The Landscape Creation and Integration in Design and Urban Planning of Medical Institutions
Irina Bulakh,
Olena Kozakova,
Margaryta Didichenko
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2019
Pages:
61-71
Received:
23 October 2019
Accepted:
12 November 2019
Published:
15 November 2019
Abstract: The article reveals advanced all over the world approach to architecture and urban planning design of hospitals with active usage of landscape. The newest examples of competitive and already implemented projects of medical facilities are examined, which clearly illustrate the active integration of natural and artificial reservoirs, peculiarities of natural and formation process of explicit artificial landscape in the environment of medical institutions. The article is aimed at sticking the urban planners’ attention at the importance of the design and integration of the natural already exicting including landscape design approach into the hospitals’ design in order to strengthen the therapeutic effect with the exterior of the medical building and the public welfare of its location.
Abstract: The article reveals advanced all over the world approach to architecture and urban planning design of hospitals with active usage of landscape. The newest examples of competitive and already implemented projects of medical facilities are examined, which clearly illustrate the active integration of natural and artificial reservoirs, peculiarities of...
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Identification of User Needs Priorities for Landscape Design
Nabil Ibrahim El-Sawalhi,
Aisha Nasr Al-yazgi
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2019
Pages:
72-80
Received:
13 November 2019
Accepted:
2 December 2019
Published:
11 December 2019
Abstract: Quality of landscape can be used as an indicator to measure the life levels, contribute to the reduction of pollution, provide a human health positively, and many benefits like aesthetic, psychological, and social. This quality can be achieved when meeting the individuals needs and their requirements. The general list of objectives for all landscape must be determined according to user needs and planning methods. The main purpose is to identify the user needs in landscape design process. The Islamic university of Gaza (IUG) was used as case study. The male and female students` priorities have been identified. The study used a quantitative data. The extensive literature review was done to identify the landscape design elements. A focus group from the university students was conducted to identify the IUG students' needs which used to build the questionnaire. Consulting 6 experts to pre-test the questionnaire. The questionnaire targeted group is IUG students. The data were analyzed for testing statistical validity and reliability using SPSS. The softscape and hardscape elements were identified and the degree of quality implementation in both campuses "male and female". The results confirmed that, the degrees of quality implementation in male campus was more than female. The results of the questionnaire showed that, the male and female students have the same needs in the campus except "festivals and events, external cafeteria, and drinking". The most ten important needs the student required are "cleanliness, praying, feeling safe, feeling comfortable psychic, drinking, spaciousness and breadth, shading, quiet, rest and sitting, and fresh air". Originality: This study will contribute significantly to consider public participation as a way in collecting the VOC customers.
Abstract: Quality of landscape can be used as an indicator to measure the life levels, contribute to the reduction of pollution, provide a human health positively, and many benefits like aesthetic, psychological, and social. This quality can be achieved when meeting the individuals needs and their requirements. The general list of objectives for all landscap...
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Investigation on the Use of Demolished Concrete and Glass in Concrete
Hasan Md. Taseen Jubair Bhuiyan,
Md. Sany Meraj Jihan,
Abdullah Md. Sarwaruddin Chowdhury
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2019
Pages:
81-86
Received:
18 October 2019
Accepted:
17 December 2019
Published:
27 December 2019
Abstract: The problem of waste generation has rapidly become a serious issue of concern for many scholars. This study takes the problem of waste that is generated from construction fields, such as demolished concrete, glass and aims to reuse the construction and demolition debris for use as aggregates in construction purpose. Study involving reuse of demolition waste like demolished concrete, glass as partial replacement of coarse and fine aggregate up to 20% was performed before. But in those studies, either coarse aggregate is replaced with demolition waste or fine aggregate was replaced with glass. This study attempts to fully replace coarse aggregate with demolished concrete and crushed glass as partial replacement of fine aggregate to a content of 20, 25 and 30%, respectively. The main findings of this investigation revealed that using glass in lieu of sand at 30% replacement as fine aggregate gives maximum compressive strength which is significantly greater than M35 (35 MPa) grade concrete and nearing M40 (40 MPa) to M45 (45MPa) grade concrete, which indicates the suitability of use in various constructions. It also revealed that with increasing quantity of glass the corresponding strength increase doesn’t occur linearly, but the rate of increase gradually slows down with increasing of the amount of glass in the concrete samples.
Abstract: The problem of waste generation has rapidly become a serious issue of concern for many scholars. This study takes the problem of waste that is generated from construction fields, such as demolished concrete, glass and aims to reuse the construction and demolition debris for use as aggregates in construction purpose. Study involving reuse of demolit...
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Optimizing Design Layout of a Riverside Residential Settlement in terms of the Thermal Comfort
Lei Yu,
Jing Liu,
Jingwen Tao
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2019
Pages:
87-95
Received:
6 October 2019
Accepted:
11 December 2019
Published:
30 December 2019
Abstract: The thermal comfort of a riverside residential settlement differs from a non-riverside residential one, which might be caused by a microclimatic difference. Inducing wind from a river to cross the whole riverside residential settlement could improve the outdoor thermal comfort significantly. Such knowledge triggers a study of utilizing river wind to enhance thermal comfort to a riverside residential settlement in southern China. The study explores various possible layouts of a riverside residential settlement using Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulations. The thermal comfort index OUT_SET* (the Standard Effective Temperature) that combines effects of air temperature, radiation, wind velocity, and the water evaporation, has been used to evaluate thermal comfort of various riverside residential settlements due to different design layouts. The result showed that the loose enclosed layout is the best one for the thermal comfort whereas the back and front aligned determinant layout is the worst. In order to apply the results into a real world, a case study has been made to the Shenzhen Nan Hua Cun. The thermal environment of this Chinese southern riverside residential settlement has been researched. According to thermal problems revealed by CFD simulation, an optimization design layout was proposed by applying the study results. Eventually, the thermal comfort between the current situation and the optimization design has been compared.
Abstract: The thermal comfort of a riverside residential settlement differs from a non-riverside residential one, which might be caused by a microclimatic difference. Inducing wind from a river to cross the whole riverside residential settlement could improve the outdoor thermal comfort significantly. Such knowledge triggers a study of utilizing river wind t...
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