Journal articles: 'Building with Nature'

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Forbes, Peter. "Building on nature." Nature 425, no. 6955 (September 2003): 241. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/425241b.

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Salet, Willem. "Building with Nature." disP - The Planning Review 50, no. 1 (January 2, 2014): 4–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02513625.2014.925714.

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Van Bergen, Janneke, Steffen Nijhuis, Nikki Brand, and Marcel Hertogh. "Building with Nature perspectives." Research in Urbanism Series 7 (February 18, 2021): 7–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.47982/rius.7.122.

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This publication offers an overview of the latest cross-disciplinary developments in the field of Building with Nature (BwN) for the protection of coastal regions. The key philosophy of BwN is the employment of natural processes to serve societal goals, such as flood safety. The starting point is a systems-based approach, making interventions that employ the shaping forces of the natural system to perform measures by self-regulation. Initial pilots of this innovative approach originate from coastal engineering, with the Sand Motor along the coast of South Holland as one of the prime examples. From here, the BwN approach has evolved into a new generation of nature-based hydraulic solutions, such as mangrove forests, coastal reefs, and green dikes.

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Anselm, Akubue Jideofor. "Building with Nature (Ecological Principles in Building Design)." Journal of Applied Sciences 6, no. 4 (February 1, 2006): 958–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3923/jas.2006.958.963.

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De Vries, Mindert, Mark Van Koningsveld, Stefan Aarninkhof, and Huib De Vriend. "Objectifying Building with Nature strategies." Research in Urbanism Series 7 (February 18, 2021): 51–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.47982/rius.7.128.

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By definition, Building with Nature solutions utilise services provided by the natural system and/or provide new opportunities to that system. As a consequence, such solutions are sensitive to the status of, and interact with the surrounding system. A thorough understanding of the ambient natural system is therefore necessary to meet the required specifications and to realise the potential interactions with that system. In order to be adopted beyond the pilot scale, the potential impact of multiple BwN solutions on the natural and societal systems of a region need to be established. This requires a ‘reality check’ of the effectiveness of multiple, regional-scale applications in terms of social and environmental costs and benefits. Reality checking will help establish the upscaling potential of a certain BwN measure when addressing a larger-scale issue. Conversely, it might reveal to what extent specific smaller-scale measures are suitable in light of larger regional-scale issues. This paper presents a stepwise method to approach a reality check on BwN solutions, based on the Frame of Reference method described in a companion paper (de Vries et al., 2020), and illustrates its use by two example cases. The examples show that a successful pilot project is not always a guarantee of wider applicability and that a broader application may involve dilemmas concerning environment, policy and legislation.

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Woo, Mee-Hyung. "Legal Nature of Building Permit." KANGWON LAW REVIEW 62 (February 28, 2021): 359–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.18215/kwlr.2021.62..359.

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Mayatskaya, Irina, Batyr Yazyev, Svetlana Yazyeva, and Polina Kulinich. "Building constructions: architecture and nature." MATEC Web of Conferences 106 (2017): 01031. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201710601031.

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Keeling, Paul M. "Building a Culture of Nature." Capitalism Nature Socialism 21, no. 4 (December 2010): 127–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10455752.2010.527474.

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Chen, Lin-Wei, and Chih-Ming Shih. "The Public Nature of High-Rise Buildings in Taiwan." Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 27, no. 2 (January 1, 2009): 317–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/d3306.

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The public nature of a high-rise building can be understood in two ways. Visually, it is an expression of architectural imagery. Physically, it is a layout of attached public spaces in which people can interact. Recently, high-rise buildings in Taiwan have grown in terms of their aesthetics as well as their height. With the aid of a survey of the aesthetics and layouts of high-rise buildings in Taiwan, the symbolic representation and public nature of high-rise buildings are examined. In addition, the Taipei 101 International Financial Centre is illustrated to show that high-rise building in Asia is moving away from a focus on construction technology and building style toward concern with architectural imagery and cultural identification which emphasise autonomous cultural representation.

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Jankovic, Ljubomir, and Silvio Carta. "BioZero—Designing Nature-Inspired Net-Zero Building." Sustainability 13, no. 14 (July 8, 2021): 7658. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13147658.

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This article introduces BioZero, a nature-inspired near-zero building proposed for Quay St, Brooklyn, New York. The building is designed for the maximum use of daylight and natural ventilation. This is the result of its shallow plan depth and the inner light wells/ventilation stacks, which also serve the inner circulation space. The light wells/ventilation stacks are created as a result of the organic shape of the internal partitions. The building is constructed from a steel frame and hemp-lime bio-composite material (hempcrete), which smooths out the fluctuations of internal air temperature and relative humidity. The south facing façade is fitted with the Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic array that covers 90% of the opaque surface area of the façade. The design was based on nature-inspired computation, with sustainability principles as guiding constraints. The main findings are that the building achieves −227 tonnes of negative embodied carbon due to sequestration of CO2 in the hemp plant from which the material was harvested, and a net-zero operation. The main conclusions are that in the context of climate emergency, nature inspired design leads to energy efficient buildings with a high level of thermal comfort, which are buildable and sustainable.

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Van Stiphout, Maike. "Building with Nature in landscape practice." Research in Urbanism Series 7 (February 18, 2021): 203–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.47982/rius.7.134.

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In a world where increased prosperity has created a number of novel, ecosystem-related threats to people’s health and the economy, designing with nature offers a promising outlook to mute the potential negative impacts of our actions and to keep improving the quality of life worldwide. It also provides an alternative to an attitude that has been largely negligent towards our non-human fellow beings. Drawing from the experience of DS landscape architects, four actualized projects and two student master theses illustrate the challenges, opportunities and benefits that building with nature presents. These cases highlight four important lessons for designing with nature in rural and urban landscapes. First, considering the surrounding landscape as a starting point creates a deeper understanding of the situation at hand. This allows for better planning with the ecosystem and enhances the richness of its biodiversity once a project is delivered. Secondly, planning with nature creates the opportunity to let nature do some of the work. This can include water purification, drainage, and cooling. The third lesson is that designing with nature requires a long-term plan. Maintenance might be necessary, and the public may need to be patient to watch the ecosystem slowly flourish through the decades. Finally, creating a new kind of wilderness-imbued beauty to inspire public acceptance and to motivate stewardship is a promising method for establishing a successful long-term nature-inclusive design project. These and other lessons contribute to a field of design where incorporating nature is the status quo.

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Hosemann, R. "MICROPARACRYSTALS - THE BUILDING MATERIAL IN NATURE." Le Journal de Physique Colloques 46, no. C8 (December 1985): C8–379—C8–383. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:1985857.

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Sargent, R. "Networking nature: Building cybercabinets of digital curiosities." Collection Forum 28, no. 1-2 (January 1, 2014): 63–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.14351/0831-0005-28.1.63.

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Abstract In the age of the Internet, engaging the public online is critical to building audiences and broadening support for natural history. While collections managers have been providing online access to collections through sophisticated database search interfaces, less progress has been made to present these resources in a user-friendly framework. Some museums are thinking in terms of networked online knowledge and radically shifting the way they broker their digital content. This research examines ways natural history can be effectively presented online to the public by reviewing relevant literature, analyzing six model sites with a heuristic evaluation tool and a user survey, and exploring three case studies through project personnel interviews. Findings summarize important strategies for cultivating creative online access to natural history digital resources and culminate in offering guidelines for building these “cybercabinets” of digital natural history specimens.

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Sargent, R. "Networking nature: Building cybercabinets of digital curiosities." Collection Forum 28, no. 1-2 (October 2014): 63–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.14351/0831-4985-28.1.63.

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Dair, Ian. "Building a new organization for nature conservation." Long Range Planning 26, no. 1 (February 1993): 54–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0024-6301(93)90233-6.

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de Vriend, Huib J., Mark van Koningsveld, Stefan G. J. Aarninkhof, Mindert B. de Vries, and Martin J. Baptist. "Sustainable hydraulic engineering through building with nature." Journal of Hydro-environment Research 9, no. 2 (June 2015): 159–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jher.2014.06.004.

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Larson, Gerald R., and Roula Mouroudellis Geraniotis. "Toward a Better Understanding of the Evolution of the Iron Skeleton Frame in Chicago." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 46, no. 1 (March 1, 1987): 39–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/990144.

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William Le Baron Jenney and the Home Insurance Building have been given a pivotal position in many of the early histories of modern architecture, a reputation that has been consistently embroiled in controversy during the building's 100-year history. The context of the Home Insurance Building in Chicago's commercial building milieu immediately prior to Jenney's design of 1884 reveals that tall buildings constructed before the Home Insurance Building were called skyscrapers. Many of these earlier buildings, in fact, were even taller than the final height of the Home Insurance Building. A technical analysis of Jenney's final structural design reveals that it was neither conceived nor detailed as a rigid, independent iron frame. A recently discovered article on the potential of iron framing published by Chicago architect Frederick Baumann in March 1884, before Jenney even started designing the Home Insurance Building, not only disputes Jenney's reputation as the "father of the iron skeleton frame," but also exposes the antiquated nature of Jenney's actual structure and detailing.

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Cherrington, Jim, and Jack Black. "Spectres of Nature in the Trail Building Assemblage." International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure 3, no. 1 (October 26, 2019): 71–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41978-019-00048-w.

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Abstract Through research that was conducted with mountain bike trail builders, this article explores the processes by which socio-natures or ‘emergent ecologies’ are formed through the assemblage of trail building, mountain bike riding and matter. In moving conversations about ‘Nature’ beyond essentialist readings and dualistic thinking, we consider how ecological sensibilities are reflected in the complex, lived realities of the trail building community. Specifically, we draw on Morton’s (2017) notion of the ‘symbiotic real’ to examine how participants connect with a range of objects and non-humans, revealing a ‘spectral’ existence in which they take pleasure in building material features that are only partially of their creation. Such ‘tuning’ to the symbiotic real was manifest in the ongoing battle that the trail builders maintained with water. This battle not only emphasized the fragility of their trail construction but also the temporal significance of the environments that these creations were rendered in/with. In conclusion, we argue that these findings present an ecological awareness that views nature as neither static, inert or fixed, but instead, as a temporal ‘nowness’, formed from the ambiguity of being in and with nature. Ecologically, this provides a unique form of orientation that re-establishes the ambiguity between humans and nature, without privileging the former. It is set against this ecological (un)awareness that we believe a re-orientation can be made to our understandings of leisure, the Anthropocene and the nature-culture dyad.

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Balaras, Constantinos A., Simon Kontoyiannidis, Elena G. Dascalaki, and Kaliopi G. Droutsa. "Intelligent Services for Building Information Modeling - Assessing Variable Input Weather Data for Building Simulations." Open Construction and Building Technology Journal 7, no. 1 (October 31, 2013): 138–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874836820131022005.

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Building Information Modeling (BIM) for optimizing the total lifecycle cost of buildings is a challenge even today. Inadequate software interoperability, high costs as a result of the fragmented nature of the building industry, lack of standardization, inconsistent technology adoption among stakeholders are just some of the obstacles that architects and engineers face. However, optimization requires a structured procedure that enables continuous changes in design variables and assessment on energy consumption. A holistic building design and construction are already introduced in Europe through the energy performance of buildings directive (EPBD). The requirements have been strengthened by the EPBD recast for achieving cost optimal building designs for the life cycle of the building, moving towards nearly zero energy buildings by the end of the decade. BIM and intelligent services could play a crucial role in these efforts with improved visualization and productivity due to easy retrieval of information, increased coordination of data and exchange of information, all leading to a reduced cost for the design of energy efficient buildings. An ongoing European research project aims to contribute to these needs by developing a Virtual Energy Laboratory that will support building energy performance simulations taking into account the stochastic nature of input parameters and processes. This will be supported by information communication technology features utilizing the necessary computational power through cloud computing. This paper presents an overview of the ongoing efforts and focuses on results for assessing the impact of different input weather and climate data that are pertinent in building load and energy performance calculations.

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Kazaryan, Ruben R. "Reorganization of buildings in accordance with the “human-technology-nature” system." MATEC Web of Conferences 193 (2018): 04023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201819304023.

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Reorganization and its variety - building reconstruction - accompanies humanity throughout its highly developed existence. Since the formation of the city, three trends have clearly manifested themselves. The first is the sealing of the building in the center of the city, determined by the presence of ambition and prestige, manifested by the most affluent part of the townspeople who prefer to buy more expensive housing. The second is the expansion of the boundaries of cities near which middle-class people live, ensuring the existence of the city as a social conglomerate and serving it in all aspects. The third is the naturally occurring processes of physical and moral deterioration of buildings throughout the city. All these trends define for centuries the urgency of the construction reconstruction that does not reduce its “glow.” The paper compares the currently known innovative types of building reconstruction, many of which are open. Based on the structural-linguistic information analysis of the aggregate of such types of building reconstruction, the idea of forming a single base of elementary operations and processes of construction production, which allows forming new innovative types of reconstruction as a composition of the elements of this base, is proposed.

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Ergün, Ruşen, and Fatma Demet Aykal. "THE USE OF BIOMIMICRY IN ARCHITECTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW." ALAM CIPTA International Journal Of Sustainable Tropical Design & Practice 2, no. 15 (December 31, 2022): 24–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.47836/ac.15.2.paper03.

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The environmental problems getting more chronic every day direct academics to design buildings considering the influence of nature. One of the most important methods of sustainable building design is biomimicry. The aim of this article is to examine the studies on the use of biomimicry in architecture, to raise awareness about sustainable building design and to create a guide for future researchers. It has been determined that most of the studies examined are in search of solutions for sustainable building design by examining nature. Studies on biomimicry, especially in architectural education, try to raise awareness to understand its importance in terms of sustainability by including this subject in architectural education instead of examining nature. The combination of simulation technique and field research technique is the most preferred method for the use of biomimicry in sustainable building design. It is thought that this study will be a guide on how to reveal the mysteries of nature for sustainable building design and the criteria that should be emphasized in order to reveal these mysteries. In addition, it is thought that it will create awareness about the use of biomimicry in architecture in sustainable building design

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Kim, Hyeonsuk, Hyeongjae Jang, Sungho Tae, Hyunsik Kim, and Kanghee Jo. "Life-Cycle Assessment of Apartment Buildings Based on Standard Quantities of Building Materials Using Probabilistic Analysis Technique." Materials 15, no. 12 (June 9, 2022): 4103. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma15124103.

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Given the increasingly serious nature of environmental problems, many countries have recently declared carbon neutrality policies and expended efforts to implement them. The domestic building industry aims to reduce its environmental impact using life-cycle assessments (LCAs) of buildings according to the Green Standard for Energy and Environmental Design. However, it is difficult to perform efficient LCAs because the required quantity takeoff process is complex, and the quantity takeoff sheet may not exist during the building’s design phase. In this study, 21 building LCAs were used to simplify and improve the efficiency of the proposed method and enable building LCAs even when there was no quantity takeoff sheet. Furthermore, a standard quantity database of building materials was constructed based on the analysis of the input quantities of building materials per unit area, and the apartment buildings LCA method was proposed using this database. The input quantities of building materials were analyzed using the probabilistic analysis technique. The probability distribution was derived using Monte Carlo simulations, and the goodness-of-fit was verified. Finally, the reliability of the proposed building LCA method was verified using a case study.

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Sihite, Rizal Pardamean, and Nurtati Soewarno. "PENERAPAN PRINSIP NATURE IN THE SPACE DAN NATURE OF THE SPACE PADA HEALTHY PLAZA AVENUE DI KOTA BARU PARAHYANGAN." JMARS: Jurnal Mosaik Arsitektur 9, no. 2 (September 7, 2021): 540. http://dx.doi.org/10.26418/jmars.v9i2.48407.

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Humans are essential can not be separated from nature because humans rely heavily on nature for their survival. Currently including natural elements in the design of a building has become a lifestyle and trend, as seen in some commercial buildings, such as Hotels, Shopping Malls that take the theme of nature. Healthy Plaza Avenue is a planned shopping center to fulfill facilities in Kota Baru Parahyangan, a new residential neighborhood that has a vision of an independent green city. Healthy Plaza Avenue design method starts from problem formulation, data collection, design process, and design products. Nature in the space and Nature of the space are two of the three categories of biophilic design principles that are considered to be appropriately applied to the design of Healthy Plaza Avenue. The application of the principles of Nature in the space and nature of the space is seen in the Atrium by placing ornamental plants and shade trees equipped with waterways that boil in the Event Plaza. While in the outside area is a planned Rain Garden that serves in addition to adding beauty also as a catchment and recycling area for the needs of the building. In addition, hanging plants are also placed on the façade of the building to reflect the green elements so that Healthy Plaza Avenue can be harmonious with the environment. It is hoped that the concept of Nature in the Space and Nature of the Space can be in line with the vision of Kota Baru Parahyangan as an independent city that maintains its environmental beauty.

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Klaassen, Renate, Baukje Kothuis, and Jill Slinger. "Engineering roles in Building with Nature interdisciplinary design." Research in Urbanism Series 7 (February 18, 2021): 73–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.47982/rius.7.129.

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Building with Nature (BwN) infrastructure designs are characterised by disciplinary integration, non-linearity, diverse and fluid design requirements, and long-term time frames that balance the limitations of earth’s natural systems and the socio-technical systems created by humans. Differentiating roles in the engineering design process may offer strategies for better solutions. Four complementary engineering design roles were distinguished, namely: Specialists, System Integrators, Front-end Innovators, and Contextual Engineers. The key research question addressed in this paper asks, how can the introduction of engineering roles enhance interdisciplinary processes for BwN design? Three Building with Nature design workshops with international groups of students from multiple disciplines and various education levels provided the ideal context for investigating whether engineering roles enhance such interdisciplinary ways of working. Results indicate that the application of engineering roles in each of the three workshops indeed supported interdisciplinary design. A number of conditions for successful implementation within an authentic learning environment could be identified. The engineering roles sustain an early, divergent way of looking at the design problem and support the search for common ground across the diverse perspectives of the team members, each bringing different disciplinary backgrounds to the design table. The chapter closes with a discussion on the value of engineering design roles and their significance for the Building with Nature approach.

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Van Bergen, Janneke, Steffen Nijhuis, Nikki Brand, and Marcel Hertogh. "Building with Nature as a cross-disciplinary approach." Research in Urbanism Series 7 (February 18, 2021): 283–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.47982/rius.7.138.

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The incentive for this publication was to expand the realm of enquiry around the topic of Building with Nature (BwN), for two main reasons. First to gain an interdisciplinary, and therefore deeper, understanding of BwN as an object of study. Secondly, but no less important, is an understanding of how different forms of knowledge contribute to our learning regarding BwN. When we understand the contribution of several academic disciplines and knowledge from practice, we may eventually get to the point where we can identify how they can collaborate successfully to contribute to BwN as an interdisciplinary field.

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Brand, Nikki, and Marcel Hertogh. "Building with Nature as integrated design of infrastructures." Research in Urbanism Series 7 (February 18, 2021): 15–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.47982/rius.7.123.

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Many people associate Building with Nature with its flagship project, the Sand Motor. This mega-nourishment redefined the role of natural processes in civil engineering projects, demonstrating that instead of ‘do no harm’ as the highest possible supporting goal of coastal infrastructure, the design could incorporate natural processes to attain societal and ecological goals. As such, the Sand Motor represents a key example of the integrated design of civil infrastructures. In this contribution, we pursue an improved understanding of the integrated design of civil infrastructures, by comparing the illustrative example of the Sand Motor against a framework based on transport infrastructures and the occasional flood defence. It turns out that application of a framework from one domain to another - a conscious act of interdisciplinary learning - results in a modification of that framework. Although the domain of Building with Nature fits well with many existing attributes of integrated design for civil infrastructures (the life cycle approach, adaptive design and adding functionalities), its key attribute (dynamics) adds a unique box to the integrality index. This intellectual effort raises two issues. It demonstrates that our understanding of integrated design is rather specific for different infrastructure-domains. Second, it is likely that the bandwidth of uncertainty that is key to the incorporation of natural processes in infrastructure design, and the changing behaviour of the structure itself in the maintenance phase, has implications for the governance regime of such infrastructures.

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Srivastava, Surabhi. "Capacity Building through Nature Tourism at Southeast Rajasthan." IRA-International Journal of Management & Social Sciences (ISSN 2455-2267) 6, no. 1 (February 2, 2017): 37. http://dx.doi.org/10.21013/jmss.v6.n1.p6.

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<div><p><em>Rajasthan is known for its forts, palaces, desert, culture and also its flora and fauna. The tourism department focuses its policies and marketing strategies around these attractions. Tourists from all over the world visit the sanctuary and surroundings to experience and explore the natural beauty of the place.</em></p><p><em>The present paper presents the natural wealth of south east region of the state which is completely unexplored by the tourists and the tourism department. The region is travelled only by the explorers and adventurers. The researcher visited all these sites and explored the natural beauty for tourism development at this region. Under this paper the researcher developed a model for capacity building through tourism development of natural sites of a region.</em></p></div>

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Hou, Xu, and Lei Jiang. "Learning from Nature: Building Bio-Inspired Smart Nanochannels." ACS Nano 3, no. 11 (November 24, 2009): 3339–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn901402b.

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Badarnah, Lidia. "Light Management Lessons from Nature for Building Applications." Procedia Engineering 145 (2016): 595–602. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2016.04.049.

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Deely, John. "Building a Scaffold: Semiosis in Nature and Culture." Biosemiotics 8, no. 2 (May 29, 2015): 341–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12304-015-9237-0.

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Vrbančič, Grega, Lucija Brezočnik, Uroš Mlakar, Dušan Fister, and Iztok Fister Jr. "NiaPy: Python microframework for building nature-inspired algorithms." Journal of Open Source Software 3, no. 23 (March 22, 2018): 613. http://dx.doi.org/10.21105/joss.00613.

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XIONG, Liang, and Rik de VISSER. "MARKER WADDEN, THE NETHERLANDS:A BUILDING-WITH-NATURE EXPLORATION." Landscape Architecture Frontiers 6, no. 3 (2018): 58. http://dx.doi.org/10.15302/j-laf-20180307.

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Chen, Shang Yuan. "USE OF GREEN BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING IN THE ASSESSMENT OF NET ZERO ENERGY BUILDING DESIGN." Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management 27, no. 3 (September 19, 2019): 174–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/jeelm.2019.10797.

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In the face of extreme climate, Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs) represent a very high standard of building energy conservation. The design of NZEBs requires continuous design improvement and analysis in a decision-making process that seeks to meet energy conservation goals. This paper recommends the use of green Building Information Modelling (BIM) to support the design of zero-energy buildings. The design of NZEBs requires two sets of tasks: First, it requires determination of whether the building will offer high-energy efficiency, and, second, it lacks the installation of sufficient renewable energy equipment to meet the building’s load needs. After drawing on the spirit of the United States’ Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and considering the current situation in Taiwan, this paper recommends the use of electricity Energy Usage Intensity as a measurement unit providing a holistic indicator of energy usage and takes optimized energy performance as a performance target for various solutions. This study demonstrated procedural steps in the application of green BIM and analyzed restrictions on the implementation of green BIM to the analysis of NZEB design.

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Kamara, John M., Oliver Heidrich, Vincenza E. Tafaro, Sebastiano Maltese, Mario C. Dejaco, and Fulvio Re Cecconi. "Change Factors and the Adaptability of Buildings." Sustainability 12, no. 16 (August 14, 2020): 6585. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12166585.

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The adaptability of buildings addresses the responses of buildings to the changing needs of owners/users and the demands of external factors, over their lifecycle. An understanding of these changes is therefore key to the creation of adaptable buildings. This paper reports research which was aimed at modelling building changes to better understand the challenges for their adaptability. An in-depth study of the changes in selected case studies was conducted to understand the nature, characteristics, and implications of these changes for buildings and their ability to adapt. The findings from these case studies were analyzed against theoretical models reported in the literature on change and adaptability. As a result, a model was developed that identified and categorized a wide spectrum of changes to the building fabric within the broad remit of adaptability that are triggered by many factors, which are sometimes external to the building or organization. In the cases investigated, it was found that the factors that lead to actual changes to buildings were not necessarily due to the ease of making those changes, but rather the organizational will and means to make the changes. Similarly, changes were made not because the building systems were obsolete, but because of non-building factors. The timings of changes therefore did not correspond to the assumed lifespan models of different building layers, suggesting that a new way of predicting and/or categorizing building changes is needed. Furthermore, the interrelationships and nature of the triggers for change suggest that the adaptability of buildings is not just about building systems, but also about non-building factors. Thus, the further exploration of non-building triggers and enablers for change using the developed model presented here, will further enhance the creation of more adaptable buildings.

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Jin, Shan, Ke Shi Chen, and Kun Liu. "Preserving the Sense of Place: A Case Study of Hawaii State Capitol Building." Applied Mechanics and Materials 193-194 (August 2012): 1324–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.193-194.1324.

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By featuring buildings as pure objects, modern architecture neglects the implications of what happens in between buildings [1], which is resulting in the disappearance of character of the unique places. Hawaii State Capitol building is a symbol of modern architecture in downtown Honolulu, it adopts modern aesthetic and functional design to reflect the aspirations of a modern and progressive society, yet it is deeply rooted to Hawaiian tropical climate, natural landscape, multi-culture and history. The Capitol building has been merged within the building’s geographical context and culture context. It preserves the Hawaiian sense of place; fosters the sense of belonging for local habitants. The aim of this paper is to investigate how modern architecture can help individual find his place in the midst of nature and in the midst of community under the pressure of social and economic development by taking Hawaii State Capitol building as an example.

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Fuadi, Fuadi, Muhammad Natsir, and Meta Suriyani. "Problematics Legality Building of Mosque Without Establishing Building Permit in Aceh." Syiah Kuala Law Journal 5, no. 1 (April 30, 2021): 65–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.24815/sklj.v5i1.20216.

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This study discusses the condition of a large portion of mosque buildings in Aceh that do not have a Building Construction Permit (IMB) by statutory regulations. For the legalization and legal certainty of mosque building in Aceh, it is necessary to find a solution, considering that mosques are places of worship for Muslims that have multi-functions and are very sensitive in nature. This research is a descriptive qualitative study on people's behavior, a situation, thought systems, and events related to the permit of mosque buildings in Aceh. Using public policy theory in providing legal protection to people who have built mosques independently. The results showed that mosque buildings in Aceh in general did not have an IMB because the administrative requirements were not fulfilled in the form of a waqf certificate for asceticism of mosque buildings. Efforts to ensure legal certainty for local governments need to issue a special bleaching program policy for mosque building permits in Aceh.

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Celadyn, Magdalena, and Waclaw Celadyn. "Apparent Destruction Architectural Design for the Sustainability of Building Skins." Buildings 12, no. 8 (August 12, 2022): 1220. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12081220.

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Technical durability and aesthetical longevity of building skins are among the fundamental demands of sustainable architecture in terms of building fabric’s physical changes due to deterioration. This concept paper presents a design concept intended to fill the existing gap related to the limited durability of buildings and non-existing design methods for its effective extension. The study concentrates on the anticipation and assimilation of disintegration processes occurring in time into the architectural design methodology to promote the design techniques focused on the visual expression of the coexistence of nature and the artificial in the function of time. This study investigates the building’s enclosure as an active boundary through which the building’s interaction with the natural environment occurs, as well as a regulator of the building’s energy performance and a factor conditioning their durability. The consideration of formal and esthetical deconstruction in architectural design is followed by the analyses of some relevant examples of completed buildings and cultural determinants underlying this issue. The proposed Apparent Destruction Architectural Design (ADAD) concept addresses the time-dependency of the building skins’ physical properties manifested by the deterioration, destruction and re-figuration of the building’s fabric. This design concept offers a solution to the disturbing problem of architecture’s impermanence enhances the issue of sustainability of the building’s fabric in time, becomes a means to search for the unconventional comprehension and vision of architecture, as well as to reframe the architectural design toward its compliance with sustainability postulates through the aesthetic concept.

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Kensek, Karen, Ye Ding, and Travis Longcore. "GREEN BUILDING AND BIODIVERSITY: FACILITATING BIRD FRIENDLY DESIGN WITH BUILDING INFORMATION MODELS." Journal of Green Building 11, no. 2 (March 2016): 116–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3992/jgb.11.2.116.1.

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Green buildings should respect nature and endeavor to mitigate harmful effects to the environment and occupants. This is often interpreted as creating sustainable sites, consuming less energy and water, reusing materials, and providing excellent indoor environmental quality. Environmentally friendly buildings should also consider literally the impact that they have on birds, millions of them. A major factor in bird collisions with buildings is the choice of building materials. These choices are usually made by the architect who may not be aware of the issue or may be looking for guidance from certification programs such as LEED. As a proof of concept for an educational tool, we developed a software-assisted approach to characterize whether a proposed building design would earn a point for the LEED Pilot Credit 55: Avoiding Bird Collisions. Using the visual programming language Dynamo with the common building information modeling software Revit, we automated the assessment of designs. The approach depends on parameters that incorporate assessments of bird threat for façade materials, analyzes building geometry relative to materials, and processes user input on building operation to produce the assessment.

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Kazaryan, Ruben, and Vitaly Khvan. "Regarding some aspects of the reorganization of buildings in the “human-technology-nature” system." MATEC Web of Conferences 196 (2018): 04030. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201819604030.

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Reorganization and its variety - building reconstruction - accompanies humanity throughout its highly developed existence. Since the formation of the city, three trends have clearly manifested themselves. The first is the sealing of the building in the center of the city, determined by the presence of ambition and prestige, manifested by the most affluent part of the townspeople who prefer to buy more expensive housing. The second is the expansion of the boundaries of cities near which middle-class people live, ensuring the existence of the city as a social conglomerate and serving it in all aspects. The third is the naturally occurring processes of physical and moral deterioration of buildings throughout the city. All these trends define for centuries the urgency of the construction reconstruction that does not reduce its “glow.” The article compares the currently known innovative types of building reconstruction, many of which are open. Based on the structural-linguistic information analysis of the aggregate of such types of building reconstruction, the idea of forming a single base of elementary operations and processes of construction production, which allows to form new innovative types of reconstruction as a composition of the elements of this base, is proposed.

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Fallahi, Zahra, and Gregor Henze. "Interactive Buildings: A Review." Sustainability 11, no. 14 (July 23, 2019): 3988. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11143988.

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Buildings are widely regarded as potential sources for demand flexibility. The flexibility of thermal and electric load in buildings is a result of their interactive nature and its impact on the building’s performance. In this paper, the interaction of a building with the three interaction counterparts of the physical environment, civil infrastructure networks and other buildings is investigated. The literature review presents a wide variety of pathways of interaction and their associated potential impacts on building performance metrics such as net energy use, emissions, occupant comfort and operational cost. It is demonstrated that all of these counterparts of interaction should be considered to harness the flexibility potential of the buildings while maintaining other buildings performance metrics at a desired level. Juxtaposed with the upside potential for providing demand flexibility, numerous implementation challenges are identified that are associated with the evaluation and financial valuation of the capacity for demand flexibility, the aggregated flexibility potential, as well as the control and communication to facilitate the interactions.

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van der Meulen, Frank, Bert van der Valk, Laurens Baars, Eduard Schoor, and Hans van Woerden. "Development of new dunes in the Dutch Delta: nature compensation and ‘building with nature’." Journal of Coastal Conservation 18, no. 5 (April 17, 2014): 505–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11852-014-0315-2.

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Marciniak, Marcin, and Dżoana Latała-Matysiak. "Design at the root of biophilia. Imitation. Nature." Budownictwo i Architektura 20, no. 1 (February 9, 2021): 047–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.35784/bud-arch.1545.

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According to the current state of research on the phenomenon of biophilia, the positive influence of nature's elements on humans has long been widely understood. Since the negative impact of urbanised areas on quality of life was noticed, human-friendly architecture has been redefined, where the physical and mental well-being of people using buildings, remains highly dependent on their contact with the environment. Selected examples of existing buildings analyzed two different approaches to contemporary biophilic architecture; one where nature is the pedestal of the whole building and one where the interpretation of nature translates into technological, engineering or structural solutions. The architectural examples modelled on nature, have gained recognition in local communities and worldwide renown, so it can be concluded that the flourishing of organic and bionic architecture is fully justified. Biophilia determines human well-being, while remaining closely related to the natural environment.

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MESLEM, ABDELGHANI, FUMIO YAMAZAKI, and YOSHIHISA MARUYAMA. "ACCURATE EVALUATION OF BUILDING DAMAGE IN THE 2003 BOUMERDES, ALGERIA EARTHQUAKE FROM QUICKBIRD SATELLITE IMAGES." Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 05, no. 01 (March 2011): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1793431111001029.

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Using QuickBird satellite images of Boumerdes city obtained following the 21 May 2003 Algeria earthquake, our study examined the applicability of high-resolution optical imagery for the visual detection of building damage grade based on the ground-truth data on the urban nature, typology of a total of 2,794 buildings, and the real damage observed. The results are presented as geographical information system (GIS) damage mapping of buildings obtained from field surveys and QuickBird images. In general, totally collapsed buildings, partially collapsed buildings, and buildings surrounded by debris can be identified by using only post-event pan-sharpened images. However, due to the nature of the damage observed, some buildings may be judged incorrectly even if preevent images are employed as a reference to evaluate the damage status. Hence, in this study, we clarify the limitations regarding the applicability of high-resolution optical satellite imagery in building damage-level mapping.

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Kuru, Aysu, Philip Oldfield, Stephen Bonser, and Francesco Fiorito. "A Framework to Achieve Multifunctionality in Biomimetic Adaptive Building Skins." Buildings 10, no. 7 (June 27, 2020): 114. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings10070114.

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Building skins should host multiple functions for increased performance. Addressing this, their design can benefit by learning from nature to achieve multifunctionality, where multifunctional strategies have evolved over years. However, existing frameworks to develop biomimetic adaptive building skins (Bio-ABS) have limited capabilities transferring multifunctionality from nature into designs. This study shows that through investigating the principles of hierarchy and heterogeneity, multifunctionality in nature can be transferred into biomimetic strategies. We aim at mapping the existing knowledge in biological adaptations from the perspective of multifunctionality and developing a framework achieving multifunctionality in Bio-ABS. The framework is demonstrated through the case study of Echinocactus grusonii implemented as a Bio-ABS on a digital base-case building. The methods include the Bio-ABS case study demonstrating the framework and simulating the performance of the case study and base-case building to comparatively analyze the results. The outcomes are a framework to develop multifunctional Bio-ABS and simulation results on the performance improvement Bio-ABS offer. The performance comparison between the Bio-ABS and base-case building show that there is a decrease in the discomfort hours by a maximum of 23.18%. In conclusion, translating heterogeneity and hierarchy principles in nature into engineered designs is a key aspect to achieve multifunctionality in Bio-ABS offering improved strategies in performance over conventional buildings.

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Chen, Xiao Long, Ning Zhang, and Ting Ting Yu. "The Low-Carbon Evaluation of Resident Buildings Based on the Value Engineering." Applied Mechanics and Materials 71-78 (July 2011): 456–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.71-78.456.

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Facing the increasingly serious energy and climate crisis, the concept of low-carbon indicates development direction for building conservation. However, building functions are easily neglected in the process of low carbon residential buildings construction. Therefore, based on the concept of value engineering, this paper presents a comprehensive evaluation method to evaluate carbon emissions of residential building. It highlights residential building functions as well. Function coefficient can be confirmed by establishing residential buildings function evaluation index system. Moreover,the unit carbon emission isadopted as cost coefficient. The low-carbon nature of residential building will be evaluated by the ratio of function coefficient and cost coefficient.The aim of this research is to advance the awareness of residential building carbon emissions, exploring the path of realizing maximum satisfaction of building functions with minimum carbon emissions, which can provide new ideas of residential building carbon emissions evaluation.

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Zhang, Hua Ying, and Rui Song Pan. "Techniques of Building Monolithic Moving that Avoiding Building Rubbish." Applied Mechanics and Materials 737 (March 2015): 603–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.737.603.

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In large-scale urban adaptation and real estate development process, some protective cultural relic buildings and modern excellent architecture face the reality of being demolished, that will produce a large number of construction rubbish, pollute the environment , at the same time, cause a large number of resources waste. In this paper, the application of monolithic moving technique of building is introduced, which can not only save nature resources, but also maximum reduce pollution to the environment.

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Moonsu Shin. "“Nature’s Nation”: Nation Building and the Rediscovery of Nature." American Studies 32, no. 2 (November 2009): 121–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.18078/amstin.2009.32.2.005.

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Murillo, José Ignacio. "Production, Nature and Person: Building a World for Man." Pensamiento y Cultura 15, no. 1 (June 1, 2012): 74–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.5294/pecu.2012.15.1.6.

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Wasilah, Wasilah, Andi Hildayanti, and Hamzah Hamzah. "Green Building with Nature Concept on Lakeside Resort Design." International Journal of Environmental Science & Sustainable Development 4, no. 1 (March 30, 2019): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.21625/essd.v4i1.489.

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The natural condition of Matano lake is heavily scenic includes the land, water, air, energy, and reasonably required to preserve. Exploration in the resort design with green building and design with nature concept is one of preservation effort to maximize the natural potency of the area based on the aspect of environment, socio-economics, and sociocultural. The method in the design process involve a green building and design with nature principles implementation in the site plan, structural design, natural energy to maintain the building thermal and natural lighting, and reuse rainwater management to optimize the resort function, green materials and prevent the residual material. The result explained the lakeside resort based on green building and design with nature principles increase the aesthetic potential view and environmental sustainability of Matano lake.

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Valtonen, Teemu, Sonsoles López-Pernas, Mohammed Saqr, Henriikka Vartiainen, Erkko Tapio Sointu, and Matti Tedre. "The nature and building blocks of educational technology research." Computers in Human Behavior 128 (March 2022): 107123. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107123.

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