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Reviewing Design Process Theories
Discourses in Architecture, Urban Design and Planning Theories
Häftad, 2020
664 kr
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This interdisciplinary book explores design theories, combining research from a range of fields including architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, urban design, industrial design, software engineering, environmental psychology, geography, anthropology, and sociology. Following an …
Discrete Optimization in Architecture
Architectural & Urban Layout
Häftad, 2016
552 kr
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This book presents three projects that demonstrate thefundamental problems of architectural design and urban composition – the layoutdesign, evaluation and optimization. Part I describes the functional layoutdesign of a residential building, and an evaluation of the quality of a townsquare …
Discrete Optimization in Architecture
Extremely Modular Systems
Häftad, 2016
552 kr
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This book is comprised of two parts, both of which exploremodular systems: Pipe-Z (PZ) and Truss-Z (TZ), respectively. It presents severalmethods of creating PZ and TZ structures subjected to discrete optimization.The algorithms presented employ graph-theoretic and heuristic methods. Theunderlying …
Discrete Optimization in Architecture
Building Envelope
Häftad, 2016
681 kr
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This book explores the extremely modular systems that meet two criteria: they allow the creation of structurally sound free-form structures, and they are comprised of as few types of modules as possible. Divided into two parts, it presents Pipe-Z (PZ) and Truss-Z (TZ) systems. PZ is more …
Comfort and Perception in Architecture
Häftad, 2023
625 kr
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This book discusses the design of comfortable buildings and shows that design perception and, as a result, comfort should be an intentional feature of architectural design. Modern buildings are often sealed boxes without operable windows or daylighting design. However, contemporary designers …
Urban Wind Environment
Integrated Climate-Sensitive Planning and Design
Av Chao Yuan
Häftad, 2018
607 kr
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In the context of urbanization and compact urban living, conventional experience-based planning and design often cannot adequately address the serious environmental issues, such as thermal comfort and air quality. The ultimate goal of this book is to facilitate a paradigm shift from the …
Computational and Manufacturing Strategies
Experimental Expressions of Wood Capabilities
Av Andrea Quartara, Djordje Stanojevic
Häftad, 2018
552 kr
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This book highlights computationally enabled and digitally fabricated strategies used in the design of a series of full-size wooden structures. It introduces theoretical foundations and then focuses on the possibilities that have emerged as a result of the material-aware processes. The case studies …
Dense and Green Building Typologies
Research, Policy and Practice Perspectives
Av Thomas Schröpfer, Sacha Menz
Häftad, 2018
625 kr
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In this book, academics, policy makers, developers, architects and landscape architects provide a systematic review of the environmental, social, economic and design benefits of dense and green building types in high-density urban contexts and discuss how these can support higher population …
Dense and Green Building Typologies
Design Perspectives
Av Thomas Schröpfer, Sacha Menz
Häftad, 2019
681 kr
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In this book, leading architects and landscape architects provide their perspectives on the design of dense and green building types in high-density urban contexts that can support higher population densities, higher standards of environmental sustainability and enhanced liveability in future …
City Form, Economics and Culture
For the Architecture of Public Space
Häftad, 2020
552 kr
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This is a book about how cities occupy space. We are not interested in architectural masterpieces, but the tools for reinventing city life. We try to provide a framework for the architecture and design of public space without aesthetic considerations. We identify several defining factors. First of …
3D Printing Architecture
Workflows, Applications, and Trends
Av Carlos BAÑÓN, Félix RASPALL
Häftad, 2020
793 kr
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This book investigates how architectural design advances as a result of the rapid developments in 3D Printing. As this technology become more powerful, faster and cheaper, novel workflows are becoming available and revolutionizing all stages of the design process, from early spatial concepts, to …
Adaptive Thermal Comfort of Indoor Environment for Residential Buildings
Efficient Strategy for Saving Energy
Av David Bienvenido-Huertas, Carlos Rubio-Bellido
Häftad, 2021
793 kr
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This book is structured in four parts: First, it analyzes the sustainability objectives established for the building stock and the importance of thermal comfort in this aspect. Second, the existing adaptive thermal comfort models and the main energy-saving measures associated with these models are …
Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Urban Environment
Assessments and Applications in Urban Planning and Design
Av Kevin Ka-Lun Lau, Zheng Tan m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
825 kr
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This book highlights the importance of outdoor thermal comfort for improving urban living quality in the context of urban planning and urban geometry design. It introduces readers to a range of assessment methods and applications of outdoor thermal comfort and addresses urban geometry and thermal …
Fire Evacuation and Exit Design in Heritage Cultural Centres
Av John Gales, René Champagne m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
625 kr
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This book highlights human behaviour and architectural considerations for prescriptive code requirements for emergency exits in heritage cultural centers. Closed circuit television camera (CCTV) footage from a Canadian heritage cultural centre was analyzed from three separate unannounced …
SeaOasis
Floating Aquaculture for Smallholders' Global Food Security
Av Joerg Baumeister, Ioana C. Giurgiu
Häftad, 2022
367 kr
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This book highlights a research-based design proposal which has the purpose of relieving from lack of global food supply. Due to the current overuse of land, it suggests an extension of aquatic food production with floating devices onto the sea. These devices are called SeaOasis because they …
Cities+1m
Urban Development Solutions for Sea Level Rise
Av Joerg Baumeister, Despina Linaraki
Häftad, 2022
367 kr
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This book highlights various solutions for the required transition of coastal cities due to +1m sea level rise. The current understanding is that infrastructure, buildings, industry, and communities have to be protected by engineering-based solutions, or cities have to retreat. The book adds two …
Overhang Design Methods
Optimal Thermal and Daylighting Performance
Häftad, 2022
569 kr
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It is estimated that windows in office buildings are responsible for one third of energy used for their heating and cooling. Designing window shading that balances often contradictory goals of preventing excessive heat gains in hot periods, without compromising beneficial heat gains in cold periods …
Patterns of Interaction
Computational Design Across Scales
Häftad, 2023
607 kr
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This book is a reflection on contemporary computational design thinking at the intersection of architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture, in a time marked by complex challenges like climate change, urbanization and population growth. Based on a critical rethinking of the notion of …
Architecture in the AI Era for Research, Practice, and Pedagogy
Av Asterios Agkathidis, Markus Hudert m. fl.
2026
651 kr
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This book highlights the possibilities arising in architectural design through the integration of Generative AI technologies in the design process. Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) tools, methods and techniques are gaining popularity in architectural design, producing illustrations of …
Vacant Land
Urban Design, Economic Expansion, and Environmental Consequences
Av Luca Salvati, Ioannis Konaxis
Häftad, 2026
569 kr
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This book sheds light on the mechanisms at the base of formation and consolidation of vacant land in metropolitan regions, an under-debated issue of urban growth, regional science and architecture. The book adopts a kaleidoscope of different academic and practical approaches, mixing multiple …
Architectural Heritage Management via Digital Code of Practice
Av Margherita Lasorella, Elena Cantatore m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
569 kr
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This book presents technical knowledge already available and identifies operational-methodological flows aimed at filling the existing incomplete and jumbled procedures through the use of parametric and virtual digital models for architectural heritage. Specifically, it proposes a digital code of …
Architectural Vision of Overtourism
Av Vikas Chand Sharma, Sandeep Dua m. fl.
2026
671 kr
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This book explores the ways in which architecture and urban design can alleviate the adverse effects of mass tourism. It delves into the critical challenges posed by overcrowded urban centers, strained infrastructure, and the environmental repercussions stemming from an influx of tourists. By …
Architectural Research
An Academic Textbook for Students of Architecture
Häftad, 2025
569 kr
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This book introduces the basic principles and methods of scientific research in architecture. Due to the specificity of the creative process and the architectural industry, the presented issues have also been adapted to the needs of architecture teachers, architects active in the design market, and …
Climate Adaptation in Urban Planning
Toward Sustainable and Resilient Urban Environments
Häftad, 2024
569 kr
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This book provides an overview of the current planning paradigms and technical strategies to cope with climatechange, specifically flooding. Architecture and planning face the challenging task of designing the built environment while addressing complex issues in urban areas. Factors such as climate …
Terrorist Risk in Urban Outdoor Built Environment
Measuring and Mitigating via Behavioural Design Approach
Av Gabriele Bernardini, Elena Cantatore m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
344 kr
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This open access book outlines the latest results in analysing, assessing, and managing terrorist risk in the urban outdoor built environment. In detail, contents refer to the outdoor Open Areas (such as streets, squares, urban parks and other public spaces in our cities) exposed to such violent …
Embodied and Operational Carbon in Buildings
Strategies to Decarbonize
Av Shveta Mohan, Vijayalaxmi J.
Häftad, 2024
457 kr
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This book offers the basics of embodied and operational carbon while discussing the inclusion of carbon emission in the GBRS at global and national level. This book also critically explores the important topic of embodied and operational carbon of buildings with insights on the strategies to …
