtual platforms which carries out a Desktop Haptic Interface (DHI). The positioning system allows the user to interact with a virtual shape through a combination of linear and rotation motions, some of them driven by the user and some driven by the virtual shape. On the other hand, by rendering a physical 2D cross-section through the DHI permits the assessment of virtual prototypes of industrial products with aesthetic value. Typically, virtual objects are modified several times before reaching the desired design, increasing the development time and, consequently, the final product cost. The desktop haptic system (which includes the positioning system and the DHI) that we propose here, will reduce the number of physical mockups during the design process allowing designers to perform several phases of the product design process continuously and without any interruption. In particular the system is developed with the aim of supporting designers during the evaluation of the aesthetic quality of a virtual product.


Author(s):  
I WAYAN PASEK HARIMBAWA ◽  
I MADE SUKEWIJAYA ◽  
NI WAYAN FEBRIANA UTAMI

ABSTRACT The Effect of Telajakan-Front Yard Conversion into an Artshop Toward Human Comfort Index and Landscape Aesthetic in Tegallalang Village Telajakan, a Balinese typical home yard, has located in front, right or left, or in the back of the yard. The study only focused on telajakan front yard along the way of Tegallalang Village which is usually used as a garden or planted area, although many of them turning into an artshop. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of telajakan conversion into an artshop using user’s comfort index and landscape aesthetic measurement. Methods used in this study was temperature humidity index (THI) with the data of temperature and humidity. In addition, to assessed the aesthetic quality of the landscape used scenic beauty estimation (SBE) method by taking a photo of each landscape element representing the land use. Result showed that user’s comport index was low (THI valued ranged from 24,47 to 27,39) and categorized as uncomfortable to the tropics area. Further, the aesthetic quality resulted that the lowest SBE quality was -80,21 and highest SBE quality was 138,42. The aesthetic quality of the majoring landscape along the way of Tegallalang valued as a low category (53,33%), medium category (28,88%), and high category (17,77%). As a results, the conversion of telajakan into an artshop caused low of user’s comfort index and low of aesthetic quality to the landscape.   Keywords: comfort index, landscape aesthetics, telajakan, temperature humidity index (THI), scenic beauty estimation (SBE).


1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 155-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Shawn Smallwood

AbstractLittle is known of how vertebrate pest and beneficial species respond to cover crops in vineyards and orchards. During spring 19941 interviewed 22 people who work with cover crops in California and searched for vertebrates and their signs in 36 field plots where cover crops were grown. Farmers usually relaxed concern for vertebrate pests after planting cover crops. But cover crops were thought to increase venebrate damage to trees and vines when planted continuously across the rows or grown in orchards and vineyards less than three years old. Vertebrates usually were not abundant or harmful to the commercial crops and cover crops I examined. Gophers were most abundant in older, uneven, scrappy, or weedy cover crops. They preferred beneficial and insectary blends and Cahaba white vetch, and were least abundant in grasses, subclover mixes, and bur medic. Voles preferred nontillage clover mixes, but avoided bare ground under vine and tree rows. All small mammals were more numerous near streams and recently tilled fields. Cover crops attracted many predatory vertebrates, which improve the aesthetic quality of the farm and might keep animal damage to economically acceptable levels. Cover crops can contribute to wildlife conservation in California, especially if the area in cover crops continues to increase.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 01-07
Author(s):  
Oday Qusay Abdulqader

The interior design of the Islamic style in traditional cites included tangible and intangible influences, which organized the interior space according to the needs of the users and following the rules of Islam as a religion and cultural values. The quality of the interior space referred to the three points, the Rules, Elements, and Factors. However, the designers face difficulties in designing an interior space within the Islamic style. The studies in the Islamic interior design show the elements and components of the style, but few of these studies analyze in depth the quality of this style, especially, heritage houses. The research question of the current study is “What are the original components, rules, and factors that reflect the quality of the interior design of the Islamic style”. The aim of the study is to identify these components, rules, and factors as a guideline. The study used a mixed methodology; the qualitative mode used the in-depth interview with experts selected by purposeful sampling technique. While the quantitative mode used a checklist to observe the visual analysis of the interior space of the selected buildings. The selected building was chosen under special criteria depending on the heritage value and availability of information. The results showed that the quality of interior design reflected by the level of the details of the interior elements. However, 72% of the samples reflected the originality of the design. The quality of interior space in traditional and heritage houses in old Mosul City related to the details of the interior elements, such as materials.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azwinur

Abstract This research focuses on three city parks in Banda Aceh City, that are Taman Putroe Phang, Lapangan Blang Padang, and Hutan Kota BNI. The purposes of this research are to identify the characteristic of city parks existing condition, to analyze the thermal comfort index and aesthetic quality, as well as to suggest the recommendation of city parks improvement for the future. The method on this research using descriptive method through the calculation of Thermal Humidity Index (THI), Scenic Beauty Estimation (SBE), and questionnaires to the perceptions and preferences of visitors. Based on THI calculation, thermal comfort index on research sites classified in the category of quite comfortable. The part of city parks that represent the best of thermal comfort index is the area which has trees as the dominant vegetation. Based on the aesthetic quality evaluation, there are several factors that affect the aesthetic quality of the three research locations, that are the neatness; the combination of landscape element which consist of vegetation, water, and also pavement; as well as the arrangement of landscape that involves the principle of design. Based on visitor questionnaires, it is known that the visitors want some additional facilities to support their activities, and increasing the uses of flowering plants as well as shade plants to enhance the aesthetic quality and convenience of city parks.


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