This work has been inspired by a competition organized by Autodesk with its main purpose being the energy efficiency analysis of high performance buildings, simulated with the help of various dedicated softwares. While working on the competition the authors of this thesis have come across a number of interesting digital tools with a high potential for providing a solid backbone for the development of an environmentally oriented research platform, which would serve as a powerful instrument in the hands of architects, designers and students on their way to achieving net-zero energy buildings. The research has been conducted by starting from the bigger and more general scale of world climate zone definition and has gradually evolved to a more precise and in-depth local climate analysis with respect to the specific conditions of the building area. The software that has been used for the execution of this part of the analysis is mainly Ecotect and Climate Consultant. As a final outcome a better understanding of the context and some energy effectiveness guidelines have been set. The process then has been continued with a detailed research on the most significant environmental factors that would have the strongest effect on the future building design, and as a result arriving at the definition of suitable patterns, supporting the configurative phase of space and structure design. The graphical representation of these intangible elements, resulting in the elaboration of fluxes diagrams, geometrically visualized in all the three virtual dimensions of the project area, has been strongly emphasized on and constitutes the core of the work. It responds to the aim of creating a substantial database coherent from the very beginning with the physical characteristics of the site and maintaining a strong relation to the features of the project, with its purpose being to serve as a tool for a more informed decision-making in the sphere of sustainable design. Only after having developed in detail the above mentioned process, an exemplary experiment on building massing has been conducted despite of the fact that form finding is not the objective of the work. The main aim of this action is to demonstrate the potential of the newly developed platform by putting it to use in a real context.
Il lavoro ha preso spunto da un concorso di idee promosso dalla Autodesk. L’obiettivo principale è la valutazione e la misura dell’efficienza energetica in edifici ad alto livello di performance, mediante l’ausilio di diversi software dedicati. Nel corso dell’elaborazione del progetto, le autrici della tesi si sono dunque confrontate con diversi strumenti digitali dalle caratteristiche interessanti e dall’alto potenziale di calcolo, che costituiscono la spina dorsale per lo sviluppo di piattaforme operative, di progetto e di ricerca, orientate all’ambiente. Tali mezzi possono diventare validi e potenti supporti nelle mani di architetti, designers e studenti impegnati nella sperimentazione di progetti architettonici a impatto zero. L’attività di ricerca è stata condotta partendo da una ricognizione ad ampia scala delle aree climatiche del mondo per poi concentrarsi, gradualmente, su una più precisa e profonda analisi delle condizioni climatiche locali, in particolare sulle specifiche condizioni dell’area di progetto selezionata per lo svolgimento del concorso. Nella prima parte di questo scritto si fa riferimento all’utilizzo di software dedicato, in particolare ai programmi Ecotect e Climate Consultant. Tali strumenti operativi hanno consentito una migliore comprensione del contesto e la stesura di alcune linee guida per il progetto. Il processo di analisi è dunque proseguito sviluppando una più dettagliata e accurata ricerca dei fattori ambientali significativi, ovveri dei fattori di maggiore impatto nella progettazione e nella costruzione degli edifici, pervenendo alla definizione di opportuni patterns, a supporto della fase configurativa degli spazi e delle strutture. La rappresentazione grafica di tali elementi intangibili, sostanzialmente diagrammi di flusso geometricamente visualizzati nelle tre dimensioni virtuali dell’area di progetto, costituisce la fase cruciale del lavoro. Essa risponde allo scopo di elaborare un database coerente fin dall’inizio con le caratteristiche fisiche e configurative del sito in rapporto alle specifiche di progetto, che funga da effettivo strumento di supporto nei processi di decisione informata legati all’ambito della sostenibilità. A valle di queste investigazioni preliminari, si propone a titolo di esempio sperimentale una soluzione progettuale riferita a un edificio di grosse dimensioni, ribadendo tuttavia che lo sviluppo di un preciso esito progettuale non è lo scopo di questa ricerca, orientati invece a dimostrare le potenzialità delle nuove piattaforme con riferimento al loro impiego nei contesti reali del progetto e della costruzione.
Dynamic investigation methodology. Environmentally oriented research development through the application of new generation digital tools as a base for high performance building design
POPOVA, VIOLETA;MALINOVA, PAVLINA
2012/2013
Abstract
This work has been inspired by a competition organized by Autodesk with its main purpose being the energy efficiency analysis of high performance buildings, simulated with the help of various dedicated softwares. While working on the competition the authors of this thesis have come across a number of interesting digital tools with a high potential for providing a solid backbone for the development of an environmentally oriented research platform, which would serve as a powerful instrument in the hands of architects, designers and students on their way to achieving net-zero energy buildings. The research has been conducted by starting from the bigger and more general scale of world climate zone definition and has gradually evolved to a more precise and in-depth local climate analysis with respect to the specific conditions of the building area. The software that has been used for the execution of this part of the analysis is mainly Ecotect and Climate Consultant. As a final outcome a better understanding of the context and some energy effectiveness guidelines have been set. The process then has been continued with a detailed research on the most significant environmental factors that would have the strongest effect on the future building design, and as a result arriving at the definition of suitable patterns, supporting the configurative phase of space and structure design. The graphical representation of these intangible elements, resulting in the elaboration of fluxes diagrams, geometrically visualized in all the three virtual dimensions of the project area, has been strongly emphasized on and constitutes the core of the work. It responds to the aim of creating a substantial database coherent from the very beginning with the physical characteristics of the site and maintaining a strong relation to the features of the project, with its purpose being to serve as a tool for a more informed decision-making in the sphere of sustainable design. Only after having developed in detail the above mentioned process, an exemplary experiment on building massing has been conducted despite of the fact that form finding is not the objective of the work. The main aim of this action is to demonstrate the potential of the newly developed platform by putting it to use in a real context.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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