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Environmental features of Chinese architectural heritage: the standardization of form in the pursuit of equilibrium with nature
(MDPI AG, 2018)
We present a scientific discussion about Chinese historical architecture and cultural paradigms in order to analyze the formation of building patterns objectively connected to environmental features. In this regard, we ...
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The search for sustainable architecture in Asia in the oeuvre of Antonin Raymond: a new attunement with nature
(MDPI, 2022-08-18)
The American architect Antonin Raymond carried out intense work in Japan from 1920 to 1970. Firstly, coming to Japan to collaborate with Frank Lloyd Wright in the Imperial Hotel almost as an apprentice; unexpectedly, he ...
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The search for Solar Architecture in Asia in the works of the architect Antonin Raymond a protracted balance between culture and nature
(MDPI, 2022-09-23)
The renowned architect Antonin Raymond undertook a large amount of work in Japan for more than fifty years. He arrived to the archipelago as a partner to Frank Lloyd Wright, who had received the commission for the paramount ...
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Les énergies naturelles et la restauration des espaces muséographiques
(Association des Amis du Carré Bleu, 2001)
La restructuration d'établissements historiques est censée être l'un des domaines d'élection de l'architecture du XXI° siècle. Afin de promouvoir ce secteur il faudrait bien évaluer la performance énergétique des villes, ...
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Lighting Features in Historical Buildings: Scientific Analysis of the Church of Saint Louis of the Frenchmen in Sevilla
(MDPI AG, 2018-09-19)
Heritage issues have increased significantly in recent years. However, they tend to remain in the cultural sphere and are often resistant to scientific analyses. If we have to deal with the contradictory matter of ...
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Thermal performance assessment of Burkina Faso's housing typologies
(MDPI, 2023-10-28)
Burkina Faso is a sub-Saharan African country suffering from a high poverty rate. It has quadruplicated its population over the last twenty years, that is, from 4.5 to 18 million inhabitants. Such demographic changes, ...
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Daylight and Architectural Simulation of the Egebjerg School (Denmark): Sustainable Features of a New Type of Skylight
(MDPI, 2019)
This article discusses the performance of a new skylight for standard classrooms at the Egebjerg School (Denmark), which was built ca. 1970. This building underwent important reforms under a European project to which the ...
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Ernest Fenollosa, Kakuzo Okakura y el arte japonés. Un diálogo fructífero entre oriente y occidente
(Universidad de Córdoba, 2022)
Ernest Fenollosa llegó a Japón en 1878 por mediación de Edward Morse para ser profesor de Filosofía y Política Económica en la Universidad Imperial de Tōkyō. En Japón realizó una ingente labor en pos de la revitalización ...
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Daylight, shape, and cross-cultural influences through the routes of discoveries: the case of Baroque temples
(SAGE Publications, 2018-11)
Baroque temples were developed in the context of cross-cultural influences through new territories where the climatic conditions were often opposed to those prevailing in Europe. The nature of weather differences could not ...
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New simulation tool for architectural design in the realm of solar radiative transfer
(MDPI, 2022-08-26)
In this paper, we devise a system for architectural simulations that considers the volumetric and three-dimensional properties or the energy sources involved in the energy exchanges within or around edifices and built or ...