Importación de tecnologías avanzadas a la arquitectura

This communication proposes a possible methodology for the efficient technology importation from other areas to architecture with the presentation of different research projects which are actually being developing at the Installations and Energy Section in the School of Architecture of the Universidad de Navarrra. These projects include energetic methane recovery, cell fuels in building and thermoelectric conditioning

Estudio morfológico de cuatro polígonos basados en el tipo en H en ciudades intermedias del norte de España

Enmarcados en una investigación basada en el estudio morfológico de la escala urbana intermedia y las diferentes tipologías residenciales utilizadas en las ciudades medias españolas durante el siglo XX, la presente comunicación trata de valorar el grado de adecuación y adaptabilidad a las necesidades actuales. En concreto, este artículo se centra en el uso de la tipología de bloque en H presente en cuatro proyectos urbanos emplazados en las ciudades de Santander, Vitoria, Pamplona y Huesca. Para ello, el estudio caracteriza la variedad formal de agrupaciones posibles del tipo y el resultado morfológico del espacio urbano resultante, basándonos en los datos espaciales disponibles y su manejo con software GIS. Finalmente, la distancia temporal existente entre la proyección de los planes parciales que utilizaron esa tipología y su ejecución hasta la actualidad permite reflexionar acerca de la validez de sus conceptos y formas, así como de su capacidad de adaptación a los nuevos tiempos

Streetware: Retrofitting historic cores into cultural and creative districts in Southeast Asia

The thesis develops a design methodology for the strategic urban regeneration of Historic Cores in secondary cities of Southeast Asia with the aim to transform them into Cultural and Creative Districts. It investigates three cores, George Town, Cebu and Bandung, located in three different countries, respectively Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia, which share a colonial urban past and are referential cultural destinations. Today, the presence of fragmented and obsolete urbanity in these cores affects the sustainability and productivity of the district. The research proposes the seeds for bottom up regeneration strategies that complement the existing landmarks and character of place by inserting a new vocation for these districts. The design methodology suggests a multi scalar contextual design process that discovers opportunity projects through urban learnings. A method was devised to obtain learnings through drawing tangible, physical data, and intangible, behavioural data, as layers of the context in order to reveal relationships and qualities across a range of urban conditions. The application of the method reveals a set of character opportunity projects that become the engines to stimulate scales of urban impact in the process of urban regeneration. The design process aims to inspire projects that encourage placemaking and city-making, to shape resilient, liveable and healthy cityscapes

Streetware: Retrofitting historic cores into cultural and creative districts in Southeast Asia

The thesis develops a design methodology for the strategic urban regeneration of Historic Cores in secondary cities of Southeast Asia with the aim to transform them into Cultural and Creative Districts. It investigates three cores, George Town, Cebu and Bandung, located in three different countries, respectively Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia, which share a colonial urban past and are referential cultural destinations. Today, the presence of fragmented and obsolete urbanity in these cores affects the sustainability and productivity of the district. The research proposes the seeds for bottom up regeneration strategies that complement the existing landmarks and character of place by inserting a new vocation for these districts. The design methodology suggests a multi scalar contextual design process that discovers opportunity projects through urban learnings. A method was devised to obtain learnings through drawing tangible, physical data, and intangible, behavioural data, as layers of the context in order to reveal relationships and qualities across a range of urban conditions. The application of the method reveals a set of character opportunity projects that become the engines to stimulate scales of urban impact in the process of urban regeneration. The design process aims to inspire projects that encourage placemaking and city-making, to shape resilient, liveable and healthy cityscapes