Sustainable Mediterranean Construction

WATER-SCAPES IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THINKING – A DISCUSSION ON WATER AS CONCEPTUAL CULTURAL SUSTAINABLE DESIGN ELEMENT

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Marina Mihaila

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Introduction and methodology.
Starting from building an image towards the water trail important in the city territory, and defining the so-called waterfront, continuing with promenades and leisure areas, these are several introducing motivations to architectural design for a lot of architects in their projects – from the conceptual demarche and the lecture of the site to the scenography of the future building seen as an image but also a place for the visitors or locals. General expectations regarding the water environment come from different reasons, and the reading of information of water presence could be transformed in diverse references into the architecture design approach and project. Usually the water presence is undeniable in the city life, in past, present or future – it rewrites the whole scenario of life, including building and city typology and patterns but also architectures – and this refers to natural water presence (in the city territory).
When it comes to artificial water – usually lakes (of small sizes) as well as not very deep surfaces for kids entertaining, also fountains – the elements are introduced by architectural design to complete an image of architecture and of urban space. By design water gives on opportunity to see the whole picture, framing somehow a part of the image. Depending its typology, water presence can enhance the light, the colors, the activities of the city; and also water invades architecture with elements that complete its embodied built concepts. Santiago Calatrava at Valencia Science Park [1], Paul Andreu at Great National Theatre China Beijing [2], Snohetta at Oslo Opera House [3] and many other architects used water as conceptual design element to complete architectural visibility, the image of corporeal form, and the sustainable cultural connectivity with the space in an adequate sense of place. […]

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SMC N.02 2015

SMC MAGAZINE N. TWO/2015

001_ COVER

003_VIEW Water and Mediterranean Construction: How to Build a Soft and Clean Future
Dora Francese

008_BOARDS AND INFORMATION

FOCUS ON WATER AND CONSTRUCTION

009_Water-scapes in Architectural Design Thinking – a Discussion on Water as Conceptual Cultural Sustainable Design Element
Marina Mihaila

014_ Variability of Groundwater Resources in the Cilento Region (Southern Italy)
Vincenzo Allocca, Pantalone De Vita, Ferdinando Manna

020_Rivers to Live by: The Economic, Social, Cultural Benefits of Rivers and the Role of Architecture in Its Enhancement
Fani Vavili, Sonia Gkounta

025_Patagonia. Water and Built Habitat
Liliana Lolich

030_The Khettaras: a Traditional Management System of the Moroccan Drylands
Khalid Rkha Chaham

033_The Water and Architectural Identity in Mediterranean Buildings
Nicolina Mastrangelo, Emanuela Adamo

038_ Leonardo and the Drawnings of Hydraulic Mines
Adriana Rossi, Luis Palmero, Armando Dinaro

044_“River Cities”: Urban Structure and Configurational Analysis
Angela Esposito

048_Analysis of the Architectural/Historic Heritage and Preventive Mitigation Actions Against Hydraulic Risks
Giorgio Giallocosta, Simona Lanza, Francesca Pirlone, Pietro Ugolini

055_Water Saving Assessment in Residential Buildings
Luca Buoninconti, Cristian Filagrossi Ambrosino

066_Water and Social Housing Architecture
Dora Francese

078_Rising Damp in Historical Buildings: Restoration Using the Charge Neutralization Technology (CNT) Domodry
Roberto Castelluccio, Michele Rossetto

089_Design for Hydrocitizens: Architectural Responses to the Defend-Retreat-Attack scenario
Graeme Evans

093_Urban Stormwater Drainage Management by Low Impact Development Practices
Maurizio Giugni, Francesco De Paola

099_Climate Changes, Adaptation, Construction
Adriano Paolella

103_The Quality Problem in Water Distribution Systems
Domenico Pianese, Carmine Covelli, Luigi Cimorelli, Andrea D’Aniello, Francesco Orlando

111_Innovative Water Concepts for the Resilience to Climate Change of East Naples: a Knowledge Transfer-based Design Approach Social Housing Architecture
Cristina Visconti

117_The Eco-friendly Wastewater Treatment at Mountain Refuges: a Short Overview of the Most Promising Technologies
Domenico Caputo, Daniela Piscopo

121_Water Form: Technologies by Nature
Rossella Siani

126_Sea City: the Waterfront of Naples
Viviana Del Naja

EVENTS

132_The Intercultural Seminar “The Sea as a Bridge between Energy Resources and Social Sharing of Land”, November the 27th, 2014

140_The International Seminar ”Recovering River Landscapes”, September the 28th-30th, 2015

141_The Bio-Architecture Workshops of INBAR Sicily: Light, Earth, Water,…, December the 18th-19th, 2015

143_LIST OF AUTHORS

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