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Burkina Faso es un país de África subsahariana con un alto índice de pobreza que, al igual que otros países del Sahel, ha triplicado su población en el último medio siglo, al pasar de 4.5 a 18 millones de habitantes. Estos cambios demográficos, unidos a las migraciones y a la importación de nuevos materiales de construcción, han modificado los modos de vida tradicionales. Como resultado, las nuevas tipologías de viviendas que se están implantando masivamente en la periferia de las ciudades difieren en gran medida de la arquitectura tradicional. Tras varias estancias de larga duración y seis meses de trabajo de campo, se analizan diferentes modos de habitar de las culturas mossi y peul. Los resultados muestran que la introducción de la propiedad de la tierra, la especulación en el sector constructivo y la cada vez mayor escasez de recursos naturales están obligando a estas culturas a modificar sus modos de vida.
María Aguilar Sánchez; José Manuel Almodóvar Melendo. La vivienda vernácula en Burkina Faso: transformaciones de los modos de habitar de culturas del Sahel. Estudios de Asia y África 2020, 56, 37 .
AMA StyleMaría Aguilar Sánchez, José Manuel Almodóvar Melendo. La vivienda vernácula en Burkina Faso: transformaciones de los modos de habitar de culturas del Sahel. Estudios de Asia y África. 2020; 56 (1):37.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaría Aguilar Sánchez; José Manuel Almodóvar Melendo. 2020. "La vivienda vernácula en Burkina Faso: transformaciones de los modos de habitar de culturas del Sahel." Estudios de Asia y África 56, no. 1: 37.
This article discusses the performance of a new skylight for standard classrooms at the Egebjerg School (Denmark), which was built ca. 1970. This building underwent important reforms under a European project to which the authors contributed. This research aimed to create a new skylight prototype that is useful for several schools in the vicinity, since there is a lack of educational facilities. The former skylights consisted of plastic pyramids that presented serious disadvantages in terms of sustainability matters. During the design process, the priority changed to studying the factors that correlate daylighting with energy and other environmental aspects in a holistic and evocative approach. Accordingly, the new skylight features promote the admittance and diffusion of solar energy through adroit guidance systems. In order to simulate different scenarios, we employed our own simulation tool, Diana X. This research-oriented software works with the effects of direct solar energy that are mostly avoided in conventional programs. By virtue of Lambert’s reciprocity theorem, our procedure, which was based on innovative equations of radiative transfer, converts the energy received by diffusive surfaces into luminous exitance for all types of architectural elements. Upon completion of the skylights, we recorded onsite measurements, which roughly coincided with the simulation data. Thus, conditions throughout the year improved.
Joseph Cabeza-Lainez; Jose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo; Ismael Dominguez. Daylight and Architectural Simulation of the Egebjerg School (Denmark): Sustainable Features of a New Type of Skylight. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5878 .
AMA StyleJoseph Cabeza-Lainez, Jose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo, Ismael Dominguez. Daylight and Architectural Simulation of the Egebjerg School (Denmark): Sustainable Features of a New Type of Skylight. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (21):5878.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoseph Cabeza-Lainez; Jose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo; Ismael Dominguez. 2019. "Daylight and Architectural Simulation of the Egebjerg School (Denmark): Sustainable Features of a New Type of Skylight." Sustainability 11, no. 21: 5878.
This paper evaluates two roof pond configurations combined with a water-to-air heat exchanger (WAHE). Test cells of 1.35 m × 1.35 m x 1.35 m with the same thermal properties, except for the roofs, are built in a hot-dry climate with mild winters. They are connected with a WAHE placed inside the roof pond's water by a pipe through which the indoor air is re-circulated. The first roof consists of a 0.35 m deep water pond covered with a floating polystyrene insulation 0.03 m thick, and a spray system located 0.5 m above it that operates at night. The second roof is covered with an aluminum plate separated by a 0.10 m air gap above a 0.25 m deep water pond. We ran multiple series and compared the results to a control cell that had a California energy code compliant insulated roof. Predictive equations are developed to dimension the WAHE system. Results demonstrate that the cells with roof ponds have better cooling performance than the code compliant control cell. The best performance is obtained in the cell with the WAHE operating continuously. In this case, the indoor temperature stayed below 24 °C even with ambient temperatures above 35 °C.
José Manuel Almodovar; Pablo La Roche. Roof ponds combined with a water-to-air heat exchanger as a passive cooling system: Experimental comparison of two system variants. Renewable Energy 2019, 141, 195 -208.
AMA StyleJosé Manuel Almodovar, Pablo La Roche. Roof ponds combined with a water-to-air heat exchanger as a passive cooling system: Experimental comparison of two system variants. Renewable Energy. 2019; 141 ():195-208.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJosé Manuel Almodovar; Pablo La Roche. 2019. "Roof ponds combined with a water-to-air heat exchanger as a passive cooling system: Experimental comparison of two system variants." Renewable Energy 141, no. : 195-208.
Heritage issues have increased significantly in recent years. However, they tend to remain in the cultural sphere and are often resistant to scientific analyses. If we have to deal with the contradictory matter of sustainability in design for ancient buildings, such hindrances appear frequently. A crucial aspect in Architecture has always been its capacity to dispose internal spaces and apertures in a manner that enhances the balance of light and thus provides attuned perception and well-being. Poor performance in that respect raised objections against the prestige of admirable works and famed artists. If we reject the absurd idea of accurately reproducing identical buildings in the same place repeatedly, how are we supposed to benefit from the said knowledge without the help of any objective design tools? It is easy to agree that at least we would need some scientific support to transmit such proper effects. Aware of the former notions, authors have developed a novel simulation software called DianaX, which is based on mathematical models and equations produced and expanded by Joseph Cabeza-Laïnez, from roughly 1990 to 2018. This non-commercial software deals with radiative exchanges in all kinds of surfaces (for instance domes, vaults, cylinders, hyperboloids and curves in general). It also includes direct sun in the simulations unlike most programs. Therefore, it is ideally suited for the analysis of heritage architecture and especially that which identifies with the Renaissance, baroque and neoclassical epochs. The case of temples from the baroque period resumes the conflict expressed in the first paragraph and the Jesuit Church of Saint Louis (1699–1731) is one of the most relevant examples of efficient illumination found in Mediterranean latitudes, having been recently restored. In this article, we would like to discuss the subtle and interesting implications of employing our simulation software for lighting in such a complex baroque temple. The methodology would be to identify the main energy sources within the church in order to construct a suitable model for simulation. Subsequently we apply the said software DianaX to such model and establish the most significant results trying to compare them with available on-site measurements. Finally, a strategy to enhance day-lighting and supplement it with other light sources in the church is proposed.
Jose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo; Joseph-Maria Cabeza-Lainez; Inmaculada Rodriguez-Cunill. Lighting Features in Historical Buildings: Scientific Analysis of the Church of Saint Louis of the Frenchmen in Sevilla. Sustainability 2018, 10, 3352 .
AMA StyleJose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo, Joseph-Maria Cabeza-Lainez, Inmaculada Rodriguez-Cunill. Lighting Features in Historical Buildings: Scientific Analysis of the Church of Saint Louis of the Frenchmen in Sevilla. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (9):3352.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo; Joseph-Maria Cabeza-Lainez; Inmaculada Rodriguez-Cunill. 2018. "Lighting Features in Historical Buildings: Scientific Analysis of the Church of Saint Louis of the Frenchmen in Sevilla." Sustainability 10, no. 9: 3352.
We present a scientific discussion about Chinese historical architecture and cultural paradigms in order to analyze the formation of building patterns objectively connected to environmental features. In this regard, we will demonstrate the process of standardization from architectural modules related in different levels of composition around “voids”, onto cosmological urban tissues in harmony with nature. The conclusions show that we can only understand Chinese architectural patterns in relation to Dào or nature, and in turn, they possess profound social and environmental values from which we receive useful lessons to advance towards sustainability in architecture and urban planning. The authors believe that it is critical for China and the world to find a new approach to the building construction industry with an ecological and philosophical background recognizable as “Chinese” and based in its own past. In order to support the information provided in the first part of the article, the authors have conducted an environmental analysis of the traditional Chinese urban layout whose results greatly confirm the initial hypotheses, i.e. the historical fashion of constructing neighborhoods improves conditions of the town in terms of comfort and is able to save energy, thus reducing pernicious change effects.
Jose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo; Joseph-Maria Cabeza-Lainez. Environmental Features of Chinese Architectural Heritage: The Standardization of Form in the Pursuit of Equilibrium with Nature. Sustainability 2018, 10, 2443 .
AMA StyleJose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo, Joseph-Maria Cabeza-Lainez. Environmental Features of Chinese Architectural Heritage: The Standardization of Form in the Pursuit of Equilibrium with Nature. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (7):2443.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo; Joseph-Maria Cabeza-Lainez. 2018. "Environmental Features of Chinese Architectural Heritage: The Standardization of Form in the Pursuit of Equilibrium with Nature." Sustainability 10, no. 7: 2443.
Within the framework of Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, significant modern architects dialogued with Japanese Culture. Such is the case of the Czech-American architect Antonin Raymond who developed an extensive work in Japan pursuing a quest of synthesis between the West and Japan. Soon, followed Rudolf Schindler and his comrade Richard Neutra, previously qualified as architects in Vienna, whence Japonism represented a sensation to the cultural circles of the epoch. This article discusses the proposals of the trio, stressing the consistency in relationship to Japanese culture and its inherent link with Nature, pillar of Daoist philosophy. The authors intend to demonstrate that theirs was a deliberate search for the uncertain direction of modern architecture, once it was unleashed from dusk clichés of historicism, especially for distant and promising lands. We conducted this between Japan, Europe and the USA and consulted original documents in the archives of Columbia, UCLA, the Toyô Bunko in Tokyo, Arquivio Ultramarino (Lisbon) and the Getty Research Institute. The results reveal unheard of connections between key aspects of the work of those influential architects and environmental features of Japanism. The authors consider such nexus, as instrumental for a novel scientific approach to global architecture.
Jose M. Almodovar-Melendo; Joseph M. Cabeza-Lainez. Revitalizing environmental features of Japanese architecture. The experience of Raymond, Schindler and Neutra through their collaboration with Wright. Architectural Science Review 2018, 61, 500 -515.
AMA StyleJose M. Almodovar-Melendo, Joseph M. Cabeza-Lainez. Revitalizing environmental features of Japanese architecture. The experience of Raymond, Schindler and Neutra through their collaboration with Wright. Architectural Science Review. 2018; 61 (6):500-515.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJose M. Almodovar-Melendo; Joseph M. Cabeza-Lainez. 2018. "Revitalizing environmental features of Japanese architecture. The experience of Raymond, Schindler and Neutra through their collaboration with Wright." Architectural Science Review 61, no. 6: 500-515.
A correlation between Chinese traditional architecture and cultural concepts has been established to analyze the formalization of architectural and urban patterns in relation to environmental features. In this regard, we have discussed the process of standardization from architectural elements or modules related in different levels of composition and articulated around empty spaces following ancient cosmic concepts to achieve harmony with nature. The conclusions show that Chinese architectural patterns can only be understood in relation to nature, and in turn have profound environmental values from which lessons can be learned to advance towards a more sustainable architecture.
Jose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo. Environmental Features of Chinese Architectural Heritage. The Standardization of Form in a Pursuit for Equilibrium with Nature. 2018, 1 .
AMA StyleJose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo. Environmental Features of Chinese Architectural Heritage. The Standardization of Form in a Pursuit for Equilibrium with Nature. . 2018; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJose-Manuel Almodovar-Melendo. 2018. "Environmental Features of Chinese Architectural Heritage. The Standardization of Form in a Pursuit for Equilibrium with Nature." , no. : 1.
Baroque temples were developed in the context of cross-cultural influences through new territories where the climatic conditions were often opposed to those prevailing in Europe. The nature of weather differences could not be predicted with the knowledge of the era and consequently, a set of gradual and successive transformations in the typologies “imported” from Europe was produced. These adaptations were lengthy, intuitive, and not always recognizable by the Metropolitan culture. Although daylight requirements played an important role in this process and its quality in baroque temples is celebrated by architectural historians, very few daylighting simulations and on-site measurements have been developed. Therefore, a twofold result is produced: Daylighting’s beneficial effects can neither be transmitted nor reproduced in other new buildings. Consequently, we discuss in this article the results of a daylighting simulation program capable of analyzing complex baroque temples around the world and to show the implications of its environmental attitude.
Joseph M Cabeza-Lainez; Jose M Almodovar-Melendo. Daylight, Shape, and Cross-Cultural Influences Through the Routes of Discoveries: The Case of Baroque Temples. Space and Culture 2018, 21, 375 -394.
AMA StyleJoseph M Cabeza-Lainez, Jose M Almodovar-Melendo. Daylight, Shape, and Cross-Cultural Influences Through the Routes of Discoveries: The Case of Baroque Temples. Space and Culture. 2018; 21 (4):375-394.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoseph M Cabeza-Lainez; Jose M Almodovar-Melendo. 2018. "Daylight, Shape, and Cross-Cultural Influences Through the Routes of Discoveries: The Case of Baroque Temples." Space and Culture 21, no. 4: 375-394.
Umberto Berardi; Pablo La Roche; Jose M. Almodóvar. Water-to-air-heat exchanger and indirect evaporative cooling in buildings with green roofs. Energy and Buildings 2017, 151, 406 -417.
AMA StyleUmberto Berardi, Pablo La Roche, Jose M. Almodóvar. Water-to-air-heat exchanger and indirect evaporative cooling in buildings with green roofs. Energy and Buildings. 2017; 151 ():406-417.
Chicago/Turabian StyleUmberto Berardi; Pablo La Roche; Jose M. Almodóvar. 2017. "Water-to-air-heat exchanger and indirect evaporative cooling in buildings with green roofs." Energy and Buildings 151, no. : 406-417.