Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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The aim of the thesis is to study !he environmental behavior of the gallery as a space in between the indoor of the building and outside and as a climate system. Specifically focuses on the galleries of the courtyards of ...
The following research work has directed its efforts towards the study of the cognitive process in projecting architecture and urbanism. There is a naed to reorient this projection to a current pedagogical framework in ...
The era we are living calls us to face the environmental and urban issues. As the main source of greenhouse emissions and energy consumption, cities are as well the most vulnerable places as for the effects of climate ...
Providing its place for installation systems is clearly one of the overall principies that define the building-technology uniting, and this is only possible to be made from a global and initial approach of this ductwork ...
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 evolved considerably ...
Urban space is an element not only traffic, habitat and work, but also recreation relationship and especially in the Mediterranean and warmer climates. A man tool to interact with their environment. But due to the increase ...
To address the environmental imbalance of which the current demand model of the building sector is an active part, the focus of this research is to suggest a response for a more efficient and sustainable use of energy ...
In recent years, concerns about energy efficiency have become significantly relevant both in terms of environmental and economical aspects. The initiatives launched by national or international regulations, some with ...
The solar chimney is a climatic conditioning passive system. This can generate air movements in a room by means of solar radiation. These air movements can amplify the comfort zone increasing human habitability conditions ...
Several studies have been performed demonstrating the Ventilated Roof effectiveness (VR) in the reduction of heat transfer due to high solar radiation. The present study analyses and classifies the strategies used in this ...
The building sector environmental impact is specially important in emerging economies such as Mexico, due to the population increase and urban growth that they are currently facing. Due to the holistic approach of Life ...
The central scope of this thesis is the architectonic element THE ROOF within the context of regions with warm and humid climates near the equator. The constant population growth in the world has been reflected, in these ...
Many of the citizen's daily activities take place in the streets. Climatic conditions in between buildings largely affect the user’s comfort of these spaces, and, consequently, the human perception of the city environment. ...
By 2050, the world's population will have doubled and will be mainly urban. This perspective generates the need to think about the present and the future of cities, especially those located in mid-latitudes, where a large ...
The study of Traditional Ancestral Knowledge associated with the construction of a landscape and a way of living, constitutes an effective mechanism to move towards sustainable development. It is a body of technical ...
The role of natural light in the health and wellbeing of users is a central subject to architectural design today. Sustainability and energy efficiency are also leading concerns. Therefore, new and existing buildings must ...
The ancient cities of hot arid climates, founded and grew linked to pedestrian mobility, followed a preferably compact growth pattern until the beginning of the 20th century. The resulting urban form impacted urban ...
This thesis analyzes the wall’s thermal performance of learning spaces and its impact on cooling demand. Three classrooms are selected as case studies, each located on a different university campus in separate cities in ...
The research focuses on how to illuminate low light intensity spaces. Different uses of those spaces serve as the start point for rethinking lighting design. The characteristics of light, surface and vision are essential ...
(English) Since last decade, tourism in Chilean Patagonia has grown rapidly, largely promoted by State policies and encouraged by privately held companies, whose objective is to turn this region into a pole of attraction ...
