Living Creatively
The Nesting of Energy Consumption by Urban Function with Energy Urban Planning View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Salima Bellili
The city is a set of urban projects with three socials functions: housing, work, and leisure. Its various urban projects are built with the aim of accommodating one of the urban functions programmed for an economic or civic need in the territory. The allocation of a function to an urban project - housing, commerce, school, university, daycare center, hospital, means of transport, industry, and others - determines the urban form and gives a different typology from one neighborhood to another, from one city to another, with the amount of energy consumption varying according to the function allocated to the urban project. All these urban projects hold and consume energy all year round. Our new technology analyzes and calculates urban energy in several ways. A typo-morpho-energetic analysis, which studies the city at the square micrometer (μm2), our new scale of analysis introduced in urban sciences. Another model we propose, which analyzes the nesting of energy consumption by function according to urban typology, form, and morpho-energetics in an urban territory. Our research results are based on urban data obtained as part of a pilot project at Labvi of QI of Montréal. This new orientation of urban energy planning between function and energy consumption is needed in order to orientate the energy supply chain in an urban territory, achieve successful energy distribution in urban planning and reduce climate risks.
Understanding Assessments of Urban Livability Framework, Factors, and Metrics: An Integrative Review View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Zakaryae Bendrioua, Badia Ettaki
The framework of livability research has emerged as an interdisciplinary field, and livability is discussed as a multi-dimensional concept. This paper addresses the assessment of urban livability framework to provide an analytical and comprehensive understanding of livability definition, factors, and tools for measuring livability at the city level and at the neighborhood scale. As sustainability is increasingly discussed in livability studies, the relationship between livability and sustainability is also examined through the analysis of SDGs. Using an integrative review methodology, the review identified 9 livability factors: 8 objective factors that represent the attributes of built and natural urban environment, and a subjective factor representing the subjective well-being related to individual and community satisfaction, needs and expectations. The review demarcates that sustainability may be regarded as a livability cross-factor. The paper lays out also that there is no universal livability standard that can be applied as ready to use in every urban context since livability variables are field dependent. The paper established a classification of livability indicators that can be adapted to local context for a comprehensive livability measurement.
Living in Public Space View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Ana Maria Machedon
Merging private space into public space was the idea of an experiment made in Vienna in 2017, as a result from the collaboration between and artist and an architect for the exhibition “Stop Over: Ways if Temporary Exchange”. The idea of the project named Hic Habito (in latin: I dwell here) was based on a simple remark of the artist, Cristina David: very often artists live in lower quality spaces than the spaces that host their masterpieces. Cristina included this work in her egoistic creations, in the sense that it was a statement for the wellbeing of the artist in contrast with the work of art. She proposed to have a private apartment inside the art gallery Frei Raum Q21, in the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna and to live there during the exhibition, for more than a month, instead of exhibiting her work of art. As an architect, I was asked to create this dwelling, to design a private area inside a public space, an apartment that would offer intimacy in a crowded and privileged zone of Vienna. The conclusions of this empirical experiment, questioning the limits of public and private space were based on Cristina’s personal experience during the time spent inside the gallery, the reaction of the public and the challenges of the architect. The project opened new possibilities of interpretation, design and use for public spaces.
Esperencia, a Method for Determining Fatigue by Identifying Multisensory Stimulants in the Workplace Experience: Neuroarchitectural Approach for a Better Workplace Design View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Rizka Arinta
The issue of work-related fatigue persists today; especially during the pandemic, the intensity of workplace stress has led to a disregard for pandemic stimulants. It triggers mental fatigue by making a person more sensitive to multisensory stimulants like fluorescent colors, the sound of someone coughing or sneezing, and the smell of disinfectants. In this study, fatigue was detected through electroencephalogram (EEG) responses. The primary topic covered in detail is the analysis of EEG data. The combination of statistical data processing and the EEG Lab allows for the detection of brain waves, and ICA data shows the dominant activity of these waves in response to stimuli and in specific brain regions. There are two distinct ways that fatigue affects stimulants. Alpha and theta activity indicate impacts that have a positive connotation. Additionally, through beta actions, repercussions with a negative connotation were discovered. Examining the dominance of the brain regions that respond strongly is one way to interpret ICA results. The final technique converts numerical data into visual representations. To advance neuroarchitecture research, particularly in the workplace design creation drive to humanistic form. It should be less of a of a fatigue risk for the worker. This research led to a way of detecting fatigue using the ICA data method called Esperensia.
The Identification and Expression of Intangible Cultural Elements in the Built Environment: A Review of Wooden Stilted Houses in China View Digital Media
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Xi Cheng, Zhou Fang
It is vital to acknowledge and express both tangible and intangible values when preserving or redeveloping the built environment. Today, the identification and expression of intangible cultural elements are especially important for preserving regional characteristics and cultural meanings of the built environment. This paper presents a systematic review of the identification and expression of the intangible cultural elements of wooden stilted houses, which are the ethnic dwellings in Southwestern China and residential houses of the Miao and Tujia ethnic groups. The main findings show that the identification of intangible cultural elements is primarily based on the collection and classification of its cultural resources. Some frameworks have been developed in previous studies, but they are often based on the researcher's experience and lack a common-grounded and well-recognized framework to understand and identify intangible cultural elements in the preservation of wooden stilted houses. Previous research has also covered strategies and technologies to express cultural elements in stilt houses. However, it appears that the current research and design practices on the preservation of tangible and intangible cultural elements are still relatively isolated. In-depth research, including more appropriate methods and technologies, is necessary for future studies to identify and express intangible cultural elements.
