Eco-Architecture VIII

Editors

Santiago HernändezUniversity ofACoruna, Spain

Member of WIT Board of DirectorsPilar Chias

University ofAlcala de Henares, Spain

RESS Southampton, Boston IM}

Contents

Section 1: Design with nature

Nature-inspired architecture of Laurie Baker and Toyo Ito:A comparisonAnjali Sadanand & Ramasamy Veeranasamy Nagarajan ...........

Prediction of thermal comfort and energy behaviour throughnatural-based solutions implementation: A case study in Badajoz, SpainGuadalupe Gömez, Borja Frutos, Carmen Alonso,Fernando Martin-Consuegra, Ignacio Oteiza, Marta M. Castellote,Jesus Muhnoz, Salustiano Torre, Jose Fermoso, Teba Torres,Miguel A. Antön, Teresa Batista & Nuno Morales

Symbiont: Flora and fauna as inhabitants of architectureAdrian een EEE

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Section 2: Methodological approaches

Probing potentials of digital and physical modelling inconstruction Courses

Mora A. Hana, KhalidS.Al-Hagla&Ingi 40

Developing a pedagogical model for biophilic design:An integrative conjecture mapping and action research approachNiranjika Wijesooriya, Arianna Brambilla & Lina Markauskaite ........

Human perception and aesthetics of facadesUdo Dietrich EEE AR

Influence of mathematical composition for public space in theexperience of users: Alejandro Zohn’s workAlfred Esteller Agusti, Isamar A. Herrera Pihuelas& Adolfo Vigil de Insausti ............. Bu Ir

Section 3: Energy-driven building design

Lighting in corridors influencing the switching on of electric lightingin classrooms: Need for educational actionsAmerico H. Hara & Fernando O. R. Pereirses es103

Building integrated photovoltaic solutions in arid climates:Experimental analysis of copper indium gallium selenide and crystallinezilicon modules integrated as ventilated facadesEdwin Rodriguez-Übinas, Noura Alhammadi, Mohamed Alantali& Sarah “U KREMERAREN 115

Hygrothermal performance analysis of traditional timber-framedhouses in TurkeySeda Nur Alkan & Fatih YazicioglU u...

Green facades: Benefits, indicators and design parametersValeriaA.Moreira-Zambrano&David 137

Thermophysical and mechanical properties of compressed earth blockscontaining fibres: By-product of okra plant and polymer wastePhilbert Nshimiyimana, Cesaire Hema, Ousmane Zoungrana,Adamah Messan & Luc 149

Section 4: Sustainable cities and sites regeneration

Sustainable habitat in Burkina Faso: Social trajectories, logics andmotivations for the use of compressed earth blocks for housingconstruction in QuagadougouOusmane Zoungrana, Maimouna Bologo-Traore, Cesaire Hema,Philbert Nshimiyimana, Gautier Pirotte & Adamah Messan vs 165

Sustainable cities indices in modern architecture:A comparative study in UAEIman Abdel Shahid Ibrahim een

Author X 185