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Lessons of informality : architecture and urban planning for emerging territories: concepts from Ethiopia
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ISBN: 9783035606690 9783035606706 9783035606720 3035606706 3035606692 3035606722 Year: 2016 Publisher: Basel Birkhäuser

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Informal settlements made up of corrugated iron shacks and other materials are a ubiquitous feature in the megacities of Africa, Asia and Latin America. In response to the enormous influx of migrants from the countryside, the informal city experienced a phenomenal growth. In spite of their obvious shortcomings, these shelters provide, nevertheless, planning strategies and possibly even a roadmap to a resilient city in an emerging territory.


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Cultivated building materials : industrialized natural resources for architecture and construction
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ISBN: 9783035611069 3035611068 Year: 2017 Publisher: Basel Birkhäuser

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The 21st century will face a radical paradigm change in how we produce construction materials - a shift towards cultivating, breeding, raising, farming, or growing future resources. The book presents new industrialized production methods and innovative cultivated building materials, like cement grown by bacteria, bricks made of mushroom mycelium or bamboo fibers as reinforcement for concrete. Aiming to build a bridge from scientific research to product development and application, the book describes the contribution of a wide range of professionals and innovators.


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Clean Energy Transition and Digital Transformation : fundamentals, case studies, strategies
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ISBN: 3035627177 Year: 2023 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser,

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Sustainability Sustainability is to become the guiding principle of social action and economic activity. At the same time, its ways and means are far from clear. As a holistic praxis, sustainability must combine technical and material as well as social, economic, ecological and also ethical strategies, which have multiple complex interactions and all too often also conflicting goals and priorities. In no other field can these be better observed, addressed and influenced than in architecture and building. "Building Better – Less – Different" Each volume of "Building Better – Less – Different" details two fundamental areas of sustainability and explores their specific dynamics and interactions. After introductory overviews, innovative methods and current developments are described and analysed in in-depth essays, international case studies and pointed commentaries. The sustainability criteria of efficiency ("better"), sufficiency ("less") and consistency ("different") form the framework for each book. What the press say about the first volume"Circular Construction and Circular Economy" "The articles, case studies and commentaries in this book make a major contribution to advancing the current discourse on implementing circular-based economic models in the building sector." Hessian Chamber of Architects, book reviews "To think of tomorrow when building today is the core message that Dirk E. Hebel and Felix Heisel want to convey to their readers. … And they also show us how: with the help of relevant examples, grouped under the headings ‘better’, ‘less’ and ‘different’, they demonstrate concrete applications and argue that circular construction can also benefit the construction industry…" architektur aktuell Clean energy transition It has long been common knowledge that energy and sustainability are closely interlinked. And yet we are witnessing a profound shift in the sector. While the earlier focus was on improving energy efficiency and increasing the proportion of renewable energy in buildings, current energy conservation policies are supporting a broader, more holistic view. This encompasses integral approaches in which building design and construction measures form part of the energy concept from the outset, as well as accounting for grey energy in building materials and a holistic evaluation of buildings over their entire life cycle. For the energy-intensive and emission-producing building sector, climate change presents an even greater challenge than conserving resources. How can we contribute to a shift in heating strategies and employ new technologies to achieve climate-neutral heating? How can we respond to rising temperatures and the risk of increased energy consumption for cooling? Can low-tech concepts help to reduce the environmental impact of buildings over their life cycle? Shouldn’t we take greater account of the users of buildings, and do we need completely different energy supply strategies? Digital Transformation At a time of natural ubiquity of digital tools, widely adopted to streamline project delivery in architecture, the foundations have been laid for a profound transformation of the construction industry to address the climate crisis. Digital architectural design and construction methods can be used as enabling technologies for a fundamental change towards a circular construction approach with significantly reduced ecological and climate impact. This approach comprises a digital reinterpretation of natural building materials through digital construction technologies. Digital deconstruction and reuse strategies can transform the existing building stock into resources for the future. Mass customization of tailor-made building components minimizes resource consumption. Arc


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Building from waste : recovered materials in architecture and construction
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ISBN: 9783038213758 9783038219323 3038213756 3038219320 9783038213796 3038213799 9783038215844 3038215848 Year: 2014 Publisher: Basel : Birkhäuser,

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"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover!" ist heute die Leitlinie für nachhaltiges Bauen, die an die Stelle der Wegwerfmentalität der industriellen Moderne getreten ist. Das Autorenteam von der ETH Zürich und dem Future Cities Laboratory in Singapur gibt hier erstmals einen systematischen Überblick über die aus Abfall als erneuerbarem Rohstoff produzierten Baumaterialien und -elemente und über ihre Anwendung in Architektur, Innenraumgestaltung und Produktdesign. Die Bandbreite der dargestellten Baustoffe reicht von marktgängigen Produkten, wie Fassadepaneele aus Stroh oder selbstheilender Beton, bis hin zu Neuentwicklungen wie Holzbauelemente aus Zeitungspapier oder Isolierfasern aus Jeansdenim. Die Produkte werden auch in ihren Anwendung in gebauten oder prototypischen Projekten gezeigt. Das zugrunde liegende Konzept, Materialien in zusätzliche Lebenszyklen in der gebauten Umwelt zu überführen, geht über bloßes Recycling weit hinaus und umfasst fünf Gruppen von Produkten entsprechend ihrer Herstellungs- und Wirkungsweise: Verdichtung, physische Verwandlung, chemische Verwandlung, multifunktionale Gestaltung und biologisch-chemische Wachstumsprozesse. In einem weiteren Zugang werden die Produkte und Projekte nach ihren Einsatzmöglichkeiten im Tragwerk, als selbsttragende Elemente, für Wärmedämmung und Feuchteschutz sowie im Ausbau gegliedert und dargestellt. "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Recover" is the sustainable guideline that has replaced the "Take, Make, Waste" attitude of the industrial age. Based on their background at the ETH Zurich and the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore, the authors provide both a conceptual and practical look into materials and products which use waste as a renewable resource. This book introduces an inventory of current projects and building elements, ranging from marketed products, among them façade panels made of straw and self-healing concrete, to advanced research and development like newspaper, wood or jeans denim used as isolating fibres. Going beyond the mere recycling aspect of reused materials, it looks into innovative concepts of how materials usually regarded as waste can be processed into new construction elements. The products are organized along the manufacturing processes: densified, reconfigured, transformed, designed and cultivated materials. A product directory presents all materials and projects in this book according to their functional uses in construction: load-bearing, self-supporting, insulating, waterproofing and finishing products.


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Circular construction and circular economy : fundamentals, case studies, strategies
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ISBN: 9783035621099 3035621098 9783035626353 Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel Birkhäuser

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"Circular Building and Circular Economy presents concepts, methods and examples of circularity in construction and the economy. Urban mining and circular construction are two approaches to the challenges that architecture and urban design are facing, using techniques such as mono-material construction and design for disassembly, and tools such as materials passports and databases. The circular economy is not solely about recycling but encompasses a wide range of strategies from local community projects to new ownership and service models and steering mechanisms such as carbon fees and dividends" [Publisher]

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Hergebruik ; sloophout ; afvalmateriaal --- Architectuur ; design ; recupereerbare materialen --- Architectuur ; recyclage van materialen en bouwonderdelen --- Bouwconstructies ; bouwelementen ; recyclagematerialen --- Bouwmaterialen; afbraakmaterialen ; recyclagematerialen --- 72:574 --- Architectuur en ecologie ; architectuur en milieu --- Circular economy. --- Sustainable construction. --- BUILDING SUSTAINABILITY -- 72 --- 504 --- recyclage (bouwmateriaal) --- 574 --- Duurzaam bouwen --- Ecologie en bioverscheidenheid --- 691 --- Bouwmaterialen (architectuur) --- Architecture écologique --- Economie circulaire --- Développement durable --- Changement climatique --- Construction écologique --- 692 --- Constructie-elementen --- Circulair bouwen --- Circular economy --- Sustainable construction --- Architecture --- Building materials --- Économie circulaire --- Construction durable --- Construction --- Environmental aspects --- Recycling. --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Matériaux --- Recyclage --- Sustainable development. --- Climatic changes. --- Recycling (Waste, etc.) --- Économie circulaire. --- Construction durable. --- Changements climatiques. --- Recyclage (déchets, etc.) --- Civil engineering. Building industry --- circulaire economie --- duurzaamheid --- Économie circulaire. --- Recyclage (déchets, etc.) --- Relation between energy and economics --- Production management --- economics --- adaptive reuse --- recycling --- sustainable architecture --- sustainability


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Building Better - Less - Different: Circular Construction and Circular Economy
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ISBN: 9783035626353 Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel

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Clean energy transition and digital transformation : fundamentals, case studies, strategies
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ISBN: 9783035621174 9783035627176 Year: 2023 Publisher: Basel Birkhäuser

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"The clean energy transition and the digital transformation are essential components of a fundamental change towards circular construction with significantly lower impacts on environment and climate. Building design and construction measures become part of a holistic energy concept spanning the entire life cycle. Digital construction technologies provide a reinterpretation of natural building materials. Mass customization of tailor-made building components minimizes resource consumption. These are foundations for a profound transformation of the architecture, construction and engineering industries"


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Addis Ababa : A manifesto on African progress
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ISBN: 9783944074283 3944074289 Year: 2018 Publisher: Berlin : Ruby Press,

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This publication is centred around twelve manifesto points towards a people-centred urbanism and an architecture of belonging in times of rapid global urbanisation. Based on the authors' eleven year research experience, the book draws conclusions from Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, as its case study. It contains essays on the historic development and the current housing situation of the city by local experts and numerous project examples. Addressing policy makers, architects and urban planners alike, the manifesto gives a series of clues and guidelines for a sustainable urbanisation of contemporary African metropolis.

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Architecture --- Urbanism


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Building Better - Less - Different: Clean Energy Transition and Digital Transformation
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ISBN: 9783035627176 Year: 2023 Publisher: Basel

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Cities of Change - Addis Ababa
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ISBN: 3035606862 9783035606867 9783035606881 3035606889 3035608040 9783035608045 9783035608045 Year: 2016 Publisher: Basel

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Addis Ababa is one of the fastest transforming environments on the globe and a prototype of an emerging territory. What can architecture and urban design as disciplines contribute to such transformation? According to which criteria can processes of the kind encountered in Addis Ababa be evaluated? And, how can all of this be steered? Aiming to identify sustainable strategies—rather than upholding an a priori vision of an ideal city—the publication acknowledges the heterogeneous conditions of urban territories. The book highlights questions of method and procedure that can be transferred to other ‘cities of change’. This revised edition covers recent developments, such as the increasing influence of China in African countries or the chances of high-density, low-rise developments. Die äthiopische Hauptstadt Addis Abeba ist eine sich rasant wandelnde Metropole und steht prototypisch für ein urbanes Zentrum in einer Schwellenregion. Was können Architektur und Stadtplanung zu diesem raschen Wandel beitragen? Wie kann das enorme Stadtwachstum infolge von Landflucht und Bevölkerungsanstieg besser verstanden werden? Und: Wie lässt es sich steuern? Das Buch stellt einen Katalog von Strategien für die Städtebaupraxis außerhalb der alten Industrieländer Europas und Nordamerikas vor und gibt dabei den Planern allgemeingültige Methoden und Werkzeuge für dynamische Planungs- und Steuerungsprozesse an die Hand. Die Neuausgabe enthält Beiträge zu Neuentwicklungen wie etwa dem Einfluss Chinas in afrikanischen Ländern oder zu den Chancen durch urbane Nachverdichtung.

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