Lo fundamental de la idea de la adaptabilidad y flexibilidad arquitectónica a partir de estructuras móviles o adaptables, estriba en la hipótesis de que el arquitecto es incapaz de determinar definitivamente el uso y el carácter de las edificaciones, y que corresponde al usuario de dichas construcciones decidir y rediseñar el uso y la forma que quiera asignarles.
Understanding how gravity loads and wind and earthquake loads flow through a building is of utmost importance to all structural engineers and architects.
This book proposes an economic and environmental assessment tool to help private and public building designers and owners determine the global sustainability value of green buildings from a life cycle perspective.
Now in its second volume, Regreening the Built Environment provides an overview of physical and social environmental challenges that the planet is facing and presents solutions that restore ecological processes, reclaim open space, foster social equity, and facilitate a green economy.
This book includes peer-reviewed articles from the 7th International Conference on Geotechnics, Civil Engineering and Structures (CIGOS 2024) held on April 4-5 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
This book includes the results from the 5th International Conference on Deep Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (ICDLAIR), held in National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, on December 07-09, 2023, which brought together visionaries, researchers, and industry leaders at the forefront of technological innovation.
Das Neujungfrauenkloster in Moskau, auch bekannt als Nowodewitschi-Kloster, ist ein faszinierendes Zeugnis russischer Geschichte, Kultur und Spiritualität.
This book presents a selection of peer-reviewed papers from the 16th European Robotics Forum (ERF) of euRobotics, the European Robotics Association, held in Stuttgart, Germany, from March 25–27, 2025.
In its first edition, Principles of Clinical Medicine for Space Flight established itself as the authoritative reference on the contemporary knowledge base of space medicine and standards of care for space flyers.
This book is both a conceptualization and detailed analysis of the current crisis in which modern utopian categories of political institutions find themselves, as well as a reflection and clarification of the new dangers and opportunities facing post-utopian politics in-the-making.
Grounded in contemporary landscape architecture theory and practice, Cybernetics and the Constructed Environment blends examples from art, design, and engineering with concepts from cybernetics and posthumanism, offering a transdisciplinary examination of the ramifications of cybernetics on the constructed environment.
A fresh and innovative perspective on urban issues and creating sustainable cities In The 15-Minute City: A Solution for Saving Our Time and Our Planet, human city pioneer and international scientific advisor Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be a short walk or bike ride away from home.
Form and Structure in Interior Architecture examines the basic ideas that underpin the design of interior space: From the establishment of a relationship between the existing building and the new components that inhabit it, to the design and positioning of significant elements within the space itself.
This book explores the concept of livable cities, where people enjoy living and being, and examines indicators of citizens' well-being in relation to the urban environment.
Dieser Sammelband bietet aus theoretischer Perspektive den Zusammenhang von Architektur und Lernwelten sowie die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Gestaltung in den einzelnen Bildungsbereichen unter Einbeziehung von beispielhaften Bauten.
El libro propone un recorrido del exterior al interior: comienza por el emplazamiento y su entorno, sigue por las diversas envolventes del edificio y termina con el análisis de los aspectos ambientales de la iluminación, la calefacción y los sistemas de climatización.
The book challenges three perspectives on the modern architectural canon: explanations that disregard impacts and effects beyond the North Atlantic (monologic), superficial modifications that simply add "e;Other"e; figures to the canon, and views that reject the canon itself.
This book includes peer-reviewed articles from the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Urban Development (ICSUD 2022), held at the Vietnamese-German University (VGU) in Vietnam.
Extreme weather events, droughts, floods, shifts in precipitation and temperature patterns, melting glaciers, sea-level rise, water salinization, and more generally, changes in the water cycle remind us that the climate crisis is mostly a water crisis.
In May 2019, the United Nations released the Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services which warned that human activities will drive nearly one million species to extinction in a few decades.
Es wird der unterschlagenen Frage nachgegangen, welche Rolle der Elitismus der französischen Architektenschaft für Frankreichs Wandel zu einem modernen Staatsgebilde spielte.
