Hygrothermal Behaviour of Air Lime Coatings with Mussel Shell Sand

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Martínez-García ◽  
Belén González-Fonteboa ◽  
Diego Carro-López ◽  
Fernando Martínez-Abella ◽  
Paulina Faria
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Conductivity ◽  
Organic Matter ◽  
Mussel Shell ◽  
Aesthetic Quality ◽  
Good Opportunity ◽  
Mussel Shells ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Shell Particles ◽  
Hygrothermal Behaviour

Air lime coating mortars with mussel shells exhibit useful hygrothermal properties related to humidity and temperature regulation. Introducing mussel shell sand produces a significant increase in pore volume, changing mortar’s microstructure and reducing density. This is attributed to the flaky and irregular shape of the shell particles that present also traces of organic matter. In this work, the natural aggregate is replaced by mussel shell sand in increasing percentages of 25%, 50% and 75%. Additionally, a mortar with 0% of sand replacement is used as baseline of reference. These mortars are tested focusing in two main parameters, in first term, thermal conductivity. And also absorption and desorption cycles, at 80 and 50% relative humidity. The results are very positive for mussel shells specimens, it can be concluded that the use of mussel shell aggregates can improve the hygrothermal properties of air lime coating mortars. Another interesting result is a subjective property such as the aesthetic quality of the finishing, the results is pleasing and, combined with the promising hygrothermal properties opens a good opportunity for mussel shell mortars.

THE ROLE OF URBAN AESTHETICS ON ENHANCING VITALITY OF URBAN SPACES

2021 ◽  
pp. xx-xx
Keyword(s):  
Urban Design ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Aesthetic Quality ◽  
Aesthetic Design ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
The Aesthetic

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.

Research on the Dynamics of Changes in the Sight-aesthetic Quality of Rural Lake District Landscapes in the Aspect of Implementing the European Landscape Convention

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Senetra
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Land Use Management ◽  
Lake District ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Aesthetic Quality ◽  
European Landscape Convention ◽  
General Rules ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Landscape Transformations

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.

scholarly journals A methodology for evaluating the aesthetic quality of 3D printed parts

Procedia CIRP ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 95-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela Galati ◽  
Paolo Minetola ◽  
Giovanni Marchiandi ◽  
Eleonora Atzeni ◽  
Flaviana Calignano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aesthetic Quality ◽  
3D Printed ◽  
The Aesthetic

Positioning System for the Interaction With Virtual Shapes Through a Desktop Haptic Device

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Covarrubias ◽  
Monica Bordegoni ◽  
Umberto Cugini
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Haptic Interface ◽  
Positioning System ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Aesthetic Quality ◽  
Product Design Process ◽  
Virtual Prototypes ◽  
The Aesthetic

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.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Alih Fungsi Telajakan Depan Rumah Menjadi Artshop terhadap Kenyamanan dan Estetika Lansekap Desa Tegallalang

2015 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
I WAYAN PASEK HARIMBAWA ◽  
I MADE SUKEWIJAYA ◽  
NI WAYAN FEBRIANA UTAMI
Keyword(s):  
Aesthetic Quality ◽  
Human Comfort ◽  
Scenic Beauty ◽  
Comfort Index ◽  
Temperature Humidity Index ◽  
Humidity Index ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
The Way

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).

Managing vertebrates in cover crops: A first study

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 155-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Shawn Smallwood
Keyword(s):  
Cover Crops ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Bare Ground ◽  
Aesthetic Quality ◽  
Animal Damage ◽  
Vertebrate Pests ◽  
Vertebrate Pest ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Field Plots

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.

scholarly journals Evaluasi Kenyamanan Termal dan Kualitas Estetika pada Beberapa Taman Kota Banda Aceh.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azwinur
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Aesthetic Quality ◽  
City Parks ◽  
Scenic Beauty ◽  
Comfort Index ◽  
Humidity Index ◽  
Vegetation Water ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Banda Aceh

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.

scholarly journals Methods for assessing the aesthetic quality indicators of systems, products and technologies in ergodesign

Ergodesign ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Галина Гарбузова ◽  
Galina Garbuzova ◽  
Инна Дынина ◽  
Inna Dynina ◽  
Игорь Мельников ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Expert Evaluation ◽  
General Measure ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Aesthetic Quality ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Aesthetic Measure ◽  
Odd Sets

It is shown that the real measure of the aesthetic value of systems, products and technologies, in contrast to the general measure, is in constant development, reflecting the corresponding changes in the aesthetic tastes and perceptions of consumers. It is substantiated that a full aesthetic measure is formed on the basis of a real aesthetic measure, taking into account the universally valid aesthetic and cultural values that characterize the aesthetic ideals of society in the field of culture, art, artistic design, ergonomics and design. The variants of the interaction of ergonomists and designers at various stages of ergodesign are considered. The nomenclature of aesthetic indicators of the quality of systems, products and technologies, such as the integrity of the composition, the rationality of the organization of form, artistic expressiveness, is given. Recommendations are developed on procedures for expert evaluation, aesthetic properties of systems, products and technologies using the theory of odd sets.

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