Architecture and Context: A Data-based Approach to Optimize Climate Performance of Built Facades

Architecture and Context: A Data-based Approach to Optimize Climate Performance of Built Facades

Alexandrino, João Victor Mota; Amorim, Leonardo Edson; Leite, Raquel Magalhães; Muniz, Vinícius Fernandes

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The present research stems from a critical reflection about the environmental adaptability of existing building envelopes. The main goal is to explore how to balance environmental optimization with contextual constraints, using modularity, flexibility and mass customization as guiding principles. An application study was carried out with the development of a second skin proposal aligned with the use and context of the building under study. For this purpose, simulations that assess environmental conditions were developed within a visual programming tool, not only feeding the design process with essential information, but also providing a flexible creative process. Results show that such simulations allow the designer to interpret these studies more accurately, reducing the iterative guesswork, since in this workflow it is possible to transform these outputs into proposition parameters for new designs or interventions

The present research stems from a critical reflection about the environmental adaptability of existing building envelopes. The main goal is to explore how to balance environmental optimization with contextual constraints, using modularity, flexibility and mass customization as guiding principles. An application study was carried out with the development of a second skin proposal aligned with the use and context of the building under study. For this purpose, simulations that assess environmental conditions were developed within a visual programming tool, not only feeding the design process with essential information, but also providing a flexible creative process. Results show that such simulations allow the designer to interpret these studies more accurately, reducing the iterative guesswork, since in this workflow it is possible to transform these outputs into proposition parameters for new designs or interventions

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DOI: 10.5151/sigradi2021-283

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Alexandrino, João Victor Mota; Amorim, Leonardo Edson; Leite, Raquel Magalhães; Vinícius Fernandes Muniz; "Architecture and Context: A Data-based Approach to Optimize Climate Performance of Built Facades", p-1139-1150. In: XXV International Conference of the Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics. São Paulo: Blucher, 2021.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/sigradi2021-283