Scale of community centre: Clarification of the relation between scale and multifunctionality of community buildings

Community architecture is becoming a contributing tool for community development. In recent years it has gained popularity for its potential to encourage interaction and strengthen community ties. Community architecture represents not only the final product of architectural design but also the design process. It covers many kinds of community interventions and efforts of different extent; from tiny public space interventions to a complex design of community centres or comprehensive urbanistic structures focused on community well-being. Irrespective of the scale, their goal is the same; to provide space for leisure activities, networking, and reinforcing a sense of community. The most apparent design concept representing community architecture is the community centre, which provides space for meetings and interaction, and its program derives from the needs of a specific community. Furthermore, the design considers urbanistic relationships, architectural appearance, materials, spatial and functional requirements, interior design, equipment, and furniture solutions. The community architecture theory is an under-explored phenomenon in Slovakia. Thus, there is a lack of methodical design recommendations or guidelines for designing community centres as individual typological forms. The article focuses on the examination of 100 selected community facilities, identifying their prevalent features and their interrelationships. Presented research aims to examine fundamental characteristics of community centres, particularly their multifunctionality related to the character of the space, and the scale related to size in square meters. In conclusion, research suggests new size categories considering the relationship between the two factors.

Performance assessment of free standing and building integrated grid connected photovoltaic system for southern part of India

Photovoltaic (PV) system efficiency depends on the geographical location and the orientation of the building. Until installing the building structures, the integration of the PV module must be evaluated with ventilation and without ventilation effects. This work optimises the performance of the 250 kWp grid-connected photovoltaic (GPV) for community buildings in the southern part of India. This simulation is carried out to evaluate the system efficiency of the GPV system under various ventilation conditions, such as free-standing PV (FSPV), building integrated photovoltaic ventilated (BIPV_V) and Building Integrated Photovoltaic without ventilation (BIPV). The PVsyst simulation tool is used to simulate and optimise the performance of the system with FSPV, BIPV and BIPV_V for the region of Chennai (13.2789° N, 80.2623° E), Tamilnadu, India. An annual system energy production is 446 MWh, 409 MWh and 428 MWh of FSPV, BIPV and BIPV_V system respectively. while electrical efficiency for the FSPV, BIPV_V, BIPV system is 15.45%. 15.25% and 14.75% respectively. Practical application: Integrating the grid connected photovoltaic system on the building reduces the energy consumption in the building. The integration of the PV on the roof or semi integrated on the roof is need to be investigated before installing on the buildings. The need for installation of the BIPV with ventilation is explored. This study will assist architects and wider community to design buildings roofs with GPV system which are more aesthetic and account for noise protection and thermal insulation in the region of equatorial climate zones.

The Strata/Machinic Assemblage and Architecture

Much of the literature exploring the intersection between Deleuzo-Guattarian philosophy and architecture have focused on abstract theory, experimental projects and practices at the margins of the profession. But, one may ask, what of the mainstream, commercial practices that produce the offices, housing, shops, schools and community buildings that we see and engage with in our day-to-day lives? What of the everyday design decisions made by professional architects and technicians sitting at their desks and drawing boards? Are these to be excluded from architecture's engagement with Deleuzo-Guattarian philosophy? As I will show in this paper, Deleuze and Guattari's proposals for the strata and the machinic assemblage are drawn from their underlying attempt to expand Hjelmslev's planar composition from a tool used to analyse language to a conceptual framework used to analyse the formation and evolution of all things. There is nothing within the conceptual framework of the strata/machinic assemblage to suggest, therefore, that they should not be used to analyse such practices. With this in mind, this article considers how these concepts can be translated through and help provide new insight into a real-world design sequence taken from mainstream, commercial architectural practice. In doing so it will show how such practices can offer Deleuzo-Guattarian scholars a more nuanced insight into this conceptual framework and the concepts that form it.

Territorial Effects of Shared-Living Heritage Regeneration

The paper presents further steps of study started by authors in recent years, as part of the widest international research collaboration, which focuses on shared life and regeneration of abandonment of rural settlements as strategies for the development of sustainable territories. This research aims to understand how the regeneration of ancient community buildings impacts on the sustainable development of the local context. To understand these effects, the research considered four traditional typologies of community buildings, from different cultures: Tulou (China), Cascina (Italy), Hacienda (Mexico), and Marae (New Zealand). Among the tens/hundreds of contemporary regeneration interventions, three contemporary projects per each of these typologies have been selected. To assess the territorial impact of the projects a new approach has been defined using Expert Interviews as the methodology, so as to be able to have an assessment directly by experts in the fields of regenerative projects and sustainable development. The Expert Interviews were held based on a questionnaire that assessed the effects of the projects. For the evaluation of the projects, two categories of indicators have been selected: (1) United Nations SDGs, (2) architectural regeneration indicators generated by the study “The Role of Cultural Heritage in Sustainable Development: Multidimensional Indicators as Decision-Making Tool”, by Francesca Nocca, published in Sustainability (2017, 9, 1882). The research outputs show how the urban-architectural regeneration of these historical typologies can be clearly associated with indications of sustainable development. The results also show that in all four cultures the regeneration of historic buildings provides many benefits to local communities by successfully mixing different income groups and the inclusion of marginalized or vulnerable groups.

José Antonio Corrales. Pueblos de Colonización. La construcción de la sombra

<p>José Antonio Corrales planned four Colonization Villages between January 1954 and June 1956: Guadalimar, Vegas del Caudillo, Villafranco del Guadiana and Llanos del Sotillo. Corrales progressively built the shade in his colonization villages, protecting the outdoor spaces from the sun converting them into a place of relationship and gathering for its inhabitants. Llanos del Sotillo culminates a process, where his aim is masterfully achieved. Shade pursued in the orientation and urban layout, in the section of its streets, public galleries or under community buildings. The shade is also sought in the deepest thresholds of homes, becoming places where the boundaries between outside and inside fade and blur the division between public and private space, into greater wealth and complexity, enhancing community life under its shade. Years later in Elviña, Corrales presented us with community spaces, a sort of “streets in space” through which the dwellings could be accessed, as a partial evolution of his villages adapted to the geographical context, in this case searching for the sun and shelter from the rain. The sun and its shade mark and reveal community life in these works.</p>

Built Environments and Cardiometabolic Morbidity and Mortality in Remote Indigenous Communities in the Northern Territory, Australia

The health of Indigenous Australians is dramatically poorer than that of the non-Indigenous population. Amelioration of these differences has proven difficult. In part, this is attributable to a conceptualisation which approaches health disparities from the perspective of individual-level health behaviours, less so the environmental conditions that shape collective health behaviours. This ecological study investigated associations between the built environment and cardiometabolic mortality and morbidity in 123 remote Indigenous communities representing 104 Indigenous locations (ILOC) as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The presence of infrastructure and/or community buildings was used to create a cumulative exposure score (CES). Records of cardiometabolic-related deaths and health service interactions for the period 2010–2015 were sourced from government department records. A quasi-Poisson regression model was used to assess the associations between built environment “healthfulness” (CES, dichotomised) and cardiometabolic-related outcomes. Low relative to high CES was associated with greater rates of cardiometabolic-related morbidity for two of three morbidity measures (relative risk (RR) 2.41–2.54). Cardiometabolic-related mortality was markedly greater (RR 4.56, 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.74–11.93) for low-CES ILOCs. A lesser extent of “healthful” building types and infrastructure is associated with greater cardiometabolic-related morbidity and mortality in remote Indigenous locations. Attention to environments stands to improve remote Indigenous health.

Promoting Health from Outside the State: La Comunidad, Migrants, and Hometown Associations

Migrants and organizational collectives, such as hometown associations (HTAs), have sent remittances to their countries of origin in an attempt to alleviate unmet health care needs. Additionally, migrants will use collective funds to rehabilitating roads; improving sewage systems and water quality; constructing recreational facilities; and refurbishing community buildings. All of these projects contribute to public health. The question explored in this paper is how remittances from abroad potentially contributes to the health of hometown communities. This focus on health and related issues allows for exploring HTA cross-border work as particularly informative in understanding state/society relations. In effect, we bring light to how a migrant transnational social movement can attempt to address health needs in its hometown. The Comparative Immigrant Organization Project (CIOP) is used to answer this question. For this paper, the level of analysis for the CIOP is organizational.

EVALUASI PURNA HUNI DI PERUMAHAN CONDONGCATUR DITINJAU DARI ASPEK PENGGUNAAN DAN PERUBAHAAN RUANG

ABSTRAK. Perumahan merupakan hunian massal yang bersifat komoditi dengan bentuk bangunan yang tipikal dan dibangun untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hunian bagi masyarakat. Bangunan akan mengalami perubahan ketika tidak dapat memenuhi kebutuhan penghuni atau mengalami kerusakan. Proses atau cara yang digunakan oleh penghuni atau pengguna untuk melakukan perubahan pada bangunan untuk mencapai kenyamanan dan kebutuhan pengguna adalah berbeda-beda. Hubungan antara pengguna lingkungan hunian yang terbangun dengan perilaku penghuni tersebut menyebabkan adanya upaya evaluasi untuk mengetahui keterkaitan pengguna bangunan terhadap performa bangunan termasuk fasilitas dan fungsinya. Proses evaluasi untuk penggunaan bangunan dalam mencapai hal tersebut disebut dengan Evaluasi Pasca Huni (EPH). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi aspek-aspek Evaluasi Purna Huni yang terjadi di Perumahan Condongcatur dari aspek Evaluasi Purna Huni yang terkait dengan penggunaan dan perubahan ruang. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kualititaif dengan analisis Post Occupancy Evaluation (POE) atau Evaluasi Purna Huni (EPH). Hasil penelitian yang telah dilakukan menujukkan bahwa adanya perubahan fungsi pada bangunan sebagai ruang usaha maupun ruang lain. Acara komunitas juga mempengaruhi penggunaan dan perubahan ruang. Perubahan pada bangunan dilakukan secara horisontal maupun vertikal dengan adanya penambahan konstruksi. Faktor yang mempengaruhi penggunaan dan perubahan ruang disebabkan adanya perkembangan kawasan, kebutuhan ruang, penambahan anggota keluarga serta keamanan dan keselamatan bangunan. Kata kunci: evaluasi purna huni, perumahan, ruang ABSTRACT. Housing is a commodity mass residences that have a typical building and is built to meet residential needs for the community. Buildings will experience changes when they cannot meet the needs of residents or are damaged. The method used by residents or users to make changes to the building to achieve user comfort and needs are different. The relationship between the user of the residential built environment and the behavior of the occupants led to an evaluation effort to determine the relationship of building’s users to the performance of the building including its facilities and functions. The evaluation process for building’s use in achieving this is called the Post-Occupational Evaluation (EPH). This study aims to identify aspects of the Post-Occupational Evaluation that occur in Condongcatur Housing from the Post Evaluation aspect related to space use and change. The research method used is qualitative with the Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) analysis. The results of the research show that there is a change in the function of the building as a business space or other space. Community events also affect the use and replace the space. Changes in buildings are carried out horizontally and vertically with the addition of construction. Factors that influence the use and modification of space are due to the development of the area, space requirements, the acquisition of family members and the security and safety of buildings. Keywords: post-occupational evaluation, housing, space