ABSTRACT
Structures and Architecture - REstructure REmaterialize REthink REuse contains the contributions to the 6th International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA 2025, Antwerp, Belgium, 8-11 July 2025). As a response to the pressing global climate and energy crisis, and with new settings and tools, the design and construction of our built environment needs reconsideration and extension. The papers call for a re-imagination of current practices regarding structures and architecture.
The volumes of the series are published every three years, in tandem with the conferences organised by the International Association of Structures and Architecture. They aim to reach a global audience of researchers, practitioners, and students, including architects, structural and construction engineers, builders and building consultants, constructors, material suppliers, planners, urban designers, anthropologists, economists, sociologists, artists, product manufacturers, and other professionals involved in the design and realisation of architectural, structural, and infrastructural projects.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |864 pages
Mini-Symposia
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part |85 pages
Architectural engineering design and the circular economy Chairs: Sigrid Adriaenssens & Ruben Verstraeten
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Fostering creativity using AI towards a circular economy in architectural engineering design
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BIM-based application of level(s) for circular economy: Recyclability case study
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An extensive database of Swiss building structures to predict the availability of materials and components
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chapter |9 pages
Rethinking concrete reuse workflow in Hong Kong: A comparative study with Swiss models
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chapter |8 pages
A digital circularity approach to leverage waste lumber in dowel-laminated timber slabs
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chapter |10 pages
Reducing the environmental impact of a single-family house through renovation using biobased and reclaimed materials
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part |74 pages
Circular by nature or by design? Challenges of designing for circularity with wood Chairs: Rafael Novais Passarelli & Felipe Riola Parada
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chapter |8 pages
No time, no space - circular material hubs' challenges for reclaimed wood structural reuse
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Structuring architecture with salvaged timber: Exploring an interlocking modular system and beyond
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Advancing circularity in timber construction: Design for disassembly and reuse, and innovative wood-based connections
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Design for adaptation - Adopting adaption for timber construction at three scale
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Circular by nature: Framing the need for design for circularity in mass timber structures
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Structural potential of reclaimed and local timber as new resources in The Netherlands
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part |60 pages
Collaborative practices of architects and structural engineers Chairs: Anne-Catrin Schultz & Christina McCoy
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Industry views on optimization in architectural and engineering practice: A CMM study
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chapter |9 pages
Prototypes in collaboration: Practice-based research and research-based practice
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part |73 pages
Eco-logic structures: New design paradigms based on hybrid systems, alternative materials, and disassembly processesChairs: David Jenny, Patric Fischli-Boson & Jay Renée Thalmann
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chapter |8 pages
Circular Bridge: A case study project on innovative demountable structural hybrid systems with reused components
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chapter |8 pages
Beyond the rationale of reduction: Exploring a deep ecological architectural practice of care
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chapter |8 pages
Experimental study of resource-efficient folded steel and cement-free concrete composite systems
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chapter |8 pages
Parametric analysis for ecological-structural efficiency: A systematic approach to sustainable slab structures
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part |107 pages
Mycelium-based composites: From forest to design researchChairs: Adrien Rigobello & Andrea Rossi
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chapter |9 pages
MycoPly: Laminated, natural-fiber-reinforced mycelium-based composite panels for architectural applications
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chapter |8 pages
From buzz to breakthrough: Driving mycelium biocomposites' uptake in Aotearoa NZ's construction industry
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Bioluminescent mycelium: An exploration into the cultivation of Pannellus stipticus
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chapter |9 pages
Advancing mycelium-based composites: Integrating strength optimization and porosity control for alternative construction materials
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chapter |8 pages
Enhancing flexural performance of mycelium-bound composites through textile-reinforcement strategies
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chapter |8 pages
Selective Growth Mechanism (SGM). Powder bed 3D printing with mycelium-based materials
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Novel application of digital CT scanning technology for monitoring of fungal mycelium colonization
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part |67 pages
Structural adaptations: The role of existing structures in adaptive reuse projectsChairs: Matteo Robiglio& Elena Guidetti
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chapter |8 pages
Timber-based retrofitting of unreinforced masonry: An experimental approach to repair and reuse
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chapter |9 pages
Hidden in plain sight: Exploring roofs in the reuse of Flemish post-war Parish churches
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chapter |8 pages
Towards sustainable structures with reused timber: Validation of enhanced technical standards and practical guidelines
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Embodied carbon calculations as a design tool in the adaptive reuse of a campus building
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part |75 pages
Structures & crafts: Digital, physical, and cultural assembliesChairs: Ornella Iuorio& Juan Jose Castellon Gonzalez
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chapter |8 pages
Textile hierarchy: A systems-led approach to hacking textile design and construction
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chapter |8 pages
Towards automating the workflow for design, manufacturing, and assembly process feedback of discrete panel structures
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chapter |9 pages
The art of joining: Challenging planar joints in robotically printed ceramic assemblies
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chapter |8 pages
Advancing TRC-LC as a sustainable technology for light prefabrication in social housing in Latin America
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chapter |8 pages
Closed loop: Design and fabrication of a circular workflow for robotically 3D printing recycled plastic architectural and structural components
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part |82 pages
The next generation of embodied carbon reduction strategiesChairs: Jonathan Broyles, Demi Fang & Martin Torres
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chapter |8 pages
Evaluation of a concept for assessment of environmental and economic impact of social intents
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chapter |8 pages
Streamlining early phase building reuse analysis using an autumated scan to 3D pipeline
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chapter |8 pages
Estimating early-stage embodied carbon in structural systems of urban building stocks
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chapter |8 pages
Building circular synergies: Opportunities for locally sourced plywood construction systems
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chapter |8 pages
Using kernel density estimation to model uncertainty in building material emissions: Considering variable weighting and bandwidths
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Urban mining: Cataloging reusable materials from demolition buildings in a student seminar
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Framework for cost analysis of complex concrete floor system shape optimization techniques
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part |108 pages
Wood in the digital age: Crafting the future of sustainable architecture Chairs: Edyta Augustynowicz, Ronny Standtke & Katharina Lindenberg
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Scaling the timber construction sector - Investigations in analyzing wood market scenarios in Switzerland
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chapter |8 pages
Fiber interweaving: Exploring the synergy of crafts and engineering in architecture education
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chapter |8 pages
Circular wood for interior design - Opportunities for residual wood use, powered by Industry 4.0 technologies
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Modeling of timber spatial structures: Interdependencies between flexible floor plans and force flow
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chapter |8 pages
Elastic kinetic coupling for hygroscopic amplification in climate responsive ventilation shingle
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chapter |9 pages
DiffCheck: A scan-CAD evaluation tool for digital manufacturing and assembly processes in timber construction
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chapter |8 pages
A “Living Lab” research: Technological design for circular education and innovation networks in wood waste upcycling
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LapLam: Upcycling panel-shaped wood production waste into larger timber components
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part |60 pages
From earth to earth: Vernacular and contemporary earthen structures and architecture for circular practiceChairs: Marwa Dabaieh & Jorge Fernandes
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From the Mediterranean to the Nordic: Unveiling the potential of earth construction in contemporary architecture
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chapter |9 pages
The implementation of earth blocks in Belgium and Luxembourg: A case study analysis
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Structural design with rammed earth – a shear strength design procedure and case study
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chapter |9 pages
Tilt-up pisé: Investigations on the viability and aesthetic possibilities of tilt-up rammed earth
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chapter |8 pages
Shovelling and studying: The 1980s revival of earthen construction in German universities
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part |68 pages
Repurposing the past: Unpacking material properties Chairs: Stephanie Van de Voorde, Lara Reyniers & Ruben Van Vooren
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chapter |8 pages
The role of the building component in reuse architecture - learning from Marcel Raymaekers
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Unraveling the architectural design process: A comprehensive study of challenges in designing with reused components
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chapter |8 pages
Unlocking the reuse potential of tiles: Dismantling tests and environmental impact insights from case study dwellings
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chapter |9 pages
The persistent practice of reuse in the modern era: A survey of francophone advertising in Switzerland from 1851 to 1968
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Estimating structural timber material quantities using historical design codes and probabilistic modelling for circular economy
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Beyond innovative procurement: A case study of architectural reuse in Zinneke, Brussels
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Pedagogy of an interdisciplinary, hands-on workshop to design and build floor systems with reused materials
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part |404 pages
Special sessions
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part |26 pages
Circular site stories: Exploring entanglements of non-human/human diversities and material assemblagesChairs: Tenna Doktor Olsen Tvedebrink& Tina Vestermann Olsen
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chapter |8 pages
Invisible site stories: Uncovering ecological externalities in marine sand mining
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How can the design process for temporary use be improved? Learnings from practice and education
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part |26 pages
Conceptual design of structures using equilibrium modelsChairs: Pierluigi D'Acunto & Patrick Ole Ohlbrock
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chapter |8 pages
Multi-surface plasticity model for analysis of complex interlocking assemblies
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Integrating constructability constraints into an equilibrium-aware grammar for generative structural design
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Designing the new Weser bridge in Bremen: A case study on the role of form finding in suspension bridge design
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part |42 pages
Ecologies of stone: Structures and architectureChair: Jonathan Foote
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chapter |8 pages
6 Social housing units in Mallorca: A contemporary and sustainable stone structure
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chapter |7 pages
Criteria for digital-parametric design tools for economical load-bearing elements from solid natural stone
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part |27 pages
Efficient applications of concrete structures for a sustainable built environmentChairs: Jonathan Broyles& Mohamed Ismail
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chapter |9 pages
Sourcing and designing with reused precast concrete elements: The ReCreate H22 pilot
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chapter |8 pages
Analyzing the minimum degree of shear connection for composite beams with prestressed dismountable shear connections
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part |42 pages
From micro to macro: Revitalizing spaces – Exploring the synergy between regenerative architecture and bioconstruction Chairs: Jan Wurm & Delfina Fantini van Ditmar
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chapter |8 pages
Ecospacing as post-growth research frame? Spatial potentials for interspecies wellbeing and regeneration
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The Arctic territorial fluctuation: Landscapes disturbances. Non-visible infrastructural power control
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part |42 pages
Hybrid structures — Mimetic dialogues between old and new rethinking reconversion strategiesChairs: Caroline Voet & Eireen Schreurs
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chapter |9 pages
Rehabilitating a ward into a design studio: Getting in dialogue with hygienic structures, through design
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chapter |7 pages
Afterlives of architectural fragments: Exploring hybrid structures through spolia
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chapter |8 pages
Winter gardens structures. Climate devices as mediating forms: Landscape intelligences and bio climatic structures
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part |42 pages
Kind structures and architecture: Celebrating human-nonhuman cohabitationChairs: Sareh Saeidi & Matthew Dylan Anderson
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chapter |8 pages
Multispecies architecture in post-pandemic urban nature - Three typologies of connectedness
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chapter |8 pages
Speculative frictions of cohabitation: Storytelling and diegetic prototyping in more-than-human architecture
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Covering ground: Identifying the risk of forced labor in five of the most specified landscape architecture materials in the US
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chapter |8 pages
Building material supply chains and forced labor: The case of fossil fuel-based polymers
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part |26 pages
Learning through making: Exploring teaching structure and construction through makingChairs: Laurens Luyten & Carmen Rist-Stadelmann
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chapter |8 pages
Full-scale approaches. Comparing didactic methods in four different construction cultures
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chapter |8 pages
Assembly, Gravity and Environment (AGE): Layered sketching, drawing and modelling for integrated design
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part |43 pages
Restructuring architectural and engineering education Chairs: Olga Ioannou, Maria Vrontissi & Bob Geldermans
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chapter |8 pages
Introducing innovative reconfigurable space-structures in the architecture education: A novel methodological approach
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chapter |9 pages
Designing with care and maintenance: A pedagogical approach to sustainable architecture
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chapter |8 pages
Experimenting circularity and material resource efficiency in environmental design to foster sustainable urban regeneration
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chapter |8 pages
Reconsidering material literacy for architecture students: Material reading and physical sketching with reclaimed materials
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part |50 pages
Structural and architectural spolia — Exploring reuse as a cultural and aesthetic practice Chairs: Shuaizhong Wang & Pedram Ghelichi
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chapter |8 pages
A digital approach integrating robotics for sustainable restoration of a historic structure in Hong Kong
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chapter |9 pages
Flow and expansion - A design approach for building transformation based on structural underpinning technology
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part |36 pages
Sustainable structural design through resilience Chairs: Lennert Loos & Jef Rombouts
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chapter |9 pages
Benchmarking and comparative assessment of sustainability measures in structural engineering projects: A framework
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chapter |9 pages
Discussion on generality and adaptability as new parameters to gain information on the reusability of the load-bearing structure
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chapter |8 pages
Envisioning alternative buildings: Graph tool shows spatial re-use capacity and informs open-ended design interventions
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part |591 pages
General sessions
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part |42 pages
Adaptability and life cycle design
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chapter |8 pages
Practical implementation of strategies for sustainable construction design – How to manage transformation within engineering practices
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chapter |8 pages
Connecting spaces and user contexts – Topology as an architectural circulation analysis tool in conversion projects
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part |75 pages
Building envelopes / Facades
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chapter |8 pages
A comparative study of structural and environmental performance in two cable-driven curved-line folding façade systems
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chapter |8 pages
Reviewing desert architecture: Recent architecture in the United Arab Emirates
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FORM VERSUS REALITY: The impact of geometry on the detailing of the building envelope
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chapter |8 pages
Overlapping H.W. (Heat Wave) with U.H.I. (Urban Heat Island) in calculating the energy efficiency of buildings at nZEB standard
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chapter |8 pages
Post-consumer flexible polyolefine (FPO) as a material for bespoke 3D printing facades
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chapter |9 pages
Advancing the building materials reclamation: An evaluation method for the disassembly potential of glass facade systems
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part |59 pages
Concrete & masonry structures
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chapter |8 pages
How digital approach can help reintroduce masonry building as a basic construction method
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chapter |8 pages
Investigation of the embodied carbon-water footprint of ready-mixed concrete mixtures in four U.S. metropolitans
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chapter |8 pages
Echoes of the past: Enhancing masonry historic structures with cable net systems for compatibility
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chapter |8 pages
Mechanical strength and quality of concrete incorporating Asian hard clam shell waste as partial replacement of coarse aggregates
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part |59 pages
Crossdisciplinary design
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chapter |9 pages
ZoomSEs: Prototyping a consultancy design studio model for advanced structural integration in architecture
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chapter |8 pages
Deep learning-based topology optimization design method for bridge structures guided by aesthetics
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chapter |7 pages
Detecting rainwater flow paths as a methodology for nature-responsive architectural planning
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part |59 pages
Educating architects and structural engineers
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chapter |8 pages
Enhancing architectural education: A study on flipped classroom implementation
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chapter |8 pages
The high value of failure: Developing critical thinking about building envelope design
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chapter |8 pages
Exploring daylight on northern latitudes — Assessing quantitative and qualitative aspects in educational practices
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part |40 pages
Histories of structural and architectural design
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chapter |6 pages
Structurally innovative vaults in Guarino Guarini's architectural theory: The case of San Gaetano in Vicenza
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chapter |8 pages
Exploring the convergence of modernist architecture and Chinese landscape painting: A study of Chen Chi-Kwan's work
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chapter |8 pages
Historical review of building materials and their construction in Switzerland: Implications for renovation purposes
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part |42 pages
Lightweight structures
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chapter |8 pages
Volte realine. A description and analysis of a vernacular technique for defining and designing new thin shells
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chapter |8 pages
Comparative load-deformation analysis of an adaptive lightweight canopy system with thin-film photovoltaics
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chapter |8 pages
Lightweight structures on unstable surfaces: Strategic intervention approaches in ravine
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chapter |8 pages
Seismic and thermal performance of modular innovative lightweight steel buildings within the ECCELSA project
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part |67 pages
Natural materials
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chapter |8 pages
Salty transformations: Bridging vernacular wisdom to contemporary innovations in salt architecture within the Egyptian context
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chapter |8 pages
Weather-resistant composite development for scalable bacterial cellulose-based foldable shading systems
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chapter |8 pages
Prefabricated biogenic construction and their fire-safety properties – a literary review
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chapter |9 pages
Developing structural applications for wood waste in affordable housing design
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chapter |8 pages
Experimental study on the thermal performance of 3D-printed earthen wall segment with optimized infill pattern
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chapter |8 pages
PULPBAFFLE: A biodegradable acoustic solution using additive manufacturing in sustainable construction
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part |27 pages
Steel & composite structures
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chapter |8 pages
Non-uniform truss modelling and energy consumption in adaptive space lattice manufacturing for steel structures
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part |24 pages
Structures & Landscapes
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chapter |8 pages
Structures & landscapes: Implementation of foundations for low impact structures and small-scale dwellings without excavation
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part |58 pages
Timber construction
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chapter |8 pages
Load-bearing capacity of pine timber connections using different types of connectors
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chapter |8 pages
Bahareque as an opportunity for adequate housing and sustainable construction in rural Colombia
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chapter |8 pages
Some tectonic features of Bulgarian traditional posts-and-planks houses from the period of national revival, XVIII-XIX century
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part |33 pages
Urban structures & Architecture
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chapter |7 pages
Revisiting the wild: The role of invisible architecture in reimagining urban spaces
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chapter |8 pages
Study of the space compositional rules of the Macao Pátio Houses, a computational approach to shape grammars
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