Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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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. Cool roofs could be ...
An unprecedented calculation model for slabs of post-tensioned concrete is proposed, based on the general theory of thin plate analysis, using the finite element method, taking into account the degradation of the most ...
The main objective of this Thesis is to determinate the behaviour of the prestress effect of a fabric structure. On the understanding that the prestress of a fabric structure is a fundamental part of its stability and ...
As has been shown since the beginning of the intervention, either restoration or rehabilitation of the modern movement in buildings with Architectural values with enough importance, raised all kinds of difficulties, often ...
After 150 years from the beginning of the construction of the Eixample of Barcelona. it has become an emblem of the city. In addition to the many urban planning virtues, l'Eixample has a value that is given by the formal ...
Arquitectura y estructura han ido siempre íntimamente ligadas, pero con la aparición del acero y el hormigón surgieron nuevas necesidades formales o estéticas. El Estilo Internacional se inclinó por separar la retícula ...
This research aims to study the trade architectural support to finally get to generate proposals directly on architectural support. There has been an architectural walking tour to introduce the issue of the study. The ...
The lack of housing existing in Spain during post-war period lead Spanish government to implement housing policies with financial support to those projects that meet certain conditions both constructive and cost. Among ...
For the last decades, and especially in last years, light facades have been the greatest exponent of technology and innovation in construction. While they have played the leading role in several conventional buildings, ...
La fachada ventilada es aquel cerramiento caracterizado por resolver la estanquidad al agua por medio de una cámara drenante continua en todo su plano. Para la definición de dicha cámara se precisan dos hojas que la limiten: ...
During years the hitoric British treatises about construclion have been considered almost exclusively from the point of view of the use of orders and the architectural planning of major houses, palaces and occassionally ...
A pesar de la amplia bibliografía sobre arquitectos del Movimiento Moderno y sobre los debates de las Vanguardias, aún permanecen obras sin estudiar de arquitectos y artistas, cuyos compromisos contribuyeron en el Nacimiento ...
The present investigation is about the development of a construction system of vertical residential wall's lining, and it is focused on the rehabilitation of the characteristic features of elements and on the implementation ...
The post-war industrialized housing between 1955 and 1985 in Belgrade has been analyzed with its special focus on the transformation capacity on spatial, technical and environmental leveL for future refurbishment. The focal ...
