ALGAE AND BUILDING FAÇADE REVISITED. A STUDY OF FAÇADE SYSTEM FOR INFILL DESIGN

Widjaja Martokusumo,Heru W Poerbo,Nissa A Ardiani,M Donny Koerniawan,Susan H Krisanti

doi:10.3846/20297955.2017.1411847

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Buildings account for around 30 percent of the world’s total energy consumption and a similar percentage of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions the main cause of climate change. The building sector is a major energy consumer, and empirical research reveals that carbon-dioxide emissions from the building sector exceed those of the industry and transport sectors. Contextual juxtaposition has commonly been applied in designing a new building in the historic district. In the realm of design, such philosophy-based design approach requires objective measurements. When new glass building considered, the question on greenhouse gas emissions becomes significant. To minimize energy consumption and reduce sun glare, brise-soleil and horizontal fixed shading devices have been used as elements of building’s facade. Nowadays, algae as part of building facade system have been used in creating a healthier indoor environment. This paper is written based on an on-going architectural design-based research on the use and role of algae as part of the building facade system. The new building of ITB Innovation Park is used as an infill project. With the help of modelling and extensive literature survey, this research will investigate how far the building (facade) design is affected by considerations on energy consumption pattern and environmental condition.

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As one argues, buildings account for around 30 percent of the world’s total energy consumption and a similar percentage of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions as the main cause of climate change (Wen et al 2007)
Contextual juxtaposition has commonly been applied in designing a new building in the historic district
The building façade system deals with the ITB Innovation Park project, a new building project in the historic urban quarter

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Buildings account for around 30 percent of the world’s total energy consumption and a similar percentage of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions as the main cause of climate change (Wen et al 2007). The construction and operation of a building contributes importantly to resource depletion and greenhouse gas emissions (Kim 2013). There is a significant challenge for building design, construction industries and building owners to be able to provide healthy indoor environments without depleting non-renewable energy resources and contributing to air pollution and global warming. Recently there has been a more increasing awareness of historic preservation and a shift toward area-based conservation (Tiesdell et al 1997). All of those have been accompanied by a growing awareness of the need to be able to design new buildings (infill) that are well-matched with historic buildings. The notion of “contextualism” has become a permanent subject in the architectural liter-

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