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Location Intelligence Dynamics and Complexity: The Questions of Design Thinking Strategy
Get PDFThe aim of the paper is to investigate newly developed theories and forms of application of global monitoring and analysis closely related to spatial coordination and design decision-making. It deals with designerly advanced ‘location intelligence science and technology’ that enables the development of new aspects of spatial knowledge, thereby extending the reality with additional data used in solving various design problems; it manages and processes complex systems and structures of information while simultaneously making vast data-storages. A special remark has been made on the relation between design thinking strategies and the field of spatial analysis, monitoring, and location intelligence—a comprehension of architectural and urban problematisation of certain design situations in the light of broader geo-spatial (political or/and physical) conditions, whose scale sometimes transcends planetary limits and determinants. A more detailed look at the theoretical views and scientific background that made the digital world (the world of digitalised data and representations of reality) dominate our design perception and action by becoming a major subject of our design investigation, creative research, and innovation has been illustrated throughout the study, making important connections between design thinking strategies and strategies of spatial knowledge production through the design tools of tracing, mapping, and charting, or more broadly defined spatial coding and codification. In that respect, we may reconsider the ways in which consequently developed or adopted logics of digital transcription of our existing (documentary) or invented (fictional) complex environments through contemporary spatial and location intelligence platforms shape and define mindsets by which we develop and operate design ideas and articulate spatial tactics and strategies as parts of our metacognitive design activity
Energy Features of Roma Houses
Get PDFИстраживање стамбеног фонда породичних кућа у Србији показује да са становишта енергетске ефикасности оне у великом проценту не одговарају савременим захтевима које прописује домаћа регулатива. Узимајући у обзир да је ромско становање одувек значајно одступало по стандардима комфора од просечног у Републици Србији, јасно је каква је очекивана слика постојећег стања стамбеног фонда Рома. Полазиште за анализу енергетских карактеристика ромских кућа представља њихова материјализација која у највећој мери одређује крајње ефекте не/постигнутих уштеда. У раду су анализиране четири зидане куће ромске популације и једна од лаких материјала, које илуструју типичне проблеме у материјализацији објеката, који се директно одражавају на укупне енергетске перформансе: грађење расположивим материјалом, комбиновање различитих материјала у истом склопу, проблеми формирања спојева, заптивеност прозора и врата, изостанак термоизолационих материјала и финализирајућег слоја, про-блеми пробијања отвора у зидовима. Снимци термовизијском камером илуструју проблемска места и указују на недостатке у материјализацији објеката који су у највећој мери резултат грађења на нивоу структурног минимума.The analysis of Serbian family housing shows that in terms of energy efficiency the existing housing stock largely fails to comply with the current regulatory requirements and comfort standards. having in mind that Roma housing has always been well below average in the Republic of Serbia, the performance of the current Roma housing stock can easily be anticipated. The materialization of Roma houses is the starting point for this study, as it largely determines the final effects of (in)effective energy savings. The paper presents an analysis of four Roma houses built in solid materials (masonry) and one constructed from lightweight materials; they illustrate typical problems related to the materialization of buildings that affect the overall energy performance: using any available construction material, combining different materials within the same structure, joints, unsealed windows and doors, no thermal insulation nor finishing, problems of forming facade openings. Thermal camera images illustrate these problematic issues and point to the materialization flaws that are mainly a result of building at the very edge of the structural minimum
Role of housing Agencies in the Future Development of Serbia
Get PDFWith the rise of neoliberal economy in Europe, decent urban housing has become unaffordable for many Europeans in recent decades. This has further produced socio-economic pressure on urban-policy makers across the continent. In post-socialist countries such as Serbia, neoliberal development has generally been merged with post-socialist transformation, making them more vulnerable to the deficiency of affordable housing. Moreover, Serbian housing has also been impacted by a distinct socialist housing model and a turbulent recent history. Therefore, housing planning and policy in Serbia cannot be simply prescribed from international level; it requires thoughtful adjustment to local conditions. It is unclear which institutional body had to be responsible for this complex process. The fall of socialism in the former Yugoslavia was marked by the collapse of old socialist-type housing agencies, known as the Housing Funds. New forms of housing agencies, developed to deal with still unregulated property issues in housing, old housing stock, and fragile housing market, have not achieved a wider significance. The aim of this research is to propose the role and basic organisation of future housing-related agencies in Serbia. It is done through the systematisation and analysis of Serbian housing with particular focus on governance and planning, as a premise for the model of housing agencies
Analysis of heat transfer coefficient of rammed earth wall in traditional houses in Vojvodina
Get PDFTraditional Vojvodina house represents an important part of the building stock
of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. The research examines the
thermal transmittance of the walls of rammed earth, which is the basic structural and façade element of traditional Vojvodina house, in two ways: by calculations in accordance with Serbian regulations and by measuring in situ. Parameters obtained from the measurements are compared with the calculated
values for the three typical traditional Vojvodina rammed earth single family
residential houses.
The comparison between the values of the heat transfer coefficient, obtained by
the calculation, and the results determined by in situ measurements show significant differences. It indicates that the thermal characteristics are better than calculated ones according to national regulations, but at the same time that, due to
the complexity of the rammed earth walls and differences in the rammed earth
structures, the results differ from case to case and can not be standardized
Microhistories: Advanced Design Intelligence Research Project
No full textThe problem of information and knowledge expansion and exponential enlargement, the need for comparative analysis and conversance of massive funds of data - a metahistorical archive, or 'strata' in Foucauldian terms - makes tasks of academic research extremely complex. Professional responsibilities and competencies have never before required such exhaustive investigations. Furthermore, accompanying cognitive research performances always include critical reassessment of the present, discoursively transmitted and available information, and established concepts and categories as much as the production of the new knowledge through innovative application and new discoveries. Within this problem, it has been assumed that proposed spatial/architectural data-recordings [datascapes] could facilitate research as an extension of our thinking process and their external, elastic cognitive devices. Diagramming strategies make critical processing and new connectivities highly efficient, producing new meanings within the oversaturated 'information chatter' [Speaks, 2004], and revealing thereby all hidden structures behind the current appearances of the relational systemic networking. Therefore, from meta- and intra-position, and from multiple points of view, they produce new microhistorical lines and connectivity patterns, inscribing traces and evidence of invisible activities, and new inferences to be operationalised as a new knowledge.Design / Data Intelligence Strategy could be applied as a formal and programmatic model or register for Advanced [Design] Intelligence Research (A[d]IR)© or Project (AIRp)©, based on cross-disciplinary academic and industry collaboration, and aimed at solving scientific problems which deal with any kind of documentary and creative practice with data
The influence of atrium on energy performance of hotel building
No full textThis paper analyses annual energy performance of atrium type hotel building in Belgrade. The objective is to examine the impact of the atrium on the hotel building's energy demands for space heating and cooling. Integrated approach through numerical simulations that include Belgrade climate data and thermal comfort parameters, indicates an optimal model of hotel building with atrium for this area. Building energy simulation is carried out using EnergyPlus simulation engine, as a basic tool in the process of building energy optimization. The methodological approach includes the creation of a hypothetical model of an atrium type hotel building, numerical simulation of energy performances of several design alternatives of the hotel building with atrium, and comparative analysis of the obtained results. The main task of analysis is to change certain parameters in the particular model (for example, building structure, orientation, etc.) and to observe how the changes influence energy performance of the building. The goal of this research is to show that the atrium contributes to the heating and cooling energy savings in the rest of the building, but also that the atrium itself demands a lot of energy for its air-conditioning. The most sustainable solution should be to cover energy demands for atrium by using the renewable energy sources. In this case, the atrium can contribute to the energy efficiency of the hotel building in Belgrade climatic conditions, thus reducing its negative impact on the environment
Investigating Structural Stability of Historic Buildings: A Case Study of a Rampart Wall of Hilandar Monastery
No full textThe objective of this research is to establish an appropriate methodology for the restoration of historic buildings and detecting the deformations of structural elements. The basic method adopted includes long-term in situ observation of historic buildings in use, analyses and condition assessment of the construction and performance monitoring for structural elements based on the case studies of Hilandar Monastery, Mount Athos, which is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The subject of this research is the rampart wall (10th century) and the buildings directly connected to the wall, i.e. the Refectory and the Abbot's Lodge. This research deals with the causes of deformation and the subsequent consequences the leaning of the rampart wall and deformation of the adjacent structural elements. The abovementioned motions and deformations led to the occurrence of cracking in the chimneys of the Abbot's Lodge, where a disastrous fire (2004) destroyed nearly 55% of the monastery structures. The present research discovers the cause of the problem that has been present for more than two centuries and also prevents further deformations on the rampart wall
Investigation of the Collapse of a Building in the Final Stage of Its Construction
No full textIn 2009, the Municipal Court of the City of Cajetina, Republic of Serbia, issued an order to a Commission of court-appointed experts (Commission) to perform an analysis of the collapse of a building in the final stage of its construction. The Commission was appointed by the Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade. The study reveals the steps taken in the process of determining the cause of collapse and the problems that have led to it, the conclusions and findings. Poor design and bad execution led to the collapse of the building. The causes of collapse were structural defects in calculations and rebar detailing, disregard of the procedures related to technical supervision and the procedure of obtaining a building permit, violation of building codes and good practice. The cause was determined using the following methods: analysis of documentation, analysis of regulations and legislation, in situ observations, interviews with participants on the process, and structural analysis through three dimensional modelling. The study also shows that safety factors in the built construction elements were low and inadequate. This work summarizes the principles, conclusions and findings of forensic investigation
Modeli upotrebe topološkog principa kontinualne deformacije u arhitektonskom projektantskom procesu
Get PDFArchitecture and geometry share a mutual history, and their relationship precedes the introduction of digital and computer technologies in architectural theory and design. Geometry has always been directly related to the modalities of thinking in architecture through the problems of conceptualisation, representation, building, technology. Through the historical overview of these two disciplines, it is possible to perceive direct influences of geometry on the architectural creative concepts, formal characteristics of architectural works, structural aspects, and building methods in architecture. However, the focus of this paper is not on the representation of historical intertwining of these two disciplines, which is indisputable, it is on the attempt to represent one specific bond between topology and architecture, firstly through the explanation of the principle of continuous deformability, and secondly through the representation of the models through which the principle occurs in the architectural design process, as well. The first part of this work will introduce and analyse the transition of concepts of continuity and deformability, from mathematical topology through philosophy to architecture, while the second part of the work will explain two models in detail, formal and systematic, through which the principle of continuous deformation is applied in certain architectural design practices. Overall, this work deals with the interpretation of the principle of continuous deformation in architecture and it shows in which way the architectural discourse changes the meaning of a mathematical-philosophical notion and turns it into a design methodology of its own. The subtlety of the question Bernard Tschumi asks about space illustrates the need to thoroughly investigate interdisciplinary relation between architecture, philosophy, and mathematics: "Is topology a mental construction toward a theory of space?" (Tschumi, 2004, p.49).Arhitektura i geometrija dele zajedničku istoriju, a njihov odnos prethodi pojavi digitalnih i kompjuterskih tehnologija u arhitektonskoj teoriji i stvaralaštvu. Geometrija je oduvek bila u direktnoj vezi sa modalitetima promišljanja u arhitekturi, kroz pitanja konceptualizacije, prikazivanja, građenja, tehnologije. Istorijskim pregledom odnosa ovih disciplina moguće je sagledati direktne uticaje geometrije na arhitektonske stvaralačke koncepte, formalne karakteristike arhitektonskih dela, konstruktivne aspekte, uticaj na metode građenja u arhitekturi. Međutim, fokus ovog rada nije na prikazu istorijskog prepleta ovih disciplina, koji je neosporan, već je pokušaj da se prikaže jedna specifična veza između topologije i arhitekture, najpre kroz objašnjenje principa kontinuirane deformabilnosti, a zatim i prikazom modela pomoću kojih se princip pojavljuje u projektantskom procesu. U prvom delu rada će se prikazati i analizirati tranzicija pojmova kontinuiteta i deformabilnosti od matematičke topologije, preko filozofije do arhitekture, dok će se u drugom delu detaljnije objasniti dva modela, formalni i sistemski, pomoću kojih se principi kontinualne deformacije apliciraju u pojedinim projektantskim praksama. Uopšteno, rad se bavi tumačenjem principa kontinualne deformacije u arhitekturi i prikazuje na koji način arhitektonski diskurs menja značenje jednog matematičko-filozofskog pojma i pretvara ga u spostvenu projektantsku metodologiju. Suptilnost pitanja o prostoru koje postavlja Bernard Tschumi najbolje govori o potrebi da se detaljno istraži interdisciplinarni odnos između arhitekture, filozofije i matematike:"Da li je topologija samo mentalna konstrukcija bliska teoriji prostora?"(Tschumi, 2004, p.49)
Могућности унапређења резилијентности урбане форме на климатске промене
Get PDFThe uncertain conditiones and unpredictable dynamic changes are the biggest challenge for sustainable development of contemporary cities...Услови неизвесности и динамичних промена које је тешко предвидети представљају највећи изазов одрживом развоју савремених градова..