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The Ecologies of the Building Envelope
The Ecologies of the Envelope theorizes the building envelope as a literal embodiment of the social, political, technological, and economic contingencies which have become embedded within it over the last century, analyzing the historical lineages, heroes and villains that helped define the complex material ecologies we see within the envelope today. While the façade is one of the most thoroughly theorized elements of architecture, it is also one of the most questioned since the end of the 19th century. Within the discipline of architecture, the traditional understanding of the façade focuses primarily on semiotic and compositional operations (such as proportional laws and linguistic codes...
The Armageddon of Architecture and Design
This book examines why there is a lack of humanity in current architecture that produces such ghastly environmental errors. It brings together a selective study of past historical styles and works of art since primitive times in order to understand how the evolution of design was broken in the 20th century. Current ideologies and philosophies of the day are examined to ascertain those elements which fuelled a modern architecture that is lacking in humanity and agreeable contextual co-existence with our inherited communities. It shows that the complex effervescence of evolutionary life with its joy, communal celebratory nature, and constructive creative urges, is vulnerable from attack by these stronger alien forces of elimination and reductionism because their actions are by nature aggressive and dictatorially dominant. This book will appeal to all those academics and professional stakeholders who care for the environment and wish to see more positive changes.
The Routledge Companion for Architecture Design and Practice
The Routledge Companion for Architecture Design and Practice provides an overview of established and emerging trends in architecture practice. Contributions of the latest research from international experts examine external forces applied to the practice and discipline of architecture. Each chapter contains up-to-date and relevant information about select aspects of architecture, and the changes this information will have on the future of the profession. The Companion contains thirty-five chapters, divided into seven parts: Theoretical Stances, Technology, Sustainability, Behavorism, Urbanism, Professional Practice and Society. Topics include: Evidence-Based Design, Performativity, Designing...
La envolvente fotovoltaica en la arquitectura
Este libro está dirigido específicamente a los arquitectos, a los estudiantes de arquitectura y a los promotores inmobiliarios, aunque puede ser de gran interés para un amplio espectro de lectores interesados en las energías renovables. Su objetivo que tanto los arquitectos como los promotores entiendan que la integración de la energía fotovotaica no es una obligación más, sino un nuevo producto constructivo, con sus reglas pero también con una gran flexibilidad de dimensiones y acabados, que puede convertirse en una herramienta de diseño muy valiosa para el resultado final del edificio. Esta novedosa tecnología se presenta aquí desde el punto de vista de su aplicación práctica...
Constructing Building Enclosures
Constructing Building Enclosures investigates and interrogates tensions that arose between the disciplines of architecture and engineering as they wrestled with technology and building cultures that evolved to deliver structures in the modern era. At the center of this history are inventive architects, engineers and projects that did not settle for conventional solutions, technologies and methods. Comprised of thirteen original essays by interdisciplinary scholars, this collection offers a critical look at the development and the purpose of building technology within a design framework. Through two distinct sections, the contributions first challenge notions of the boundaries between archite...
Mediciones y presupuestos
Este libro tiene como objetivo fundamental enseñar a realizar mediciones y presupuestos tanto a los alumnos de arquitectura, arquitectura técnica e ingeniería como a los profesionales con poca experiencia. Pero para alcanzar ese objetivo es imprescindible describir los restantes documentos escritos, variantes y complementos requeridos actualmente por un proyecto, es decir, todo aquello que se entrega habitualmente en formato DIN-A4, como la memoria y el pliego de condiciones. Este libro considera que una parte importante del trabajo del profesional de la edificación se realiza antes, durante y después del proyecto; considera que el proyecto no es sólo una serie de planos con una memori...
Bioclimatic Double-Skin Façades
Visually enriched with over 250 photographs and drawings, Bioclimatic Double-Skin Façades is an essential reference guide for understanding the types and functions of double-skin façades. Author Mary Ben Bonham examines the history and continuing potential of double-skin architecture, informing on the variety of approaches possible and advising a rigorous integrated design process leading to application. Featuring a wide selection of architectural examples, the book will be of interest to professionals and students within the fields of architecture, engineering, and construction. Characterized by a buffer-like air space between two glazed building skins, double-skin windows and façades ai...
Iniciación a la arquitectura
Este libro va dirigido a los jóvenes que se disponen a iniciar los estudios universitarios de Arquitectura y que se interrogan sore el contenido de la carrera y la naturaleza de la profesión. Para ellos se expone de manera sencilla en qué consiste la formación del arquitecto y el trabajo que realizarán tras abandonar la universidad. Quizás estas líneas supongan su primer contacto con unas disciplinas y unos métodos de trabajo que serán sus compañeros toda la vida. Pero el contenido del libro puede también ayudar y ofrecer información a todas aquellas personas que estudian, enseñan, trabajan o investigan sobre la arquitectura. En estas páginas encontrarán respuestas a algunos i...
Architecture & Sustainable Development (vol.1)
This book of Proceedings presents the latest thinking and research in the rapidly evolving world of architecture and sustainable development through 255 selected papers by authors coming from over 60 countries.
Reglazing Modernism
The worldwide use of building envelopes in steel and glass is one of the characteristic features of modern architecture. Many of these pre- and post-war buildings are now suffering severe defects in the building fabric, which necessitate measures to preserve the buildings. In this endeavor, aspects of architectural design, building physics, and the preservation of historic buildings play a key role. Using a selection of 20 iconic buildings in Europe and the USA, the book documents the current technological status of the three most common strategies used today: restoration, rehabilitation, and replacement. The buildings include Fallingwater House by Frank Lloyd Wright, Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Fagus Factory and Bauhaus Building by Walter Gropius.
