Ecological Architecture Research Articles

Cosmopolitical bodies: An architecture of space

The project of ‘Cosmopolitical Bodies: An Architecture of Space’ is a design research project, where the relationship between Space exploration and its ideals, architecture and the environment are reimagined within the complexities of our planet's ecosystem. Tools of image production and architectural propositions are employed to argue that the encounter between people and the planet should be recomposed to form new alliances with nature; cosmopolitical bodies. The research is loosely divided into two parts, research into prevailing imaginations of space and their counter-arguments and implications for creative practice; and a speculative design thesis titled ‘Dandal Kura’ exploring the potentials of space technologies on Earth. Based upon research around multispecies theory and critiques of scientific practice, the research does not propose a human agent being replaced by the environmental agent; but a balance or symbiosis of living, living with nature. Both real and imagined space exploration's influence on (ecological) architecture has historically been seen as an exercise in escaping environmental crisis and reinforcing dominant political narratives. In this context, an alternative imagination of space is considered to propose new architectures. An imagination of space that reflects multiplicities, is arguably female, and considers an ecological architecture that confronts the complexity of the social, environmental and political systems of the planet we inhabit; proposing ideas of settling and caring as alternatives to the mastery of nature. The project consists of a critique on the closed system conceptions of nature produced through imaginations of space exploration and locates Lake Chad as an ‘Earth site’ to test scales of ecological architectures: from the planetary system of the Lake as seen from space, to the microbiology of life-sustaining algaes growing in the wadis. The Lake Chad design project takes the name of Dandal Kura (meeting place) and speculates on the impact of series of interventions where space technologies allow women's cooperatives around Lake Chad to adapt with climate change. Through the intersection of scientific and indigenous knowledge, the project of Dandul Kura proposes that space technologies can become an emancipatory tool in the context of climatic crisis. The design proposal is conveyed through a series of images, reimagining modes of living in Lake Chad in this context of climate change and economic and environmental scarcity.

The community role in green area sustainability as a model of energy-efficient buildings in the humid tropical region

Green design models have the potential to improve the environment’s microclimate and to decrease energy consumption in a building. The successful implementation of green design model is determined by government policy, the concern of architects and the role of the community. The role of the community is important because it has the potential to be the part of the green sustainability model; that is, to provide green spaces and follow up on the sustainability of green governance elements. The aims of this research are to describe the role of community in the understanding and implementation of green elements in buildings. In addition, it also aims to relate the understanding of the community with sustainability of the green design model in energy-efficient buildings. This research used descriptive methodology by purposive random sampling in three categories of society: low income, middle, income and high income categories. The results of this research have brought contribution to theories of development in term of ecological architecture concept, and this concept can be done through the community involvement in the implementation of the green design models that are adaptable to humid tropical climate.

Study of ecological and green architecture theories for a house in South Jakarta

Architecture has a major role in the issue of global warming today. Therefore, the architects began to endorse the concept of ecological architecture and green building design. This study aims to examine a project of Omah Harimurti in Jakarta based on ecological and green architecture principle theories by Sim Van Der Ryn and Stuart Cowan as well as Robert and Brenda Vale. Both of their design principles were compared to identify the ecological and green design parameters to test the Omah Harimurti. Results of the study revealed that there are 4 parameters of ecological-green architecture design, such as nature should be the main actor of the design; nature becomes a solution for every problem in the site; honor the user by involved them as a designer; and be a climate conscious building by conserving energy. From the examination conducted, it is also revealed that the Omah Harimurti qualified as an ecologic and green architecture design.

Designing spatiotemporal multifunctional landscapes to support dynamic wildlife conservation

ABSTRACTWith a growing human population, we are faced with the challenge of managing limited spaces for multiple social and environmental needs. Identifying opportunities to align social and environmental needs is thus a transdisciplinary design challenge. To meet this task, we present the concept of spatiotemporal multifunctionality (i.e. the provisioning of more than one human or environmental function in a given place at different times) and demonstrate how integrating principles of landscape ecology, social-ecological systems, and land system architecture enables a dynamic approach to landscape design and planning. Such an integration is capable of providing conservation tools for diverse social-ecological systems to maximize spatiotemporal multifunctionality. We use migratory birds as a working example to present a dynamic conservation opportunity and related challenges. By adding a temporal component to land-use classification in areas of high human use, we demonstrate the potential to enhance land-system sustainability and promote human-wildlife coexistence in a changing world.

The influence of Ecological Architecture Activity on Environmental Sensitivity of Elementary school students

The influence of Ecological Architecture Activity on Environmental Sensitivity of Elementary school students

THE STRATEGY OF APPLYING AIR ELEMENT FOR BRUMBUN SPRING TOURISM DEVELOPMENT DESIGN IN LAMONGAN

<p class="Abstract"><em>Brumbun hot springs which located in Lamongan regency has the potential of hot springs that emerge from the bowels of the earth so it will never be running out. The lack of attention from the government and communities make the condition of the tourist attractions of Brumbun hot springs becomes inaccessible and might causes damage for it’s existing and natural facilities. Besides, the lack of activities variant also makes less visitors. With the support of the regency government through spatial and regional plans, it is designed a development of natural attractions in order to improve the existence of a tourist attraction and the optimization of Brumbun’s natural potential. The method used is descriptive qualitative method with case study through stages of idea exploration, data collection through observation, interview, and ecological architecture literature, then through analysis phase with precedent study and supporting data consisting of physical condition of tourist object and government regulations related to tourism object development. The result of the analysis is in the form of four applied elements of wind as an ecological architectural aspect of the building, ie roof pond with open pond system, nako rooster, vertical garden with structural media, and cross ventilation.</em></p><p class="Abstract"><em><br /></em></p>

Competence of Architects in the Context of Jakarta Socio-Cultural-Ecology Architecture

One city is determined by the characteristics of the urban developing building. The characteristics of the building are determined by the architectural capacity that is influenced by the culture, social and the surrounding environment. In Indonesian cities especially Jakarta, competency standards are needed as a professional detection tool that keeps the legacy of a city of art and building. The problem to be found in this research is how the building of competence that marks a competent architecture for Jakarta. The research method used is exploratory research as one of the stages in Neuroresearch research model. The results of the study found that there are 13 competencies that are able to describe the urban legacy within the architect in the context of the Jakarta Socio Cultural Ecology Architecture.

Competence of Architects in the Context of Jakarta Socio-Cultural-Ecology Architecture

One city is determined by the characteristics of the urban developing building. The characteristics of the building are determined by the architectural capacity that is influenced by the culture, social and the surrounding environment. In Indonesian cities especially Jakarta, competency standards are needed as a professional detection tool that keeps the legacy of a city of art and building. The problem to be found in this research is how the building of competence that marks a competent architecture for Jakarta. The research method used is exploratory research as one of the stages in Neuroresearch research model. The results of the study found that there are 13 competencies that are able to describe the urban legacy within the architect in the context of the Jakarta Socio Cultural Ecology Architecture.

ПРОЕКТУВАННЯ СУЧАСНОГО ОДЯГУ НА ОСНОВІ ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ХУДОЖНЬО-КОМПОЗИЦІЙНИХ ОЗНАК ЕКО-АРХІТЕКТУРИ

Definition of artistic and compositional features and specialty of ecological architecture for improving the design of a modern collection of women's wear in the spring and summer season. To achieve this goal, analytical and associative methods of artistic and compositional features of the creative source were used, system-structural analysis of the form of analogues, questionnaire-expert and morphological analyzes; sketches and schemes are performed using modern computer programs. On the basis of the conducted research the concept of creation of universal forms of women's clothing is formed by applying aesthetic, constructive and technological features of eco-architecture in designing a modern costume. The scientific novelty of the results obtained is to systematize the basic principles of ecological architecture with their subsequent use in the process of creating harmonized forms of modern clothing. The practical significance of the work lies in the design-design and implementation in the material of the prospective collection of women's wear using artistic and compositional features of ecological architecture and taking into account modern fashion trends.

Party: Ecological architecture for intimate relations

Party: Ecological architecture for intimate relations

Aesthetic perception of photovoltaic integration within new proposals for ecological architecture

Architecture has become an important field of research on the mitigation of climate change. The literature contains a number of environmental studies of buildings and energy efficiency improvements analysis. Important advances have also been made by integrating renewable energies within the building envelope. In architecture, however, it must be remembered that the formal aspect is as important as the functional one, and therefore rating the aesthetic perception of these new technologies is very interesting to better integrate more sustainable technologies in the city. This work focuses on the real opinion of the citizens about the aesthetic impact resulting from the use of photovoltaic systems in buildings. A survey was conducted using the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) to evaluate the feelings through two classic dimensions of affect: hedonic valence (pleasant-unpleasant) and arousal (activation or emotional intensity). Overall, results (error range of 5%) show that all the prototypes were rated positively and with a medium level of arousal, although the integrated systems obtained higher values in both dimensions of affect. The degree of appreciation of the installation by the observer has proved to be a powerful factor. On a socio-demographic level, respondents’ age was observed as an influential factor in these subjective evaluations.

Design of Vertical Village in Pantai Burung Village Medan City (Ecology Architecture)

Illegal settlement becomes one of the factors that cause the order of an irregular city and tend to slum. Its location in the region of the River could potentially interfere with the conservation of the river. One of the ways t design and organize the settlement as well city to make it better. This design aims to rehabilitate the area from physical, environment, facilities and infras community. In this case, a vertical research because of the narrowest area and the progressing human’s life every year. With this design, land use can be optimally, and the collaboration of architecture ecology approach which exploits the facility naturally that will be exposed human’s need with should not have to spend expenditure too much. Residential unit use container materials to provide a flexible dwelling, easy to put on and work quickly. Then, to reduce the effect of radiation is acquired by container material that contained a metal using isolation and giving aperture maximally to create a thermal situation comfortably for people. The a watering conservation is programmed by apply biofilter to distill the gray improving the economy, it will on organized by utilizing area gardening on floodplain a river that can be a part of the communal area as the waterfront.

Ecological architecture as a forgotten opportunity in Vietnam

Ecological Architecture is a modern topic. In Viet Nam, this topic attracted a great attention, and eventually, it is considered as a new trend, both theoretical and practical. This article presents different perspectives, but not the common public opinions on the issue, in particular, as follows: comparison of the relationship between the traditional Vietnamese architecture and the modern ecological architecture to acknowledge the similarity rather than the difference; the lessons learned from a particular stage of development in Vietnam before 1975 as an empirical result for modern ecological and environmental theories; discussion of the missed opportunity for the integration and contribution of modern Vietnamese architecture in terms of both theoretical and ecological development of Vietnamese architecture in the context of globalization.

비등각격자면을 갖는 복합재질의 전열해석을 위한 클리핑방법

Purpose: As the importance of ecological architecture such as prevention of condensation, thermal analysis with numerical methods became essential in a modern architecture. A grid-based numerical method is widely used, and various grid shapes have been studied. Notably, an unstructured grid has been attracted by means of successful results. Due to the its flexibility of an unstructured grid, it is possible to divide a complex domain into several simple domains in which the grid are generated easily and independently. However, the grid points on the interface between neighbor domains are not matched completely so called non-conformal grid, and thus, the flux between neighbor cells cannot calculate directly. Thus, a technical treatment for the arbitrary interface is required. Method: We employed the clipping method that calculates the connectivity and geometrical information between non-conformal cells on the interface. To validate the clipping method, the heat conduction with a non-conformal interface was performed. Result: The algorithm that we developed represented the interface, and the numerical result agreed with the analytic solution for a heat conduction problem.

Jakarta socio-cultural ecology: a sustainable architecture concept in urban neighbourhood

As a metropolitan city with densely populated and fast residential development Jakarta should be able to implement a concept that is Jakarta socio-cultural ecology Architecture as the basis of settlement development. The concept of Jakarta socio-cultural ecology architecture is characterized by residential development capabilities that reflect and express the indigenous culture, the settlements built by linking the social and economic activities of the people of Jakarta and the settlements built by maintaining the building with the value of existing heritage. The objectives of this research are 1) to find a relevant construct to housing condition in Jakarta which then called Jakarta socio-cultural ecology, and 2) to see the tendency of complex condition of Jakarta socio-cultural ecology settlement. This research uses Neuroresearch method, which is one of mix-method research method as a mixture research method between qualitative research (exploration) and quantitative research method (explanatory and confirmatory). The population of research as well as unit analysis are all settlements in Jakarta. Sampling technique using probability sampling that is with multistage sampling. The results show that nowadays the Jakarta residential complex tends to lead to socio-cultural ecology and rather reflects and expresses the indigenous culture, the residential complex in Jakarta tends to form the building has been linked fully with the social and economic activities of Jakarta society but tends to occasionally maintain buildings with existing heritage values. This study also found that indigenous culture is a significant determinant of the formation of the condition of Jakarta socio-cultural ecology.

Study on the Index System of Green Ecological Building and Its Evaluation

Based on the concept of sustainable development, green and ecology has become a hot topic in the development and research of many industries. It is not only a new culture, but also that art, technology, material and so on will change under the guidance of this kind of thought. Architecture is the main body of the city, and it also is the necessary component of the human survival and social developments, the basic function of the building is to provide people with living space. With the development of society, the architectural function is constantly enriched, the structure tends to be complicated, but the influence of its own problems is also expanding. The development of the construction industry requires a lot of resources, and in the process of using its function and it needs other energy to provide its due support, because in the past we only consider the building function, ignoring the energy and information consumption. Considering the current social development, we have to take the energy and resource issues into account, based on this condition, the green eco-building concept and technical standards is producing, and it changed people’s views on social development. Green eco-buildings also need to have indicators as a reference, while providing guidance of architectural design and construction. This paper gives a brief exposition of the research system of green ecological architecture and its evaluation.

Medan The Vertical Village Design In Kelurahan Aur (With Ecology Architecture Design Approach)

Kampung Aur is one of the densely populated settlements located in Medan City Center. This village is located on the banks of the River Deli, District Mimoon Medan, Neighborhood IV. Kampung Aur is a place for the lower middle-class urban community that provides a place for unplanned settlements. This village has the potential to be reorganized while maintaining the traditions of the people. The approach used for the design of this village is Ecological architecture, where the building uses a natural building system, wastewater treatment, and rainwater utilization.

WISATA PERIKANAN EDUKATIF DENGAN PENDEKATAN ARSITEKTUR EKOLOGIS DI TANJUNG PRIOK

<p><em>The background that make educational fishery tourism in Tanjung kodok feasible to be developed is the opportunity to improve tourism potency in Tanjung Kodok, Lamongan Regency, to raise effectiveness of fishery which is basic potential in Lamongan, and to provide educational recreation for tourists of all ages in Tanjung Kodok. Its problem solving has been formulated by designing resort in Tanjung Kodok, Lamongan regency, with Ecological Architecture based on plan and design concept.The aim that can be attained of the research is making a green resort generally for Indonesian people and especially for East Java People in order to enjoy educational fishery tourism in Tanjung Kodok without putting aside its Ecological Architecture approach. Method used to solve the threat of environmental damage is applying Ecological Architecture on its plan and design.The design concept related to Ecological Architecture approach includes building orientation facing the north and south, vertical garden installment as a sunscreen for an open side facing besides north and south, the application of fountain as natural cooler in the site, the use of trees as natural shade on public area, mangrove plantation for shore conserving, the utilizing of raindrop reservoir located on the site, and the application of plants roof on every building. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><strong> </strong><em>Educational </em><em>Fishery Tourism, Ecology Architecture, Plants Roof, Vertical</em><strong><em> </em></strong><em>Garden</em></p>

AGROWISATA SEBAGAI PENGEMBANGAN WISATA KAWASAN WADUK KEDUNG OMBO DENGAN PENDEKATAN ARSITEKTUR EKOLOGIS

<p><em>The d</em><em>esign</em><em> of </em><em>Agro</em><em>tourism in</em><em> Kedung Ombo Region motivated by the development of tourism potential Kedung Ombo Grobogan, development</em><em> of</em><em> Grobogan agricultural potential, as well as the phenomenon</em><em> of</em><em> Grobogan farmers who sell agricultural products </em><em>that</em><em> still in the form of raw materials.</em><em> </em><em>Objectives to be achieved is to design an agro as the development of tourism potential of being owned</em><em> by</em><em> Grobogan on Kedung Ombo with objects in agriculture, fisheries, livestock, and industrial fields. Design issue is how to design agrotourism as a tourist development area Kedung Ombo with Ecological Architecture approach. The approach used in determining the design is to use the concept of Ecological Architecture applied in structuring the mass of the building in the site, determining the direction of view and orientation of the building that adapts to the movement of the sun, structuring monetary affairs which can save energy, the selection of environmentally friendly materials, the use of sunlight as a source of energy, the use of water in the form of an element and an artificial river as a natural cooling and water treatment plants, the use of several types </em><em>of</em><em> </em><em>vegetation as a natural shade on the site.</em></p><p align="left"><em> <br /> <strong>Keywords:</strong> Architecture, Agro</em><em>tourism, </em><em>Ecological Architecture</em><em>, </em><em>Kedung Omb</em><em>o.</em></p>

RUMAH SUSUN SEWA DENGAN PENDEKATAN ARSITEKTUR EKOLOGIS DI SURAKARTA

<p><em>Planning and design of the Flats with Ecological Architecture approach is motivated by the density of settlements and slums along the Boro River,Jagalan Village, Surakarta. Density of existing settlements and slum area along the river resulted in environmental degradation and reduced Jagalan Village Green Open Space, because the settlement construction is done without regard to environmental conditions, resulting in an imbalance between natural and artificial environments. Environmental damage in the Village Jagalan then compounded by the behavior of people who dump waste in the river. Based on this phenomenon occurs due to lack of sufficient density residential land settlement and imbalance between the natural and the artificial environment characterized by reduced RTH and flooding in Jagalan. The purpose of the planning and design of flats with Ecological Architecture approach is to accommodate the needs of residential Jagalan and create a balance between the environment and settlements. The approach used in the flats that takes into account the principles of planning and design of Ecology Architecture include: green buildings, building that responds to floods, waste water conservation so that waste water discharged into the river does not pollute the environment, saving energy by considering the direction of the wind and sun , and using recycled materials in the flats. The results of the planning and design of the Flats with Ecological Architecture approach is a dwelling that is in accordance with the needs of the community and environment friendly.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong><em>: A Flats, Ecology Architecture, Prone to flooding</em></p>