THE HEALTH PROTECTIVE AND ENERGY SAVING URBAN
ENVIRONMENT AT THE TIME OF CLIMATE CHANGE
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Zachodniopomorski Uniwersytet Technologiczny w Szczecinie, Wydział Budownictwa i Architektury |
Publication date: 2018-02-12
BoZPE 2017;(2):43–50
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With the use of parametric and multi-criteria optimization digital tools, buildings
can be designed to respond to various requirements. Recently, an expanded
understanding of building performance acknowledges that all factors acting on
buildings (climate, energies, information, human agents) are not static and fixed, but
rather mutable and transient. This paper explores the possibilities of architectural
design to benefit human condition, which encompasses physical and mental wellbeing,
environmental quality of life during the Climate Change era. The first part of
the paper defines the main factors (such as: lack of green nature and sunlight, noise
and pollution) which are influencing the formation of psychological disorder in big
cities. The negative impact of these factors is constantly increasing in the time of
Climate Change progressing. The second part presents results of the research program
undertaken at West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin by
author. The program (Climate Change Adapted Architecture and Structure) goes on
to attempt to solve the problem through architectural design. This study highlights
a social problem, such as mental well-being, resulting from urbanization or effects
of the climate change, and serves as a useful background for further research on
the possibilities of redefining sustainable and human friendly design).