Posts tagged ‘outdoor comfort’
Courtyard housing typology in an urban area
February 18th, 2010
Guest author: Alberto Moletto
Since, then the high proportion of citizens in the suburbs has continued to grow: by 2008, the ratio of suburban to urban dwellers had reached 2:1. The fundamental reasons for this migration have been identified as a lack of green areas in the city, and the absence of housing projects with private courtyards. However, even [...]
Tags: architectural association, chile, housing, mediterranean climate, outdoor comfort, research, sustainble environmental design
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Urban Metaphors | Exploring the urban roofscape of Athens
February 17th, 2010
Guest author: Katerina Pantazi
The focus of this dissertation is the urban roofscape of Athens and aims to identify the variables, as well as to explore the potentials that are associated with the sustainable regeneration of this particular layer of the urban configuration. The investigation of the prevailing types and spatial characteristics of this layer will identify the variables [...]
Tags: architectural association, design, greece, mediterranean climate, outdoor comfort, research, sustainble environmental design, urban space
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Designing outdoors: Ephemeral and adaptive book shelters in Thessaloniki, Greece
February 17th, 2010
Guest author: Kalliopi Limpou
Most outdoors design applications devoid any sustainable and environmental quality. They are either characterless structures driven by low budgets or fancy installations intending to solely excite the pleasure of the senses, undermining in both cases the parameter of human comfort. As nowadays more and more eminent architects are being engaged to relevant projects, that exceptionally [...]
Tags: architectural association, greece, mediterranean climate, outdoor comfort, research, sustainble environmental design
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