Posters and Online Posters
Ergonomic Factors in Educational Spaces
Poster Exhibit/Session Ma. Eugenia Sanchez Ramos
Ergonomics is the science that studies the relation of the human being and their working environment; it emphasizes various factors such as satisfaction, health, and well-being. In this sense, the aspects considered in this field of study are: lighting, acoustics, and anthropometry, which influence the physical and psychological performance of individuals and the development of activities. The purpose of this project is to establish the link between the infrastructure and the academic performance of students in the development of academic activities, taking into consideration the following three categories: lighting, furniture and acoustics. For this research, a mixed methodology is used applying exploratory, explanatory and descriptive elements. Direct observation and semi-structured questionnaires in a case study area used for the data collection. The methodology used consists of the following phases: a) bibliographical research, b) analysis of the spaces by direct observation and photographic record, c) survey design, d) survey application using non-probabilistic sampling by quotas, e) review of results and, f) proposal for improvement and recommendations. The obtained results will identify the aspects that affect the performance of the school activities, and the timely identification of risks students’ health.
Colonial Public Markets of Poona : Hegemony of British Raj
Virtual Poster Vaidehi Lavand
Colonial urban edifices of Poona mark political statements and demarcate commencement of the early modern age in the setting of “native” Maratha architectural character. Those were key components helped in constructing the image of the city in late nineteenth century. Those religious structures, educational buildings, and offices built, which were the first of their kind, emerged as colonial public architectural landmarks in the Pune context utterly following western notions. The concept and its manifestation in architectural form both could be out of context in a typical Maratha-Peshwa town in various ways. There were several oppositions from local reformists and communities for constructing structures such as covered markets at the heart of indigenous towns, which were eventually constructed under supervision of local contractor Vasudeo Kanitkar under the guidelines of royal engineer, Walter Ducat. The paper emphasizes the architectural models followed as a powerful symbol during the reign of the British, in Pune especially in the case of public architectural edifices eventually intervened strongly as colonial public landscapes. These religious, educational structures ultimately helped British “Raj” to build an image as ruler and to control on existing economic, social, and cultural system. These colonial landmarks are neglected from their significance as vital cultural resources and seen as alienated structures from the locals' point of view. With the help of qualitative research methods and archival resources, this paper examines the importance of these erections as a manifestation of power by sovereign imposed on numerous classes, castes of Pune.
Building with Contaminated Waste Materials: When a School-based Health Needs Assessment Reveals Environmental Injustice
Virtual Poster Anne Scheer
While conducting a school health needs assessment in a small rural town in the Midwestern United States, our research also revealed an environmental injustice. Until the mid-1980s, the town was the site of a zinc smelter. When the smelter closed down, large amounts of materials from the site were distributed to community members for use in residential construction projects, without regard for possible health hazards this posed for town residents who, quite literally, now had contaminated materials in their backyards. It wasn’t until 2009/2010 that sampling of residential properties was conducted to reveal high levels of antimony, arsenic, lead, and zinc. While limited cleanup efforts were subsequently carried out, community members’ accounts indicate that the way and extent health hazards have been communicated leaves much to be desired. It appears that testing was kept to a minimum and health hazards were downplayed. However, community stakeholders do not seem to be interested in pursuing the matter further. As researchers, we face a predicament: What do we do when we stumble across an issue that – at the very least – warrants further investigation when the communities we serve have little interest in such an investigation? What does this mean for our mission to improve health outcomes for children in our service region? Is it not part of our ethical responsibility to protect the health of future generations even if those who make decisions for and on behalf of children do not think contaminated soils and residential building materials warrant further investigation?
Impact of Windows on the Visual Quality of Indoor Work Space Located in Hot and Arid Climates
Virtual Poster Sfaksi Imene, Mezerdi Toufik
In a whole building, the key element that ensures the relationship between indoor space and the outdoor environment is the window. Given its importance in a whole exchange outside-inside, we must first know its duality of advantage and inconvenience. It is required to perform various functions, and each of these functions is linked to an undesirable effect. In a workspace, daylight and outside views are the most requested window functions as they can reduce energy consumption, decrease stress, and give users a vision on the outdoor conditions. Despite all the innovations related to the modernization and development of window design to make them more efficient; and despite all that a building in a hot and arid zone like the city of Biskra must bring into consideration this provision. We see that window performance is not yet taken into serious consideration by architects and they search for the only quantitative or aesthetic performance. In this regard, the main aim of this study is to: consider the effect of the window on the visual climate within a workspace from a quantitative study using simulation software “radiance” on 06 models of real offices released during an analytical study. More specifically, the goal is to find out the optimum settings related to the window over the ratio of openness and sun protection in order to achieve a perfect visual quality for occupants of office space located in a hot and arid area.
Living in the Historic Center: A Dialogue Between the Old and the New
Virtual Poster Julia Abreu da Costa Pereira
Given the importance of housing to promote urban dynamics in central areas, it is believed that the re-use of existing unoccupied structures is conducive to the revitalization of historic centers. The diffusion of the private house, isolated, single-family and decentralized of the housing action, together with the very low investments in infrastructure, constitute the history of Brazilian popular housing. The homogenization of space, with inflexible projects, frequently presented in housing programs in Brazil, suggests that all individuals have the same needs. In an economically globalized world, architectural standardization exerts an authoritarian function on users and their authenticity, and has become the new object of desire. However, the laws and norms applied today in the recovery of historical spaces do not consider the exceptionality of the identity characteristics of the old constructions. This article proposes the challenge of thinking about the reoccupation of the preexisting patrimony of Brazilian historical centers, in order to be recognized as modern and current. The hypothesis assumed here goes beyond historicist rigidity that inhibits the "recontextualization of architecture", with the restoration of patrimony and the implementation of architectural programs of a housing or mixed nature. However, it is difficult to establish the concept of contemporary housing, paying respect to the identity of the building, taking advantage of its morphological patterns in the project. In this context, flexibility and adaptability are essential characteristics that will give the resident the ability to express himself and, above all, to understand spaces with diversified ambiences.
