Reuse Of Building Materials Research Articles

Fortresses of the Tur Abdin and the confrontation between Rome and Persia

AbstractAlthough research is currently impossible on the ground, satellite photographs allow some further information to be gleaned concerning the region of the Tur Abdin, of crucial importance during the wars between the late Roman Empire and Sassanian Persia in the fourth to seventh century AD. This article examines the ancient sources and the reports of visitors to the area in the light of what is now visible to all via Google Earth and other suppliers of free satellite imagery. Apart from describing the remains of the fortresses and their role in defending an important redoubt against Persian attacks, it draws attention to the urgent necessity for proper ground surveys of what remains of the fortifications of various periods before these are completely destroyed by looting and reuse of building materials. Dams also present a substantial risk to some of the monuments discussed here.

Reuse Building Materials Ruins in Post-earthquake Reconstruction Method in Bantul

Phenomenon after the 2006 earthquake in Bantul marked the re-use of building materials in the construction of residential ruins after the earthquake that done by the victim as the practice of architecture without architects. This research to get answers about the reuse of materials (building materials) ruins after the earthquake and ideas. This research was conducted in naturalistic paradigm with qualitative methods, provides a method of post-earthquake rebuilding homes that can be done alone by the occupants by reusing building materials rubble without guidance practitioner (architect).

A look at designing and integrating acoustics and sustainability

Designing with sensitivity toward our natural environment relates not only to the resources that are used in the design, construction, and ongoing operation of buildings, but also to creating environments inspired by nature to achieve a level of comfort in our surroundings. Green building design is by no means at odds with the goals of acoustic design. An overarching byproduct of good design should be an environment that is both pleasing to the ear and to the earth’s resources. These principles can be subtle and subdued, such as in the reuse of building materials in the Writer’s Theatre and the design of buildings to be flexible insuring longevity for Duke University. Or, rather than pouring energy into creating materials, buildings for music can be engineered with stiffness in mind to maintain energy and body, such as in the new orchestra shell at the Lyric Opera in Chicago. More traditionally, the Tower at PNC Plaza’s tagline is the “world’s greenest skyscraper;” yet, the interior of the office space shows minimal obvious signs of LEED influence. Alternatively, nature’s touch is right on the sleeve of the National Research Defense Counsel project with the inclusion of foliage grown directly on the walls.

A Web-platform for Linking IFC to External Information during the Entire Lifecycle of a Building

During the lifecycle of a building, much more information is used and produced than can be contained inside a Building Information Model (BIM). The information outside the BIM is seldom connected to the BIM or connected across domains. Furthermore, information in BIM is only accessible to people with sufficient CAD or architectural background, and often expensive software is needed to edit and add data. This inefficient information management causes significant costs in practice. Our research contributes to the development of IFC based web applications in practice and demonstrates a way of linking machine to human readable data thus making the data accessible to non CAD users or architectural experts. In this paper we describe such a platform for the integration of model-based data and non-model based data. We tried to construct a mapping process from IFC properties to a national building element classification system, as a way of structuring the objects and information for use in our web platform. Since both the structure of IFC and most building element classification systems are based on semantic relations of building elements (i.e. holonym, meronym, hypernym), translations by means of a basic reasoning system should be feasible. We elaborate on several uses of this platform in applications for maintenance and reuse of building materials, buildings and built structures.

Flexible Building and Construction Systems in Traditional Korean Architecture

Unlike the building forms, technology, and materials of today, the traditional Korean architecture represents an example of flexible building forms in history. Investigating and studying this type of architecture not only can contribute to the reform of architectural history by understanding how ordinary buildings change over time and how they interact with people but also may suggest the possibility of, and methodology for developing long-lasting and sustainable mass housing in Korea and in Asian cities. The first part of the paper demonstrates the structural, spatial, and functional flexibilities of traditional Korean architecture. The second part investigates the construction system, including the organization of builders and the regulations governing the relationship with the residents. Its systematic construction approach is associated with the specialization of construction and standardization and prefabrication of elements, facilitating the easy replacement and reuse of building materials. The paper is based on a research methodology of integrating historical archives and case studies. The main argument posited here is that knowledge and skill of traditional construction of flexibility suggest conceptual strategies to improve current housing design and construction in order to obtain a sustainable future.

Spolia e riuso di materiali tra la tarda antichità e l’alto medioevo a Ravenna

The elevation of Ravenna as a new Imperial capital, at the beginning of the 5th century, determined a redefinition of the housing space and the creation of new buildings destined for the Court and for the display of the Imperial power. In this extensive urban renewal programme, materials and structures of the earlier Roman city came to be consistently reemployed. Reuse of tiles and architectural material was considerable, due to economic reasons and the necessity for immediate or rapid provision of necessary materials and structures for the Imperial bureaucracy. The re-employment of ancient materials (spolia) was so vast that most of the buildings of the previous Roman city were demolished and destroyed – even the larger public monuments. Temples, the area of the Forum, buildings for the administration and the civil basilica were all completely absorbed and turned into the Late Antique urban fabrics, without leaving any material evidence. In this contribution we will consider spolia as a material of common use involved in this process of transformation of an ancient city into a Late Antique one. The main goal is to show that in this operation of spoliation of the past and the reuse of building materials during the Late Antiquity there was no ideological intention – unlike the strategic use of spolia in the form of statuary and architectural works employed at Constantinople to identify this as the new symbolic capital of power.

Increasing local reuse of building materials

This paper sets out the opportunity to increase the sustainability of construction, through increasing local reuse of surplus construction products from construction sites. This is based on a review of the situation in the US where the construction sector is already supported by centres to reuse surpluses from building sites in most urban areas, supplying these surplus building products to the do-it-yourself market. This creates new employment and training in new skills needed to improve the energy efficiency of existing homes. Centres are typically run as not-for-profit (for community benefit) enterprises so successfully that just one store has built 15 houses for the homeless with its trade surplus over the past 5 years. This paper investigates the opportunity to establish a similar reuse culture and centres in the UK. The UK has rising landfill taxes (to £80/t by 2014), site waste management plans and an established network of architectural salvage businesses which focus on high-value reclaimed items. There is an opportunity to kick-start a similar scale of reuse of surplus new construction products. However, the UK has not been moving in this direction. This paper sets out how a network of construction reuse centres could be established in the UK, some of the current barriers to this happening and how this could help support a shift to a resource-efficient and sustainable construction industry.

Sustainable Non-Metallic Building Materials

Buildings are the largest energy consumers and greenhouse gases emitters, both in the developed and developing countries. In continental Europe, the energy use in buildings alone is responsible for up to 50% of carbon dioxide emission. Urgent changes are, therefore, required relating to energy saving, emissions control, production and application of materials, use of renewable resources, and to recycling and reuse of building materials. In addition, the development of new eco-friendly building materials and practices is of prime importance owing to the growing environmental concerns. This review reflects the key tendencies in the sector of sustainable building materials of a non-metallic nature that have occurred over the past decade or so.

INFLUENCE OF HEATING ON THE VARIOUS STRENGTH PROPERTIES OF ALC PANEL

In official regulations, fire retardant / resistant property is defined as the performance required in the parts of the structure involved in preventing the structure from collapsing, and the fire from spreading until the time the fire ends, in case of an ordinary fire. Nothing is said, however, about such matters as the reuse of building materials after a fire. From the standpoint of the maintenance of ALC-buildings and management, the ability of ALC panel to be reused after being subjected to fire is likely to become an important issue. In the research described here, The bending strength of ALC panel after heating and analysis of ALC crystal structure by X-ray diffraction were studied

06/02944 Strategies for building material reuse and recycleRoper, W. E. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 2006, 6, (3–4), 313–314

06/02944 Strategies for building material reuse and recycleRoper, W. E. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 2006, 6, (3–4), 313–314

Strategies for building material reuse and recycle

Reuse and recycling of building material is a growing area of interest and concern in many parts of the USA. Current practices and trends in the building material waste management area are examined from a building life cycle standpoint or cradle to reincarnation concept. Strategies include zero waste, integrated recycling, international approaches, reuse of materials, resource optimisation, waste reduction, and deconstruction. Examination of the waste management hierarchy and life cycle management of material is used to improve the understanding of reuse and recycle opportunities. Other considerations include cost, economic factors, social factors and environmental factors. All of these assessments are needed to develop a comprehensive waste management plan for a specific project. Four case studies are also presented to illustrate the benefits that can be derived from effective building material reuse and recycle.