Posts tagged ‘temperate climate’
Environmental Design & Morphogenesis
April 28th, 2010
Guest author: Viktoria A Lytra
Even if the potential of environmental design to cause morphogenesis has been recognised widely, it remains so far unexplored because its main principles – related to building’s physics – are open to many architectural translations. Up to now the environmental input in architecture is limited in most of the cases to passive optimised strategies applied [...]
Tags: architectural association, daylighting, england, form generation, london, research, sustainble environmental design, temperate climate
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Accommodating change – Housing in London
February 23rd, 2010
Guest author: Alexandra Theodorou
Over the last few years, population growth in London has created an imperative need for increasing housing supply. At the same time household structure is radically changing with one-person dwellings accounting for a large proportion of the demand. Terraced housing has provided satisfactory living conditions for many years and still defines much of the city’s [...]
Tags: architectural association, design, england, housing, research, sustainble environmental design, temperate climate
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Contemporising religious architecture
February 16th, 2010
Guest author: Isha Anand
Daylight can be very informative in the generation of architectural form and has been a celebrated tool in highlighting cultural, contextual and experiential regard in architectural design. Exploring this concept, the dissertation assesses and re-interprets spatial, sensorial and form-giving characteristics using religious buildings as a forum. The project explores the effects created through daylight in [...]
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The potential of earth architecture as low energy design
February 14th, 2010
Guest author: Monika Choudhary
This research investigates the potential of earth masonry as low energy design along with its applicability in sustainable contemporary design. Earth masonry is known for its insulation and sustainability properties. There is a lot of technology available for low energy design such as louvers, complex solar chimneys, various insulation layers, air-tight buildings and innumerable permutations [...]
Tags: architectural association, earth architecture, research, sustainble environmental design, temperate climate
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