Title & Author:

Bioclimatic architecture in warm climates : a guide for best practices in Africa / Manuel Correia Guedes and Gustavo Cantuaria, editors.

Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2019]
©2019

Description:

xii, 491 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Climatic contexts / Ana Monteiro and Helena Madureira -- Bioclimatic project: general guidelines / Manuel Correia Guedes, Leão Lopes, and Bruno Marques -- Vernacular architecture in arid climates: adaptation to climate change / Nadia Samia Daoudi, Djamel Mestoul, Samia Lamraoui, Aicha Boussoualism, Luc Adolphe, and Rafik Bensalem -- Vegetation and environmental comfort / Gustavo Cantuaria -- Shading in architecture and its relation with natural cooling: learning from Maputo, Mozambique / Rui Nogueira Simões and Pedro Ressano Garcia -- Software tools / Gonc̦alo Araújo -- Slums in African cities / José Forjaz and Jéssica Lage -- Sustainability challenges for sub-Saharan Africa: vulnerability, justice and human capabilities / Carla Gomes -- Toward sustainable and smart cities in Africa: a review and challenges / Maria Lampreia Dos Santos and Manuel Mota -- Urban management: the building permit in an urban land development context / Klas Ernald Borges -- Enery for sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa / Luis Alves -- Masonry / João Gomes Ferreira -- Timber / Helena Cruz, José Saporiti -- Bamboo: an engineered alternative for buildings in the global south / Edwin Zea Escamilla, Hector Archilla, Denamo Addissie Nuramo, and David Trujillo -- Water, sanitation and drainage / Filipa Ferreira -- Built environment assessment systems in Africa: challenges to assure environmental sustainability / Manuel Duarte Pinheiro.

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive, hands-on approach to bioclimatic building design in Africa. Bioclimatic design is at the core of urban sustainability, and is a critical issue in Africa, where "imported" building typologies are being used at an increasing pace, disregarding the local context and consequently causing damage to the environment, to the economy, and to the culture itself. This book provides a concise set of sustainable design guidelines to be applied in both new buildings and the refurbishment of old buildings, and integrates bioclimatic design strategies with other sustainability issues such as: cultural aspects, affordability, and urban planning. Chapters are fully illustrated with photographs and drawings and include best-practice examples and strategies making it accessible to engineers, architects, students and a broad range of professionals in the building industry. Encompasses all climatic regions in Africa; Integrates bioclimatic design strategies with other sustainability issues; Discusses new design to refurbishment, from urban to rural, including office buildings, residential, tourism, social housing and self building

ISBN:

303012035X
9783030120351

Subject:

Architecture and energy conservation Africa.
Architecture Environmental aspects Africa.
Sustainable architecture Africa.
Architecture et économies d'énergie Afrique.
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement Afrique.
Architecture durable Afrique.
ARCHITECTURE Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE Buildings Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE Reference.
Architecture and energy conservation.
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Sustainable architecture.
Africa.

Added entries:

Guedes, Manuel Correia, editor.
Cantuaria, Gustavo, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306433
Call No.: BIB 252017
Status: Available