The design and conception of a university campus is usually done in a manner to create an attractive, conducive atmosphere which is serene as well as beautiful to encourage a right environment for study. University of Lagos prides itself as the University First Choice and the nation’s pride in Nigeria. The university’s unique location besides a lagoon and in an urban setting, gives it the opportunity to exploit the benefits of water tourism and other forms of nature in form of recreation within the eco-open spaces on campus. The aim of the study was to examine people’s perception of the green infrastructure provided, the serenity of the existing eco-open spaces which students always visit due to their biophilic aspects, subsequently evaluate the facilities provided and how they are received by the users. A survey of eighty (80) copies of photo-questionnaires distributed to respondents, which consisted of students, visitors and staff who were met at the various venues. Out of these, 77 were returned correctly filled and used for analysis. Conclusions were reached and recommendations made, in line with the results of the study.
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The concept of temporary buildings may have many forms or definitions in different countries and regions. In China, they are defined as buildings and structures that are simply constructed for temporary use of production and life and are required to be demolished within a specified period of time. Container houses are the most common type in China. They have been widely used in post-disaster recovery, temporary resettlement of industrial workers and low-income groups. It also plays an important role in different historical stages. It is undeniable that they have the advantages of simple construction technology, fast construction speed, integration and high degree of modularization in practical application. However, from the beginning of the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, as well as the subsequent series of natural disasters, their design and functional defects were exposed. Through the spot investigation and questionnaire survey, this paper summarized these issues. For the reason that, this study attempts to fill this gap by introducing a new lightweight reconfigurable structure system (LRSS). First of all, in order to meet the needs of national conditions, the system is based on new modular design and manufacturing methods, quick to build and construction, but also easy to disassemble and transport. Moreover, the new design breaks through the traditional style of component form and size restrictions, with more human and sustainable features. Finally, through computer simulation and analysis, it is convinced that the new products have better comprehensive performance. Multiple comparison results are sufficient to illustrate the new structural system can meet the demand of people whom at different age even different social stratum, and ultimately achieve a win–win results from both social and environment system.
{"title":"LIGHTWEIGHT RECONFIGURABLE STRUCTURE SYSTEM (LRSS): RETHINKING TEMPORARY BUILDINGS","authors":"Shaoxiong Li, Kai-Fang Deng","doi":"10.2495/ARC180101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2495/ARC180101","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of temporary buildings may have many forms or definitions in different countries and regions. In China, they are defined as buildings and structures that are simply constructed for temporary use of production and life and are required to be demolished within a specified period of time. Container houses are the most common type in China. They have been widely used in post-disaster recovery, temporary resettlement of industrial workers and low-income groups. It also plays an important role in different historical stages. It is undeniable that they have the advantages of simple construction technology, fast construction speed, integration and high degree of modularization in practical application. However, from the beginning of the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, as well as the subsequent series of natural disasters, their design and functional defects were exposed. Through the spot investigation and questionnaire survey, this paper summarized these issues. For the reason that, this study attempts to fill this gap by introducing a new lightweight reconfigurable structure system (LRSS). First of all, in order to meet the needs of national conditions, the system is based on new modular design and manufacturing methods, quick to build and construction, but also easy to disassemble and transport. Moreover, the new design breaks through the traditional style of component form and size restrictions, with more human and sustainable features. Finally, through computer simulation and analysis, it is convinced that the new products have better comprehensive performance. Multiple comparison results are sufficient to illustrate the new structural system can meet the demand of people whom at different age even different social stratum, and ultimately achieve a win–win results from both social and environment system.","PeriodicalId":431486,"journal":{"name":"Eco-Architecture VII: Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature","volume":"192 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132832738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
New computational techniques have been introduced to assist the design of adaptable building façades and to help quantify relationships between the building envelope and the environment. Designers increasingly use generative design approach for form-generation of building envelopes, and the organisation of components over a predefined form. In this research an original shape grammar approach for façade systems generation is proposed, with a rule-based method for the creation and exploration of complex shape composites based upon a set of simple initial shapes and predefined rules of composition. This is in order to explore a form finding of set of different building façade configurations before merging generated data into a simulated process of real-time daylighting and heat gains performance evaluation. The developed models adapt via responding to the data-regulation protocols responsible for sensing and processing building performance data in real time. The research reports on the prototype system development and testing, allowing continuous evaluation of multiple solutions and presenting opportunity for further improvement via multi-objective optimisation, which would be very difficult to do, if not impossible, with conventional design methods.
{"title":"A SHAPE GRAMMAR APPROACH TO CLIMATICALLY ADAPTABLE FAÇADE SYSTEMS WITH REAL TIME PERFORMANCE EVALUATION","authors":"Tung Nguyen, B. Ceranic, Christopher Callaghan","doi":"10.2495/arc180121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2495/arc180121","url":null,"abstract":"New computational techniques have been introduced to assist the design of adaptable building façades and to help quantify relationships between the building envelope and the environment. Designers increasingly use generative design approach for form-generation of building envelopes, and the organisation of components over a predefined form. In this research an original shape grammar approach for façade systems generation is proposed, with a rule-based method for the creation and exploration of complex shape composites based upon a set of simple initial shapes and predefined rules of composition. This is in order to explore a form finding of set of different building façade configurations before merging generated data into a simulated process of real-time daylighting and heat gains performance evaluation. The developed models adapt via responding to the data-regulation protocols responsible for sensing and processing building performance data in real time. The research reports on the prototype system development and testing, allowing continuous evaluation of multiple solutions and presenting opportunity for further improvement via multi-objective optimisation, which would be very difficult to do, if not impossible, with conventional design methods.","PeriodicalId":431486,"journal":{"name":"Eco-Architecture VII: Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127254145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sustainable design is a widely accepted concept, but there is no general consensus on its realisation, as evidenced by the range of strategies in the built environment that fall under the umbrella of “green” design. These vary from technological innovation to empowering social action; which often represents competing world-views, that are often seemingly contradictory or incompatible. Therefore, design for sustainability requires the designer to advocate an ethical or moral stance; and to decide on where to assign value. Despite this, there is no coherent framework which structures the complexity of this field. In this paper, existing models of sustainable development and design are analysed and a new framework that classifies alternative approaches is proposed. The framework presents conflicting paradigms on a continuum, which provides structure to the discourse on sustainable design, allowing building designers to map their own strategic approaches, recognise inconsistencies and reveal potential future directions. Rather than suggesting that sustainability has a single definable outcome; the framework provides a means to contextualise different, yet equally valid, design scenarios.
{"title":"A REPRESENTATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE DESIGN","authors":"R. Grover, S. Emmitt, A. Copping","doi":"10.2495/ARC180061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2495/ARC180061","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainable design is a widely accepted concept, but there is no general consensus on its realisation, as evidenced by the range of strategies in the built environment that fall under the umbrella of “green” design. These vary from technological innovation to empowering social action; which often represents competing world-views, that are often seemingly contradictory or incompatible. Therefore, design for sustainability requires the designer to advocate an ethical or moral stance; and to decide on where to assign value. Despite this, there is no coherent framework which structures the complexity of this field. In this paper, existing models of sustainable development and design are analysed and a new framework that classifies alternative approaches is proposed. The framework presents conflicting paradigms on a continuum, which provides structure to the discourse on sustainable design, allowing building designers to map their own strategic approaches, recognise inconsistencies and reveal potential future directions. Rather than suggesting that sustainability has a single definable outcome; the framework provides a means to contextualise different, yet equally valid, design scenarios.","PeriodicalId":431486,"journal":{"name":"Eco-Architecture VII: Harmonisation between Architecture and Nature","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129898619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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