The Pre-Fabrication of Building Facades (eBook)

Vitor Abrantes, Bárbara Rangel, José Manuel Amorim Faria (Herausgeber)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2017
IX, 95 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-22695-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book compares two buildings with different technologies and distinct environment from the combined viewpoints of civil engineering and architecture. The first is the most recent building of Columbia University in New York, the Northwest Science Building, a project designed by Rafael Moneo and Dan Brodkin of Ove Arup. The second one is the Burgo Tower in Oporto, by Eduardo Souto Moura and Rui Furtado of AFA, a building that brings a new perspective to the use of prefabrication technologies with local traditional construction systems. With the detailed analyses of recognized researchers in civil engineering and architecture, this book is a reflection upon the problems and solutions in the design and construction process of a prefabricated building system. This volume, like those to follow, brings together, building research and building design practice to enhance the knowledge of complementarity areas involved in construction, engineering and architecture.

 This is the first book in a new series 'Building Research: Design, Construction and Technologies' which aims to bridge scientific research and professional practice to understand the Building Design problems. In each edition, one or two case studies (recognized buildings in the international design panorama) are analyzed with their authors to assess the design process and the construction development. To understand the problems involved, researchers, engineers and architects, are asked to contribute to this ana

lysis with essays on building research issues, as building technology, construction management, acoustics, maintenance or prefabrication.

Inhalt

Editorial 6
Prefabrication and Industrialization 8
Prefabrication and Architecture 8
Prefabrication and Innovation 9
Contents 10
Part I: Burgo Tower in Porto 11
Tectonic Design 12
Construction Research 14
Construction Design 17
General Arrangement Drawings 18
Building Facades Prefabrication. The Lesson of the Burgo Building 30
Object 30
Prefabrication and Architecture 30
The Problems of Prefabrication [1] 30
The Burgo Building case [2] 31
Conclusion 32
References 32
Design of Façades 33
Introduction 33
Brief Description of the Envelope of the “O Burgo” Building 33
Behaviour of Glass Façades 33
Main Performance Requirements 33
Characterization of the Performance 34
Analysis of Frame Performance 38
Performance in Laboratory Conditions 38
Factors That Influence the Performance 38
Recommendations for Improvement in the Quality of Construction of External Façade Elements 39
References 39
The Importance of Design in the Prevention of Accidents in Construction 40
Motivation to Prevent Accidents in Pre-­construction Phase 40
Culture of Safety in Construction Environment 40
Need for Implementation of Safety in Design Phase 40
Construction Safety Coordinator Profile 41
Research Study with a Possible Solution 41
Proposed Methods for Designers 42
References 42
The Traditional Urban Square – A Vital Organ in the City or a “Thing” of the Past? 43
From the Definition to the Meaning of Square 43
Does the Perfect Square Exist? How Is It Built? 45
The Square as a “Dominated” or “Enclosed” Form 48
The Square as a Belvedere 48
The Square as a Point of Departure and Arrival 48
The Square as Centre 49
The Square as Gateway to the City 50
Final Note 50
References 51
Part II: Northwest Science Building of the University of Columbia Building 53
Construction to Discipline Architecture 54
Designing for a New York Funded Block 55
The Structure as the Rule of a Numerical Design 57
The Materiality of the Project 59
Inter-disciplinary Design Methodology 60
General Arrangement Drawings 63
Northwest Sciences Building by Rafael Moneo: Circumstantial Evidence 77
Drawings in the Air 80
Acoustics and Noise Control Within School Buildings 83
Introduction 83
Behaviour of Sound in Rooms – Main Topics 83
Portuguese Acoustic Requirements 84
Examples of Constructive Solutions Used in School Buildings 84
Typical Execution Problems 87
References 91
Maintenance and Maintainability of University Buildings the Challenge of Façades 92
Building Management 92
Definitions 92
Economic Management 92
Functional Management 92
Technical Management 93
Domotic and Maintainability in Technical Management 93
Costs Related to the Lack of Maintainability 94
Maintainability Handbook 94
Conclusions and Proposal of Developments 95
References 96

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.8.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Building Research: Design, Construction and Technologies
• Reihe/Serie: Building Research: Design, Construction and Technologies
• Zusatzinfo: IX, 95 p. 52 illus.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• Schlagworte: Architecture • Building Design • Building Physics • Building Research • Civil Engineering Construction
• ISBN-10: 3-319-22695-9 / 3319226959
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-22695-8 / 9783319226958