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THE VALUE OF TRANSFORMING: Academic building, Faculty of Arts, Oriente campus
(PONTIFICIA UNIV CATOLICA CHILE, ESCUELA ARQUITECTURA, 2017)
An intervention on a heritage building can either increase or ruin its value. Architecture has that power. The fear of affecting the value of what already exists leads many to opt for mimesis. However, such an obvious ...
Mineral building traditions in the himalayas : the mineralogical impact on the use of clay as building material
The use of mineral based building material in the Himalayas has a long tradition, probably reaching back to the first settlements. Use of such material was, and partially still is, deeply anchored as
an essential material ...
Performance evaluation of structures with reinforced concrete columns retrofitted with steel jacketing
(Cartagena de Indias, 2021-01)
Several existing reinforced concrete (RC) buildings fail to conform with current seismic codes, increasing its susceptibility to damage and collapse during earthquakes. A concern for building upgrading and rehabilitation ...
Estimating Functional and Physical Service Life of Timber Buildings Concerning Thermal Performance Simulations
(MDPI, 2022)
Currently, the cities in southern region of Chile present extremely high levels of atmospheric pollution. One of the main reasons for that is the adoption of inadequate thermal envelopes, which are not adapted to the ...
Plano de segurança contra incêndio e pânico (PSCIP): estudo de caso de adaptação ao novo código em edificação construída entre os anos de 1991 e 1995 em Pato Branco, Paraná
(Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáPato BrancoBrasilDepartamento Acadêmico de Construção CivilEngenharia CivilUTFPR, 2017-11-21)
The changes that have been taking place in the fire safety legislation for buildings in the country of Brazil end up in the need of adapting existing buildings to the new ruling laws. The adaptation of existing buildings ...
Análise crítica de uma edificação com o intuito de propor modificações para obtenção da certificação LEED
(Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáPato BrancoBrasilDepartamento Acadêmico de Construção CivilEngenharia CivilUTFPR, 2020-11-26)
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a certification system that was created in the 1990s in the United States and aims to promote and increase sustainable construction practices. The work intends to ...
Process of Construction and modernization of Public Health Facilities in a Developing Country
(China Architecture Building Press, Beijing, 2017)
Comfort assessment of heritage buildings in Cuenca-Ecuador
(Springer, Cham, 2019)
Intervention in heritage buildings with the purpose of extending their life span has been widely discussed on international forums for decades. Building comfort principles are intended to be incorporated within these ...
Air cavity performance in Opaque Ventilated Façades in accordance with the Spanish Technical Building Code
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-02)
Objective: The use and study of Opaque Ventilated Façades (OVF) has considerably expanded in recent years as an efficient envelope option when hoping to reduce cooling thermal loads for buildings. This is due to the solar ...
User comfort and energy consumption of office buildings in Santiago, Chile: results of an unregulated context
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In Chile, non-residential buildings are not subject to regulations in regard of energy consumption or indoor
environmental quality. General urban aspects related to volume, lot occupation, constructability and sun
obstructions ...