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Andritsou, Dimitra (author), Alexiou, Christos (author), Potsiou, Chryssy (author)Nowadays, many rapid and sudden changes take place in the economics, political and environmental sectors upstirring a sense of uncertainty and causing daily costs to skyrocket. The reduction of energy consumption and cost savings are extremely vital for an auspicious daily life. Another characteristic of the present times, is the catapult of the...conference paper 2023
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Wijnja, Jaap (author), Nijkamp, Jeannette (author)Background and aim - Facility management is the art of facilitating the core process of a company, providing an inspiring and healthy environment for both employees and clients. When the perspective would be broadened from healthy buildings to healthy cities, what value could be added by an “Urban FM” approach, facilitating living in a city,...conference paper 2022
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Soutsos, Marios (author)There have been considerable developments in Merseyside and generally in the North West of England over the last fifteen years with regards to the commercialisation of recycled demolition aggregate. Merseyside, and more specifically Liverpool is an urban region that has undergone regeneration in the last fifteen years. This required the...conference paper 2017
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Heinrich, Matthias A. (author)According to estimates of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, the German building stock contains around 10.5 billion tonnes of mineral building materials, around 220 million tonnes of timber products and around 100 million tonnes of metals. Due to continuous building activities, especially renovation and retrofit measures, it is...conference paper 2017
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Alexanian, S. (author), Hubert, F. (author), Buyle-Bodin, F. (author), Blanpain, O. (author)The recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) produced by the demolition of old buildings seem to be an option in order to construct new buildings and to preserve the environment by the reusing of inert materials, reducing the resort to the natural materials and the disposal in landfills. Numerous countries are multiplying studies concerning this...conference paper 2017
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Keijzer, Elisabeth (author), Verstraeten-Jochemsen, Jacco (author), Yu, Vigil (author), van Leeuwen, Sanne (author), Visschedijk, Antoon (author), de Vos-Effting, Suzanne (author)Although the need for a more circular economy is supported by diverse people in both politics as well as in the scientific community, implementation of circular principles in reality is rarely occurring. This study shows how quantitative models can help to develop new policies for enhancing circularity in the construction sector. By means of a...conference paper 2017
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Romnée, A. (author), Billiet, L. (author), Mahieu, O. (author), Vrijders, J. (author)Since a few years, the construction sector is focusing on minimizing resources exploitation and waste arising on construction sites. The European Commission has highlighted prevention and reuse as key actions for waste management. The Brussels Capital-Region is a densely built region, generating more than 600 000 tons of C&D waste each year....conference paper 2017
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Seddiki, Mohamed Akram (author)The Three-dimensional representation has become in recent years a real decision-making tool in urban and planning. However, analysis of the results proved not so simple, and many questions about the feasibility and usefulness of spatial 3D representation of the physical or legal objects as well as the various solutions already are being used...conference paper 2016
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Van der Hout, E. (author), De Doelder, B. (author)In the urban area of Rotterdam many different groundwater extractions take place, which affect the groundwater system. Urban groundwater Management is a tool to prevent the risk of non-intended effects of these extractions and notsustainable use of groundwater. The main goal is to exchange information and knowledge for a better understanding of...conference paper 2015
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Dos Santos, Juciela C. (author), Carneiro, Andrea F.T. (author), Andrade, Alex J.B. (author)This research explores the potentialities of the Land Administration Domain Model - LADM and its application in the Brazilian Urban Cadastre. The implementation of the model suggested by the ISO 19152 was tested using the cadastral database of the municipality of Arapiraca as a case study for the codification of parcels in 2D. The physical model...conference paper 2013
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Koltsova, A. (author), Tunçer, B. (author), Schmitt, G. (author)This paper presents a visibility analysis tool for 3D urban environments and its possible applications for urban design practice. Literature exists for performing visibility analysis using various methods and techniques, however, tools that result from such research are generally not suitable for use by designers in practice. Our visibility...conference paper 2013
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Araneda, C. (author)Since the almost simultaneous publication of Kevin Lynch and Jane Jacobs´ seminal and pioneer urban manifestos, the discipline has been increasingly permeated by what could be rightly called the phenomenological impulse. While sharing methodological principles, however, they represent two very distinct approaches to the study of urban matters, a...conference paper 2013
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Vasku, M. (author)Space syntax is supposed to be an objective method for evaluating spatial configurations. Its contribution to a design process is dependent on the designers estimation. The paper describes a generative approach to finding particularly good interventions based on space syntax analyses of axial maps. More precisely, a case study was undertaken...conference paper 2013
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Dolas, C. (author), Dieckmann, A. (author), Russell, P. (author)The paper describes the development of a set of smart BIM components to facilitate and accelerate the creation of large-scale urban models in the early design phase in a BIM software environment. The components leverage the analytical, parametric and modelling capabilities of the BIM environment to support adaptive parameter-driven building...conference paper 2013
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Beirao, J. (author), Arrobas, P. (author)This paper presents the use of a City Information Modeling (CIM) platform composed of a GIS platform, a SQL database, a CAD design interface and a VPI used to develop the parametric models of possible development scenarios. It calculates urban indicators and measurable design properties in order to better understand and support choices while...conference paper 2013
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Vidmar, J. (author)Urban design is a complex process which deals with multitude of aspects to shape quality urban space. On one hand, we have quantitative aspects such as land use, building heights or floor space index which are tackled on top-down approach. On the other hand, we need to take into consideration more subjective, qualitative aspects such as building...conference paper 2013
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Hanzl, M. (author)The relationship between the material settings and situational belonging to a more general notion of the culture of a given community remains the subject of inquiry of at least two scientific disciplines: anthropology and urban morphology studies. In this study an assessment of the various modelling platforms is performed with the objective of...conference paper 2013
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Steino, N. (author), Bas Yildirum, M. (author), Özkar, M. (author)Due to the complex nature of urban space and the multitude of interests vested in it, urban design can be described as a complex system. Various disciplines are involved in the analysis and development of urban space. In this respect, collaboration is key in creating socially and physically sustainable urban design. This paper, using a student...conference paper 2013
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Barros, P. (author), Beirão, J. (author), Duarte, J.P. (author)A shape grammar was developed for analyzing the evolution of Maputo´s slums with the strategic objective of capturing the evolution of house types and understanding the social agreements behind the spatial relations of their house elementary spaces in order to reuse such rules for the purpose of rehabilitation. This paper shows preliminary...conference paper 2013
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Androutsopoulou, E. (author)Taking as a starting point the hypotheses that the urban body is a self-adapted ecology made of material and non-material components (Bateson, 1972), relationships between elements are examined in an attempt to destabilize the static division of matter and idea and to inquire into those relationships that determine the structural coupling ...conference paper 2013