Atem, Camila Gregorio (Date of defense: 2016-11-10)
The ventilated facade is a multi-layer element that has been used in Europe for several decades. It has high degree of industrialization and specialization of elements. This "skin" of the building has ...
Uriarte Otazua, Urtza (Date of defense: 2016-12-22)
This thesis deals with sunny side-lit indoor atmospheres, in which an outdoor view is required and a calm environment to enhance concentration. Different window systems were compared: a single fully ...
Pérez Sosa, Isacó (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)
The tourism sector has been central to development of the Spanish coastal economies. However, due to the negative impact that this activity has had on coastal ecosystems, aging infrastructure, and ...
Campos de Armas, Attenya (Date of defense: 2016-01-15)
According to architecture, lighting design involves a high sensitivity keep with the intended use of each project. One of the key issues in defining the indoor environment is the optima! planning of ...
López Besora, Judit (Date of defense: 2015-11-05)
Architecture and environment are strongly linked. In Mediterranean countries, the control of radiation is one ofthe most important environmental aspects to take into account, because of the high radiation ...
Avellaneda López, Omar Fabrisio (Date of defense: 2020-07-16)
Deployable structures with articulated straight bars have the virtue of being lightweight, modular and transformable. This is how the architect Felix Escrig defined them, who left us a fantastic legacy ...
Martin Sáiz, Rodrigo (Date of defense: 2015-12-18)
At the beginning of times, technique was used to reduce the physical stress of any work undertaken by the mankind; this was done without taking into consideration any saving of the resources used. ...
De Angelis, Gabriella (Date of defense: 2015-11-20)
The great increase in natural phenomena with high destructive potential, that have materialized in events with social and economic catastrophic consequences for people and governments during the last ...
Ledesma Hidalgo, Maria Gabriela (Date of defense: 2022-07-28)
Technic, economic, environmental, and architectural constraints in existing building stocks set an energy renovation framework not always compatible with passive strategies. In deep energy renovations, ...
Muntané Raich, Oriol (Date of defense: 2016-12-22)
This document is about cool roofs. This is a relatively new term and refers to those roofs that are able to keep its surface temperature similar to the air's temperature in spite of solar radiation. ...
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