Over the past few decades, like environmental sustainability, health and wellness and their attainment have become a global trend. People are shifting towards a “greener”, more organic lifestyle even in the kind of foods they eat and how they manage their bodies. With statistics showing an increasing number of people who are overweight; and the stressful nature of the fast-moving world we are living in, the presence of facilities and unique places that can provide services to help people eat healthy and maintain their wellness has become a necessity for one to live a long life. For this the reason this thesis study has become very important at this particular time. This thesis was carried out based on how to blend architecture, food farming, relaxation, wellness and seasonality. The study aimed at applying an integrated approach to design, incorporating multiple scales of urban, architecture, technological and structural design. The project area was in two locations in the outskirts of Bologna namely F.I.CO® Eataly World Theme Park and the Wellness Club in Quarto Inferiore. The study further aimed to provide users, a smooth and attractive connection from Bologna city centre to the F.I.CO®. food theme park and further to Quarto Inferiore where the building site is located; by using the potential of soft mobility (bicycle paths). At the urban scale, the first goal was to resolve the problems of accessibility and the second goal was to revitalize the site area. At the architectural scale, the goal was to provide a well-designed contemporary and energy efficient facility that creates the environment and ambiance that facilitates the attainment of wellness for the visitors. Sefaira software was applied in the design development process for the preliminary energy analysis; structural analysis was also carried out by using the Eurocodes in order to ensure the structural integrity of the design and for technological design TRNSYS software was applied to cater the building to the climate context and optimize the building’s energy consumption while ensuring indoor comfort conditions for the users by imposing passive energy strategies first and then active strategies to cover the thermal comfort gap. Initial findings of the study showed that the building is heating dominated; major gain and losses impacting the heating and cooling loads from the wall construction, roof construction, F.I.CO Wellness Club ii south solar and glazing construction; Daylight Analysis showed that the space was mostly over lit and solar shading and natural ventilation are not enough to provide indoor thermal comfort in the zone in the site area. Finally, upon application of passive strategies of thermal massing, solar shading and natural ventilation in a series of iteration in TRNSYS software the energy performance of the building was greatly improved.
Negli ultimi decenni, come la sostenibilità ambientale, la salute e il benessere e il loro conseguimento sono diventati una tendenza globale. Le persone si stanno spostando verso uno stile di vita più "verde", più organico anche nel tipo di alimenti che mangiano e in che modo gestiscono i loro corpi. Con statistiche che mostrano un numero crescente di persone in sovrappeso; e la natura stressante del mondo in rapido movimento in cui viviamo, la presenza di strutture e luoghi unici in grado di fornire servizi per aiutare le persone a mangiare sano e mantenere il loro benessere è diventata una necessità per uno a vivere una lunga vita. Per questo motivo questo studio di tesi è diventato molto importante in questo particolare momento. Questa tesi è stata realizzata sulla base di come fondere architettura, agricoltura, relax, benessere e stagionalità. Lo studio mirava ad applicare un approccio integrato al design, incorporando più scale di progettazione urbana, architettonica, tecnologica e strutturale. L'area del progetto si trovava in due località nella periferia di Bologna, ovvero il parco tematico F.I.CO® Eataly World e il Wellness Club a Quarto Inferiore. Lo studio si proponeva inoltre di fornire agli utenti una connessione fluida e attraente dal centro di Bologna alla F.I.CO®. parco tematico alimentare e oltre a Quarto Inferiore dove si trova il cantiere; sfruttando il potenziale della mobilità dolce (piste ciclabili). Alla scala urbana, il primo obiettivo era risolvere i problemi di accessibilità e il secondo obiettivo era quello di rivitalizzare l'area del sito. A livello architettonico, l'obiettivo era quello di fornire una struttura moderna ed energeticamente ben progettata che crea l'ambiente e l'atmosfera che facilita il raggiungimento del benessere per i visitatori. Il software Sefaira è stato applicato nel processo di sviluppo del design per l'analisi energetica preliminare; l'analisi strutturale è stata effettuata anche utilizzando gli Eurocodici per garantire l'integrità strutturale del progetto e per la progettazione tecnologica è stato applicato il software TRNSYS per soddisfare l'edificio al contesto climatico e ottimizzare il consumo energetico dell'edificio, garantendo al tempo stesso condizioni di comfort per gli utenti imponendo prima strategie energetiche passive e poi strategie attive per coprire il divario di comfort termico. I risultati iniziali dello studio hanno dimostrato che l'edificio è dominato dal riscaldamento; grandi guadagni e perdite che incidono sui carichi di riscaldamento e raffreddamento dalla costruzione della parete, costruzione del tetto, sud solare e costruzione di vetri; L'analisi della luce diurna ha mostrato che lo spazio era per lo più illuminato e che l'ombreggiamento solare e la ventilazione naturale non sono sufficienti a fornire un comfort termico interno nella zona dell'area del sito. Infine, applicando strategie passive di masse termiche, schermature solari e ventilazione naturale in una serie di iterazioni nel software TRNSYS, le prestazioni energetiche dell'edificio sono state notevolmente migliorate.
Food and wellness club for the F.I.CO (Fabbrica Italiana Contadina) theme park, Granarolo dell'Emilia, Bologna
SISILA, MARGARET ROSE
2017/2018
Abstract
Over the past few decades, like environmental sustainability, health and wellness and their attainment have become a global trend. People are shifting towards a “greener”, more organic lifestyle even in the kind of foods they eat and how they manage their bodies. With statistics showing an increasing number of people who are overweight; and the stressful nature of the fast-moving world we are living in, the presence of facilities and unique places that can provide services to help people eat healthy and maintain their wellness has become a necessity for one to live a long life. For this the reason this thesis study has become very important at this particular time. This thesis was carried out based on how to blend architecture, food farming, relaxation, wellness and seasonality. The study aimed at applying an integrated approach to design, incorporating multiple scales of urban, architecture, technological and structural design. The project area was in two locations in the outskirts of Bologna namely F.I.CO® Eataly World Theme Park and the Wellness Club in Quarto Inferiore. The study further aimed to provide users, a smooth and attractive connection from Bologna city centre to the F.I.CO®. food theme park and further to Quarto Inferiore where the building site is located; by using the potential of soft mobility (bicycle paths). At the urban scale, the first goal was to resolve the problems of accessibility and the second goal was to revitalize the site area. At the architectural scale, the goal was to provide a well-designed contemporary and energy efficient facility that creates the environment and ambiance that facilitates the attainment of wellness for the visitors. Sefaira software was applied in the design development process for the preliminary energy analysis; structural analysis was also carried out by using the Eurocodes in order to ensure the structural integrity of the design and for technological design TRNSYS software was applied to cater the building to the climate context and optimize the building’s energy consumption while ensuring indoor comfort conditions for the users by imposing passive energy strategies first and then active strategies to cover the thermal comfort gap. Initial findings of the study showed that the building is heating dominated; major gain and losses impacting the heating and cooling loads from the wall construction, roof construction, F.I.CO Wellness Club ii south solar and glazing construction; Daylight Analysis showed that the space was mostly over lit and solar shading and natural ventilation are not enough to provide indoor thermal comfort in the zone in the site area. Finally, upon application of passive strategies of thermal massing, solar shading and natural ventilation in a series of iteration in TRNSYS software the energy performance of the building was greatly improved.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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