Potential for environmental retrofitting of buildings built under modernist influence in Bogota

Bogotá is facing the problem of a large and rapidly growth to its periphery, reducing green areas, affecting the environment and stressing the city’s infrastructure just to name some negative effects. This scenario is even worse when looking to the city centre in which many buildings are abandoned o...

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Autor Principal: Fernández Azuero, Juan Manuel
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Publicado: 2013
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spelling ir-p17054coll23-6042020-09-28 Potential for environmental retrofitting of buildings built under modernist influence in Bogota Fernández Azuero, Juan Manuel Bogotá is facing the problem of a large and rapidly growth to its periphery, reducing green areas, affecting the environment and stressing the city’s infrastructure just to name some negative effects. This scenario is even worse when looking to the city centre in which many buildings are abandoned or not used to their full potential. Other buildings need an intervention in order to meet current legislation and activities requirements. Environmental architecture seems not to be part of the agenda. In the other hand, many of the new buildings are not aware of how the design can affect the quality of the space and the environmental performance of the building. Glazed facades facing all orientations, equal treatment to all facades, lack of solar control elements, heating and cooling in a climate where sometimes coupling with the outside is desirable are just some of the things that suggest a review of what is being done. Architecture; Refurbishment; Retrofitting; Sustainability; Thermal mass Las Artes; Las Artes / Arquitectura 2013 PDF Artículo ENG - Inglés Bogotá (Colombia) Colfuturo © Derechos reservados del autor http://babel.banrepcultural.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17054coll23/id/604
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topic Architecture; Refurbishment; Retrofitting; Sustainability; Thermal mass
Las Artes; Las Artes / Arquitectura
spellingShingle Architecture; Refurbishment; Retrofitting; Sustainability; Thermal mass
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Fernández Azuero, Juan Manuel
Potential for environmental retrofitting of buildings built under modernist influence in Bogota
description Bogotá is facing the problem of a large and rapidly growth to its periphery, reducing green areas, affecting the environment and stressing the city’s infrastructure just to name some negative effects. This scenario is even worse when looking to the city centre in which many buildings are abandoned or not used to their full potential. Other buildings need an intervention in order to meet current legislation and activities requirements. Environmental architecture seems not to be part of the agenda. In the other hand, many of the new buildings are not aware of how the design can affect the quality of the space and the environmental performance of the building. Glazed facades facing all orientations, equal treatment to all facades, lack of solar control elements, heating and cooling in a climate where sometimes coupling with the outside is desirable are just some of the things that suggest a review of what is being done.
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author Fernández Azuero, Juan Manuel
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title Potential for environmental retrofitting of buildings built under modernist influence in Bogota
title_short Potential for environmental retrofitting of buildings built under modernist influence in Bogota
title_full Potential for environmental retrofitting of buildings built under modernist influence in Bogota
title_fullStr Potential for environmental retrofitting of buildings built under modernist influence in Bogota
title_full_unstemmed Potential for environmental retrofitting of buildings built under modernist influence in Bogota
title_sort potential for environmental retrofitting of buildings built under modernist influence in bogota
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