Ökologisches Bauen

Before there were sponge cities, there were sponge parks. Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal is the site of the Sponge Park master plan and pilot projects, instigating a widespread movement toward greater urban permeability. Designed by Susannah Drake and her former Brooklyn-based firm DLANDstudio Architecture + Landscape Architecture, their execution was completed in 2016 and recognized with National AIA and ASLA Urban Design Awards as well as the inaugural Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Award for Climate Action in 2020.The Gowanus Canal was the channelized reminder of a former freshwater creek and tidal marsh. Industrial use in the 19th and 20th centuries left a legacy of heavy pollution in the soil and water. Historic industrial buildings lined the canal, so that residential neighborhoods had scarce opportunity to access the water's edge. Today's Sponge Park is conceived as a series of public urban waterfront spaces that slow, absorb, and filter dirty surface water runoff to clean contaminated canal water, reduce combined sewer overflow, and add open space in a park-starved neighborhood. Revealing the form, distribution, and size of natural ecological patterns in relation to the shape and patterns of infrastructure, neighborhoods, and political jurisdictions were among key components of the design. This book introduces the Sponge Park in great detail with photos, illustrations, plans, and diagrams. It demonstrates the concept's potential as a component of a larger vision for a new paradigm of coastal urbanism, upland adaptation, and right-of-way design in the 21st century. Sponge parks proactively address how to manage stormwater runoff from increasingly severe storm events, and reduce detrimental impacts. This work is a must-read for design students, architects, and academics as well as for elected officials, policy-makers, and community activists.

Scarcity of resources in all forms is commonly portrayed in a negative light. Yet these conditions-which have long been a reality in many extreme climate conditions across the global South and are increasingly becoming a global reality-often stimulate an abundance of innovation, inspiration, and ingenuity. Permanence has created a climate crisis, with spaces constructed with non-degradable materials, resource extraction without active replenishment, and buildings designed for a single-eternal use. Our present reality is marked by a global pandemic, violent conflicts, and the looming threat of climate change-induced environmental disasters. Yet there remains an optimism about the creative possibilities that arise within these constraints.Field Notes on Scarcity, published in conjunction with the 2023 Sharjah Architecture Triennial, examines what scarcity truly looks like on the ground, and the challenges and opportunities it presents across architecture and design. Sixty scholars and practitioners from across the Global South-including Lesley Lokko, Yinka Shonibare, Formafantasma, Rahul Mehrotra, Olalekan Jeyifous, Abeer Seikaly, Ilze and Heinrich Wolff, Chitra Vishwanath, and Deema Assaf-contribute reflections, poems, visual essays, and dialogues exploring what scarcity represents, what it inspires, and what it reveals.

Details today Methods of construction are evolving rapidly, driven by sustainability demands, new technical possibilities, the optimization of materials, and more efficient processes. This precise and detailed analysis of 25 Swiss projects render visible the often-hidden innovation within contemporary architecture. Five different construction methods are documented using photographs and isometric analytical drawings of building shells at a scale of 1:15. This book is intended to stimulate a profound discussion of future developments. - Detailed insight into construction methods using the example of contemporary Swiss architecture - Isometric detail drawings and a unique photo essay - Buildings by EMI, Caruso St John, Peter Märkli, Meier Hug, Esch Sintzel, and many more

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Construction and Building Materials (ICSCBM 2018), and examines a range of durable, energy-efficient, and next-generation construction and building materials produced from industrial wastes and byproducts. The topics covered include alternative, eco-friendly construction and building materials, next-generation concretes, energy efficiency in construction, and sustainability in construction project management. The book also discusses various properties and performance attributes of modern-age concretes including their durability, workability, and carbon footprint. As such, it offers a valuable reference for beginners, researchers, and professionals interested in sustainable construction and allied fields.

This book comprises the proceedings of the International Conference on Green Buildings and Sustainable Engineering (GBSE 2018), which focused on the theme "Transforming our Built Environment through Innovation and Integration towards a Smart and Sustainable Future". The papers included address all aspects of green buildings and sustainability practices in civil engineering, and offer a valuable reference resource for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.

This book covers different aspects of energy sustainability in residential buildings and neighborhoods, starting from the construction and design aspects, and moving on to HVAC systems and lighting, and the applications, harvesting, use and storage of renewable energy. The volume focuses on smart and sustainable use of energy, discussing both the technological advancements and the economic, social and environmental impacts. Novel approaches to recycling of waste and materials in the context of residential buildings are also presented. This volume will be of interest to researchers and policy makers working in the fields of renewable energy, sustainable design and city planning.

This book contains selected papers presented during the bi-annual World Renewable Energy Network's Med Green Forum aimed at the international community as well as Mediterranean countries. This forum highlights the importance of growing renewable energy applications in two main sectors: Electricity Generation and the Sustainable Building Sector. In-depth chapters highlight the most current research and technological breakthroughs, covering a broad range of renewable energy technologies and applications in all sectors - for electricity production, heating and cooling, agricultural applications, water desalination, industrial applications and for the transport sectors.

Bioklimatisch sinnvolle Gebäude können in Zukunft nicht die Ausnahme sein, sondern werden den Planern schlicht abverlangt. Dieses Buch dient durch seine hohe Dichte an Fakten als konkrete Entwurfs- und Planungshilfe: Anhand des Planungsprozesses begleitet es den Planer vom Städtebau über die Fassadenkonzeption bis hin zur Raumkonditionierung und Energieerzeugung. . Die bauspezifischen Charakteristika der verschiedenen Klimazonen bilden dabei die Grundlage für die maßgeschneiderte Entwicklung von ganzheitlichen Gebäudekonzepten. Durchdachte Grafiken veranschaulichen die Planungszusammenhänge und ermöglichen effiziente Planungsentscheidungen sowie eine realistische Vordimensionierung. Es werden Materialien, Systeme und Technologien beschrieben und ihre Einsatzgebiete aufgezeigt. Kennwerte, Kosten und die Darstellung von Wechselbeziehungen erleichtern die gezielte Auswahl.

"Ökologie und urbane Lebensweise" geht Fragen nach: welche Verhaltensanforderungen mit ökologischen Maßnahmen und Techniken für die Bewohner verbunden sind; wo am Beispiel des ökologischen Wohnens die Widerstände gegen den eigentlich gutgeheißenen ökologischen Umbau liegen; welche gute Gründe die Menschen haben, sich gegen die damit möglicherweise verbundenen Verhaltenszumutungen zu wehren; aber auch: welche Chancen es dafür gibt, daß die Verhaltensanforderungen einer ökologischen Lebensweise, insbesondere eines ökologischen Wohnens akzeptiert werden,Wie läßt sich, was nach gängiger Auffassung nicht miteinander vereinbar erscheint, miteinander versöhnen: Ökologie und Stadt? Ein neuer Blick auf die Diskussion über den ökologischen Stadtumbau.Rezension erschienen in ekz-Bibl. Bereich 1998 (...) Nicht nur für Großstadtbibliotheken sehr empfohlen.

Das Buch gibt einen an den neuesten Erkenntnissen orientierten interdisziplinären Überblick über Luftschadstoffe in Innenräumen. Für die wichtigsten Schadstoffe werden die typischen Quellen und deren Emissionsverhalten beschrieben, toxikologische Informationen und Grundsätze für die Bewertung der Schadstoffe dargelegt und Hinweise zur Sanierung gegeben. Ein eigenes Kapitel ist den Methoden zur Erkundung der Schadstoffbelastung in Gebäuden gewidmet. Als gut lesbarer Leitfaden dient das Buch allen natur- und ingenieurwissenschaftlichen Fachrichtungen, Medizinern und Baupraktikern, die mit Fragen der Untersuchung, Bewertung und Beseitigung von Schadstoffbelastungen in Innenräumen zu tun haben.