Showing papers in "Architectural Science Review in 1990"
TL;DR: In this article, a method of thermobile control with particular reference to indoor climate management in Australia is presented, with the aim of maximizing human comfort preference and health, and energy savings.
Abstract: Human comfort preference and health, and energy savings, are maximized with synchronization between indoor and outdoor temperatures and levels of prevailing outdoor warmth. A method of thermobile controls is outlined with particular reference to indoor climate management in Australia.
18 citations
TL;DR: Sketch recognition is applied to freehand architectural drawings to recognize the architect's intentions from a quick sketch and generate a detailed drawing.
Abstract: Sketch recognition is applied to freehand architectural drawings. The purpose is to recognize the architect's intentions from a quick sketch and generate a detailed drawing. The system can also calibrate itself to interpret the peculiar styles of each individual architect using it.
12 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a new design for a daylighting device is described and some initial experimental results taken in a model room are presented, showing that the resulting illumination can be more than sufficient for many tasks and apart from creating a more pleasant environment, offers the potential to make significant savings on electricity usage in buildings with large daytime use.
Abstract: A new design for a daylighting device is described and some initial experimental results taken in a model room are presented. A major feature of the design is that it has a wide acceptance angle of greater than 50°. This means that it can be permanently installed in a window aperature and redirect light towards the upper back part of the room, whether the sun is low in the sky (elevation around 20°) or high (75° or more). Initial measurements in the model room show daylight illuminance levels deep in the room can be increased by factors of up to 6 times values achieved using an ordinary window of equivalent size. The resulting illumination can be more than sufficient for many tasks and apart from creating a more pleasant environment, offers the potential to make significant savings on electricity usage in buildings with large daytime use.
10 citations
TL;DR: A desert solar neighbourhood, the first in its kind in Israel, was designed by the Desert Architecture Unit of the J. Blaustein Institute for Desert Research as mentioned in this paper, where a special effort was made in the design of the neighborhood to respond to questions of orientation, solar rights, circulation, building clustering and the relation between open and closed spaces.
Abstract: A desert solar neighbourhood, the first in its kind in Israel, was designed by the Desert Architecture Unit of the J. Blaustein Institute for Desert Research. This project became feasible mostly due to the fact that the Unit is an academic research body, and that the future residents of the neighbourhood are people who already live in Sde-Boqer and are familiar with the desert. A special effort was made in the design of the neighborhood to respond to questions of orientation, solar rights, circulation, building clustering and the relation between open and closed spaces.
4 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of various design parameters of wind catchers on availability of air motion indoors was discussed and an increase in the catcher size up to about 1.5 times the size of roof opening was shown to increase the average indoor wind speeds.
Abstract: The paper discusses the effect of various design parameters of wind catchers on availability of air motion indoors. An increase in the catcher size up to about 1.5 times the size of roof opening produces an increase in average indoor wind speeds. Further increase in catcher size does not provide additional benefit. The depth of the projection on the roof of the catcher is not crucial, but the location of air-supply openings is important. Air motion in the normal working zone is maximum when the duct conveying wind indoors terminates near the ceiling. An increase in the length of the duct causes little reduction in availability of air motion indoors. A supply opening located in the bottom of the duct performs better than the one located in its side wall.
3 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a method of calculating the dynamic response of the surface temperature of a building element to changing climatic conditions in Australia is described, assuming that all heat flow is one-dimensional and that the building element is composed of a number of homogeneous slabs in good thermal contact.
Abstract: A method of calculating the dynamic response of the surface temperature of a building element to changing climatic conditions in Australia is described. The method assumes that all heat flow is one-dimensional and that the building element is composed of a number of homogeneous slabs in good thermal contact. The various heat exchange processes at the surface are discussed and a method for calculating the sol-air temperature is given. Some results of a surface temperature calculation for a brick-clad timber-frame wall are presented. It is suggested that the method will be particularly helpful in the area of assessing materials durability.
1 citations
TL;DR: Architectural science appears to have lost the respect of architects, perhaps because most of what passes for it is technology as mentioned in this paper, which is the postulation and testing of hypotheses to replace those that have become suspect.
Abstract: Architectural science appears to have lost the respect of architects, perhaps because most of what passes for it is technology. Science is the postulation and testing of hypotheses to replace those that have become suspect. Like the practice of architecture, this requires a re-iterative heuristic, through critical observation, imaginative invention and rigorous testing to critical observation again. Romantics, therefore, need not fear the importation of science into the architectural process: nor, indeed, into any other aspect of life.