DESIGN ECONOMICS OF SMART SKINS OF OFFICE BUILDINGS TOWARDS AN ECONOMIC EVALUATION MODEL OF VENTILATED DOUBLE SKIN FAÇADE (V.DSF) DESIGN, USING I.T. APPLICATION IN GREATER CAIRO [2015-10-13]
The current architectural scene reflecting that, the global Interest in last decade has been directed towards energy efficiency in "the Architectural built environment" due to the rising effect of mega crisis of: Greenhouse effect (Earth warming) and corresponding pollution, energy and conventional fuel crisis, in addition to the late financial/economic problem.
"Energy efficiency" in buildings is now widely recognized as a fundamental strategy for protecting the environment within passive economic Impact. Resulting from the paradoxical problem between (Contemporary Architecture and Energy) research 'draw-out' it within the triad of impacts: first is "Environmental", second is "Architectural/Technological", and the third is "Economic".
Office building Skin (Envelope) considers not only the most notable architectural element which related by means of both: Environmental & Technological control of the building, but also one of the most significant elements that impacts on office building total budget: (represent about 35%-70%) of total final building costs, and responsible for (40%-60%) of its running/operational costs.
For all previous reasons, cause a pressing need to derive an "Economic Assessment Methodology" for High Performance (Smart) Skins, by the aid of Inventing "a Proposed Economic Evaluation Model" (PEEM) as a software application to evaluate, differentiate among Ventilated Double Skin Façades (V.DSF) alternatives with respect to other types. |
Architecture in the information technology age [2015-10-13]
Technology in the past was some thing only referred to in science fiction movies. Now in this age of “globalization” and “informationalization,” information technology plays a critical role in redefining our world, leaving it no larger than a universal village.
Architectural inspiration is similarly derived from a variety of different fields, such as philosophy, science, technology, biology geography, and mixing design with different sciences and arts. This wide range of sciences and disciplines involved in integrating (IT) into architectural practice promises a radical shift in design concepts, one that offers architects the chance to reconfigure their environment and reconsider which fields design should incorporate.
The aim of that research is to determine and identifying the effect(s) and essence(s) of information/digital technology on contemporary architecture, to draw-out a comprehensive frame work for studying contemporary architecture corresponding information /digital age.
Achieving that, the research had to approach, examine, analyze and finally to determine roots and aspects of influence(s) and effect(s) of that revolution on contemporary architecture ,to enabled us for drawing-out the methodology of its working system. Therefore, the research had studied such effects |
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