Designing for the Climate Emergency

Pelsmakers, Sofie; Donovan, Elizabeth; Hoggard, Aidan; Koźmińska, Urszula

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“…Driven by these motivations, a number of researchers initiated a project to direct students towards these issues even before they became professionals. By working on teaching methods and students, in fact, it is possible to ensure that they, through their academic careers, acquire the appropriate tools to implement the changes in perspective that the AEC sector needs in order to pursue better sustainable architecture [21].…”

Section: Renovations and Energy Efficiency Improvements In The Constr...mentioning

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Research Perspectives on Buildings’ Sustainability after COVID-19: Literature Review and Analysis of Changes

Coraglia,

Simeone,

Bragadin

2024

Buildings

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The concept of sustainability introduced in 1987 has characterised the world of research in the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction) sector, directing it to try to tackle the problems inherent to the impacts of climate change on buildings. In addition, the advent of COVID-19, disrupting the world and people’s habits, has obviously also strongly affected the academic world. Indeed, this paper aims to analyse the changes and differences between the pre- and post-pandemic periods through a two-stage hybrid literature review. First, through a systematic literature review, 90 articles were selected, filtered through different keywords (sustainability, climate, architecture, and buildings). Once the reasoned selection of papers had been made, it was possible to proceed to the second phase, which involved a thematic analysis according to the three classic macro themes of sustainability (Environment, Social, and Economic) and the inclusion of a fourth macro theme (Management and Development), which made it possible to reintroduce a holistic view of the problem. The results of this literature review revealed the presence of a growing interest in the topic analysed and a more homogenous distribution across all continents, with no distinction between developed and developing countries. Economic sustainability interests emerge post-COVID-19 through the deepening of the themes of clean energy and direct control of consumption. At the level of Environmental sustainability, on the other hand, COVID-19 replaced the house at the centre of people’s lives. In addition, the Management and Development macro theme highlighted the need for an integrated view of the problem and the unexpected return of researchers preferring new constructions, which, despite alternative green approaches and renovations, can guarantee better performance.

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Section: Renovations and Energy Efficiency Improvements In The Constr...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Research Perspectives on Buildings’ Sustainability after COVID-19: Literature Review and Analysis of Changes

Coraglia,

Simeone,

Bragadin

2024

Buildings

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“…(Moscato et al, 2007) In recent years, within the construction sector, sustainability and climate change have increasingly become binomials that are almost impossible to treat separately. (Pelsmaker et al, 2022;Zhai, Helman, 2019;Andrić Koc, Al-Ghamdi 2019) To realise buildings that can be qualified as sustainable, climate change issues cannot be excluded. For this reason, in 2022 the European Commission, "committed to supporting the integration of climate resilience considerations in the construction and renovation of buildings", in collaboration with Ramboll and CE Deft, respectively a Danish consultancy company and a Dutch research and consultancy centre, launched "a study to collect and synthesise existing methods, specifications, best practices, and guidelines for climate resilient buildings".…”

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A Methodological Approach to represent Climate Change Impacts on Buildings

Coraglia,

Wurzer,

Bragadin

2023

eCAADe Proceedings

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The main aim of the research is to propose a methodological approach to permit an assessment of the climate change impacts on buildings and their lifecycle, also by making the process computable.Climate change is a problem that designers and professionals in the AEC sector have begun to tackle more consistently and intensively in recent years. From the perspective of building sustainability in its entire life cycle, in fact, the problem of changing conditions in which the building 'lives' cannot be ignored, since many times they can be completely different from those in which it was designed and built.Recent research has shown how the use of BIM models, more systematic and relevant in the last few years, can be one of the best strategies for the management of new constructions and renovations in the different phases that characterise a building, from its design to its realisation and up to its renovation or change of use. That is not only due to the accurate 3D model, but especially thanks to the considerable availability of data and information related to the Building Object in question. The management of the simulation through a game engine, on the other hand, allows the user to live a direct experience in real-time.In this research, therefore, through the use of BIM models (Autodesk Revit) as a database (DB) of building-related data and combined and enriched with those obtained from other DBs from case studies and literature, it is possible to obtain a useful database which allows, through algorithms implemented within a game engine (Unity 3D), to visualise existing problems according to the date of construction and/or renovation.

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Post-occupancy evaluation for tactical urbanism interventions through placemaking model: two case studies from the “Piazze Aperte” program in Milan

Stagias,

Mahmoud

2024

Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and

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Designing for the Climate Emergency

Cited by 4 publications

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Research Perspectives on Buildings’ Sustainability after COVID-19: Literature Review and Analysis of Changes

Research Perspectives on Buildings’ Sustainability after COVID-19: Literature Review and Analysis of Changes

A Methodological Approach to represent Climate Change Impacts on Buildings

Post-occupancy evaluation for tactical urbanism interventions through placemaking model: two case studies from the “Piazze Aperte” program in Milan

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