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ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCE REVIEW

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VOLUME 57 | NUMBER 1 | 2014

1 Effect of urban geometry on pedestrian-level wind velocityCelen Ayse Arkon and Ünver Özkol

17 Analysis of criteria for decision making to achieve sustainability and buildability in building envelope designNatee Singhaputtangkul, Sui Pheng Low, Ai Lin Teo and Bon-Gang Hwang

28 The potential for renewable materials to reduce the embodied energy and associated greenhouse gas emissions of medium-rise buildingsDaniel Felton, Robert Fuller and Robert H. Crawford

36 A multi-scale life-cycle energy and greenhouse-gas emissions analysis model for residential buildingsAndré Stephan and Robert H. Crawford

46 Energy-effi cient retrofi t of an unconditioned institute buildingAanchal Sharma, P.S. Chani and S.Y. Kulkarni

60 Thermal and comfort conditions in a semi-closed rear wooded garden and its adjacent semi-open spaces in a Mediterranean climate (Athens) during summerIoannis X. Tsiros and Milo E. Hoffman

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NewsletterFirst quarter 2015

Volume 2 No 1

The journal is now calling for papers for a focussed issue of up to 88 pages on ‘The

Architecture/Planning Interface’. Publication in hardcopy and online is planned for mid- 2016. A typical manu-script will be 4000-6000 words excluding tables, references, captions, footnotes and endnotes. Shorter research notes of 2000-3000 words are also welcome.

Themes appropriate to this issue could range from the macro (urban renewal and design, pedagogy and professional development, techno-logical or procedural advances at the interface of the disciplines, relations of form and function, population and built environment densities, scale in building etc.) to the micro (decorum, visual appropriateness, legibility, public and private space, featurism, landmarks and showcasing, architectural style and trends, materials and techniques, site coverage, open space and local environmental issues etc.).

Supported by specialist associate editors, the guest editor for this issue will be Dr David

Call for papers:

The Architecture/ Planning Interface

For more information about Architectural Science Review please visit: http://www.tandfonline.com/tasr; Subscriptions email: [email protected]

Information for authors: Author Services at http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk

Exploring the Cultural

Sustainability of Galle Fort,

Sri Lanka

Wadley of the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management of The University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) ([email protected]; ph + fx: +

61 7 3365 6535). Interested parties are requested by 30 April

2015 to submit an abstract and project plan to Ms Sue Macleod ([email protected]). As regards proposals selected for possible inclusion, the deadline for submission of full manuscripts will be 31 July 2015. Assessment will follow ASR criteria and must address the issue themes.

Modified conference papers are welcome but should have a new title and 50 per cent new content. The intent will be to return referees’ comments by 30 September 2015 with a two month period thereafter for adjustments to text.

Editing and production of what will become the final ‘invited papers’ will continue for the remainder of the year with a view to the 2016 publication mentioned.

The sustainability of a cul-ture is embedded in their

buildings. However the contin-ued spread of modernization threatens the manifestations of culture and the underlying scientific principles of pre-modern buildings.

Richard Hyde (Editor-in-Chief Architectural Science Review) will investigate build-ings in Galle, Sri Lanka during a six-week visit in the early part of 2015 supported by the Fac-ulty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa. This will support work on the Special Edition on Cultural Sustainability slated for publication towards the end of 2015.

The important message from the research is to preserve not only the fabric but also the understanding of the environmental conditions of these buildings for future generations. Galle Fort is a Heritage Listed site and the knowledge gained will assist with the preservation efforts.

RESEARCH 2015

The guest editor for this issue will be Dr David Wadley of the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management of

The University of Queensland

NB: Readers are encouraged to outline their own research for inclusion in the ASR Newsletter.

We invite readers to suggest topics, submit book reviews or other material which may be of interest to our readers.We will consider advertising material. Please contact us at: [email protected]

Guest editor: David Wadley

Galle Fort, Sri Lanka

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266 Algorithm for determining CIE Standard General Sky

occurrence from digital sky images

Abu Shahriar

272 Numerical research of layout effect on wind environment

around high-rise buildings

Xiaoyu Ying, Wei Zhu, Kanozuri H

okao and Jian Ge

279 A numerical investigation into the feasibility of integrating

green building technologies into row houses in the

Middle East

John Kaiser Calautit, Ben Richard Hughes and

Saud Abdul Ghani

297 Simulation of the effect of downtown greenery on thermal

comfort in subtropical climate using PET index: a case

study in Hong Kong

Liang Chen and Edward Ng

306 Satisfaction and illuminances set with user-controlled lighting

James Uttley, Steve Fotios and Chris Cheal

315 Linking acoustics and fl oor-plate shape qualities of

healthcare settings

Selen Okcu, Ermal Shpuza, Erica Ryherd and

Craig Zimring

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ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCE REVIEW• Architectural Science Review publishes (quarterly) original

research papers, shorter research notes, and abstracts of PhD dissertations and theses on areas including Acoustics, Digital Architecture, Environmental Design, Lighting, Structural Engineering and Sustainability.

• The journal is supported by an Editorial Advisory Board of leading international academics and its reputation has increased globally with individual and institutional subscribers and contributors from around the world.

• The journal was founded by Professor Henry Cowan in 1958 to promote continued professional development. Professor Cowan was instrumental in establishing the annual ASA (ANZAScA) conference beginning in1963 and the journal continues to remain closely linked to the conference.

• Architectural Science Review is published by Taylor and Francis (UK).

For more information about this journal please visit: http://www.tandfonline.com/tasr

Subscriptions email: [email protected] for authors: Author Services at http://journalauthors.tandf.co.uk

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ASA (ANZAScA) 2014 Genoa Conference a huge success

Design: Sue MacLeod, [email protected]

In 2014, for the first time, the Annual Confer-ence of the Architectural Science Associa-tion, at its 48th edition, was held in Europe,

hosted by the Department of Architectural Science of the Polytechnic School of the University of Genoa, Italy, in a rich historical context in the heart of a medieval city.

The title of the 48th International Confer-ence of the Architectural Science Association is ‘ACROSS: Architectural Research Through to Practice’. This highlights the value and importance of collaboration and interac-tion among the realms of academia, design and industry in advancing the boundaries of knowledge and practice.

It has been the opportunity to bring together the representatives of two research communities, the European Academia and the Architectural Science Association. These two communities share much in common roots

ASA (ANZAScA) 2015 Conference Living and Learning Research for a Better Environment

but operate in vastly different contemporary circumstances. The success of the event has been demonstrated not just by the number of abstracts and papers received and the number of attendees but also by the level of scientific content in the papers presented and in the synergies created during the event by the gathering of specialists from different back-grounds, realms and the opportunity to share their own experience.

For the first time the Architectural Science Association has also funded the ‘Student Travel Award Scheme’. Eliel de la Cruz from the University of Sydney received the award with his paper: Sketching and communicating design intent: an analysis of technology.

Above: The Conference Convenor, Francesca Madeo, with keynote speaker Robert Stephens, presenting the Design Competition for students prizes. Right: Professor Enzo Siviero presents his keynote paper on Footbridges.

“My parasite construction is a system of tensioned wires and compressed beams - a solar cell skin, tensioned in front of the old roof construction.”International Design Competition winner Füzes Bálint Péter describing his Energy Parasite entry.

Right: Part of the winning design.Please visit http://www.asa2014.arch.unige.it/#!

competition/c1o54 to view all prize winners’ work in full.

CALL FOR PAPERS - Abstracts due 23 March 2015

The 49th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association

(ANZAScA) will be hosted by the Mel-bourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne, Australia. The ASA Organis-ing Committee invites you to Melbourne (ranked the World’s most liveable city by the Economist Intelligence Unit) to present original research from all areas of architec-tural science, including but not limited to the following subjects:• Architecture and environment• Architecture and social research• Building and city information modelling• Buildings and energy• Built environment performance assessment• Construction, materials and technology• Design education and design research• Environmental and landscape architecture

• Generative, parametric and evolutionary architecture• Interactive environments and collaboration• Interface between research and industry• Modes of production and mass customization• Theory, philosophy and methodology in architectural science• Thermal comfort, lighting and acoustics

The theoretical and practical knowledge base that underpins architecture is of neces-sity cross-disciplinary; and for this reason submissions from multidisciplinary realms and fields of knowledge are particularly encouraged.

The 2015 Architectural Science As-sociation conference, Living and Learning: Research for a Better Built Environment invites full papers from multidisciplinary

realms which promote the advancement of architectural research and focus on the positive outcomes of the collaboration between academia, practice and industry. Liv-ing and Learning: Research for a Better Built Environment connects the internal condition of the built environment to the natural and artificial external processes with the inten-tion of providing holistic technical and design research for a better built environment.

Contact: Mr Chris JensenASA2015 Conference ChairMelbourne School of DesignFaculty of Architecture, Building and PlanningThe University of MelbourneParkville, Victoria 3010AustraliaPh: +61 (0)3 9035 8680Email: [email protected]

Department of Architectural Science Polytechnic School, University of Genoa, Stradone S. Agostino, 37-16123 Genoa, Italy

48th International Conference of the

Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA)

Conference Registration Form 2014

10-13 December 2014Department of Architectural Science Polytechnic School, University of Genoa, Stradone S. Agostino, 37-16123 Genoa, Italy

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION

This cert i f icate i s awarded to

in recognit ion of her role as

Conference convenor for the 48th International Conference of the

Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA) Genoa, Italy

10 - 13 December 2014

Veronica Soebarto President of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA)

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In a warming world we would be foolish to ignore the potentially

disastrous impacts of designing buildings that overheat. We know that hot buildings can not only make people uncomfortable, unhappy and unproductive but that they can kill them too.

In this issue of Architectural Science Review it becomes clear that overheating is already a problem in many buildings, even in Northern European latitudes. While we should expect modern buildings to perform better, they are shown in case studies to actually be often less comfortable than traditional ones.

We see how the cooling of mosques in Malaysia can lead to more worshippers and no doubt in turn higher incomes from donations, providing an incentive to provide mechanical solutions. To minimise energy running costs the importance of getting the basic building form itself correct is highlighted. Not just the form but also, as examples from India demonstrate, clothing behaviour and even furniture contribute to the climatic success of a space.

From Australia the role of attitude and belief-sets are seen to be crucial in terms of the choice of, and satisfaction with, occupied climates. A paper from the Netherlands describes their new leading-edge comfort

regulations that allow a far wider range of acceptable temperatures to be incorporated into national standards. From Brazil comes a move to allow for different dress practices in defining the comfort zone. Even when sleeping extra comfort can be derived in bedrooms by using various thermal adjustments such as cooling fans, windows and clothing insulation creating pleasant sleeping conditions in Japan at temperatures that would fall well outside the prescribed regulatory limits of Europe.

The final two papers first outline why there are often such large gaps between theoretical building performance and how buildings behave in reality and go on to address the ultimate challenge of how to plug those gaps and design buildings that ‘do what they say on the tin’ - buildings that, despite a warming world provide comfortable, affordable and climate safe environments for us to live and work in.

Designing for

Comfort at High

TemperaturesSusan Roaf, Fergus Nicol

and Hom Rijal (guest editors)

© 2014 Taylor & Francis

Next issue: ASR 58.1out now!

Two buildings on the Promenade des Anglais in

Nice, France:

a) A glass box building shows the folly of twentieth century designers who cut the building occupants off from the pleasant outdoor climate at an enormous cost in both energy and comfort terms and

b) A low cost and very comfortable, high mass, traditional building well protected from excess solar gain by many features including shades, shutters, curtains and verandas. The former is already an over-heating nightmare and the latter will provide comfort and durable value for decades to come. Over-heating is the Canary in the Cage for building failure in a warming world.

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