Permeability in Bioclimatic Modular Facades

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Tamar Awad
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Plant ◽  
Interior Space ◽  
Permeability Characteristics ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Contemporary Architecture ◽  
Conceptual Relationship

This study is based on the analysis of the facades of tobacco drying sheds located in the regions of Cáceres and Toledo in Spain as an example of bioclimatic production architecture. Using modular and permeable façade designs, it is possible to generate an interior space with specific hygrothermal conditions. The drying sheds are the places where the tobacco plant is cured with the air penetrating through the holes on their facades, and the tobacco dries under certain conditions of humidity and temperature. The design of these patterns based on a module, such as the brick, not only affects the composition but also determines the permeability characteristics, conditioning the interior space hygrothermally. Analysing the conceptual relationship, textures, patterns, and construction methods of the dryers with contemporary architecture, numerous examples can be found in other buildings in which modular patterns are used in the composition of the facades similar to those used in the dryers.

Application and Design of the New Steel Fiber RPC Column-Template without Demolition

2011 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 288-291
Author(s):  
Jun Wang ◽  
Zhi Wei Sun
Keyword(s):  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Material Selection ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Study Results ◽  
New Type ◽  
Reactive Powder ◽  
And Function ◽  
Design Recommendation ◽  
Contemporary Architecture

Innovation of material and function represents the direction of contemporary architecture template development. Based on the study results of domestic and foreign building templates, a new type of template structure—Steel fiber RPC (reactive powder concrete) column-template without demolition is presented taking account of the characteristics of template materials and construction methods. Compared with the traditional template, the new one takes composite material and function innovation as a breakthrough. It improves efficiency of construction while the column-template forms the outer surface of the decorative grass-roots which expands the scale of the function of column template. This paper introduces the material selection and illustrates the calculation of the new template. Based on the existing design specification of template, new design recommendation of template thickness is proposed through theoretical analysis and simulation, which provides a theoretical basis of steel fiber RPC column template without demolition in engineering applications.

scholarly journals Chrysalis: A Metamorphosis of African Vernacular Architecture Traditionally Inspired Strategies for Community Building

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alykhan A. Neky
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Shared Spaces ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Local Site ◽  
Building Models ◽  
History Of ◽  
Vernacular Building ◽  
Communal Space ◽  
Contemporary Architecture

Contemporary architecture in Africa is increasingly dominated by building methods and styles transplanted from the industrialized West, undermining the continuity of African vernacular architecture. Often poorly grafted to local site conditions, these transplanted building models frequently struggle to support community identities. This thesis argues that this is largely due to inappropriately designed shared spaces and through construction methods that disregard the collective agency of users. In response, this thesis employs ‘Chrysalis’: a perceptual lens for reinterpreting vernacular building strategies to demonstrate how collectively built shared spaces can better foster communal cultural expression in contemporary African architecture. This thesis argues that culturally embedded communal space can advance collective identity, promote safety, and encourage social interaction. It also explores how user-participatory construction methods can empower communities by cultivating self-reliance. Transformed though ‘Chrysalis’, a rich history of building traditions is reimagined in the design of a cultural center for a Kenyan Maasai community.

Leggere le Alpi / Reading the Alps

ARCHALP ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 202-206
Author(s):  
Alberto Winterle
Keyword(s):  
Economic Value ◽  
Land Development ◽  
Western Alps ◽  
Cultural Identification ◽  
Existing Structures ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
The Alps ◽  
Contemporary Architecture ◽  
New Buildings

Living a place means first of all reading it, understanding it, assimilating it. This is even more evident in the case of a particular natural environment where the possibilities of land use are limited. Looking at a map of the Alps, it becomes clear how the morphology has conditioned the methods of settlement and exploitation of the places. In an attempt to read and interpret the transformation of the Alpine territories, the Architetti Arco Alpino association has initiated a review of projects, from which it emerges that today there exist very different cultural, political, social and economic contexts. The result are two almost opposite phenomena. In some places the mountains have been abandoned, which has led to the risk of losing their important architectural heritage. The interventions are therefore aimed at enhancing the existing structures and constructing new buildings capable of becoming a reference for the redevelopment of entire villages. In other places, a harmonic balance between human presence and territory has been largely exceeded. Here, the objective is to put a stop to further land development, aiming to enhance the quality of the existing buildings and implementing an aesthetic and formal research that is capable of becoming an economic value and an element of cultural identification. Taking into account the various “cultural horizons” and reference regions, it becomes clear that South Tyrol has historically maintained close ties with North Tyrol and the neighbouring Swiss cantons. Contemporary architecture is commonly seen as an asset today, not only among experts, but also among the general population. On the other hand, the relations with Austria’s and Slovenia’s Eastern Alpine territories have less effect. The research seems to be the work of a limited number of professionals. In the Western Alps, cross-border relations with France and Switzerland have a stronger cultural and linguistic root, but perhaps the presence of large massifs difficult to cross has prevented a closer relationship and a dissemination of common construction methods. Crossing national and international administrative boundaries, the Alps can continue to be a place of passage, of confrontation and of cultural, linguistic, economic and also architectural exchange.

scholarly journals Chrysalis: A Metamorphosis of African Vernacular Architecture Traditionally Inspired Strategies for Community Building

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alykhan A. Neky
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Vernacular Architecture ◽  
Shared Spaces ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Local Site ◽  
Building Models ◽  
History Of ◽  
Vernacular Building ◽  
Communal Space ◽  
Contemporary Architecture

Contemporary architecture in Africa is increasingly dominated by building methods and styles transplanted from the industrialized West, undermining the continuity of African vernacular architecture. Often poorly grafted to local site conditions, these transplanted building models frequently struggle to support community identities. This thesis argues that this is largely due to inappropriately designed shared spaces and through construction methods that disregard the collective agency of users. In response, this thesis employs ‘Chrysalis’: a perceptual lens for reinterpreting vernacular building strategies to demonstrate how collectively built shared spaces can better foster communal cultural expression in contemporary African architecture. This thesis argues that culturally embedded communal space can advance collective identity, promote safety, and encourage social interaction. It also explores how user-participatory construction methods can empower communities by cultivating self-reliance. Transformed though ‘Chrysalis’, a rich history of building traditions is reimagined in the design of a cultural center for a Kenyan Maasai community.

Physical Properties of Isolated Perfused Renal Tubular Basement Membranes

1971 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 390-391
Author(s):  
Jared Grantham ◽  
Larry Welling
Keyword(s):  
Basement Membrane ◽  
Basement Membranes ◽  
Transport Mechanisms ◽  
Permeability Characteristics ◽  
Peritubular Capillaries ◽  
Strategic Location ◽  
Tubular Lumen ◽  
Glomerular Filtrate ◽  
Urine Formation ◽  
Renal Tubular

In the course of urine formation in mammalian kidneys over 90% of the glomerular filtrate moves from the tubular lumen into the peritubular capillaries by both active and passive transport mechanisms. In all of the morphologically distinct segments of the renal tubule, e.g. proximal tubule, loop of Henle and distal nephron, the tubular absorbate passes through a basement membrane which rests against the basilar surface of the epithelial cells. The basement membrane is in a strategic location to affect the geometry of the tubules and to influence the movement of tubular absorbate into the renal interstitium. In the present studies we have determined directly some of the mechanical and permeability characteristics of tubular basement membranes.

Proposal for Refugee Housing in Southeast Europe Utilizing Regionally Appropriate, Sustainable, and Affordable Construction Methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hana Cicevic ◽  
Sarah Gamble
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Housing Demand ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Housing Unit ◽  
Southeast Europe ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Permanent Housing ◽  
Emergency Housing ◽  
Communal Housing ◽  
Construction Model

This research focuses on the emergency-housing demand caused by the on-going refugee crisis in Southeastern Europe. The research and proposed solutions focus on Northern Serbia, as this region generally lacks permanent housing solutions for accommodating the increasing influx of immigrants. The outcome of this research is an architectural proposal for the refugee housing unit designed particularly for the situational factors of this focus region.    The study identifies earth architecture as the primary building technique, due to its ability to satisfy a range of defined end-product goals.  These goals include: the sustainability of the material, quality and durability of the final product, skill level required for non-professional construction, final cost of material and execution, historical regional precedent, and opportunity for communal engagement of the immigrant population. The proposed architectural design uses earth-bag construction as the sub-method most suitable for this location and in keeping with the goals outlined above. The proposed housing unit is a singular component that could be duplicated to create larger communal housing communities.  A broad overview of possible solutions is included, followed by the development of the earth-bag construction option. The development of this proposal includes material studies, sketches, and an architectural model as representation tools. The outcomes of this research serve as a guideline, rather than a precise construction model, in creating much needed refugee housing communities in North Serbia.      

DESIGN-BUILD: AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH FOR ARCHITECTURE STUDIO EDUCATION

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nabil Mohareb ◽  
Sara Maassarani
Keyword(s):  
Material Selection ◽  
Environmental Constraints ◽  
Design Project ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Physical Scale ◽  
Design Build ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Education Process ◽  
Real Target

Current architecture studios are missing an important phase in the education process, which is constructing the students’ conceptual ideas on a real physical scale. The design-build approach enables the students to test their ideas, theories, material selection, construction methods, environmental constraints, simulation results, level of space functionality and other important aspects when used by real target clients in an existing context. This paper aims to highlight the importance of using the design-build method through discussing a design project case study carried out by the Masters of Architecture design programme students at Beirut Arab University, who have built prototype units for refugees on a 1:1 scale.

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