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Challenges and solutions for sustainable food systems: The potential of home hy...
Sousa, Rui de; Bragança, Luís; Vieira da Silva, Manuela; Oliveira, Rui S.The global food system is currently facing significant challenges that make it unsustainable and environmentally harmful. These challenges not only threaten food security but also have severe negative impacts on the environment. Efforts have been made to reform agrifood systems and align them with the built environment, but emerging obstacles have revealed the weaknesses in these systems, particularly in less s...
Design for Adaptability (DfA)—Frameworks and Assessment Models for Enhanced Cir...
Askar, Rand; Bragança, Luís; Gervásio, HelenaA growing interest has been expressed in the issue of building adaptability over the past decade, perceiving it as an intrinsic criterion for sustainability. In light of the circular economy (CE) and its application in the construction sector, more attention has been paid to buildings’ design for adaptability (DfA) towards the realization of circular buildings. DfA is considered a key enabler for other circular...
Adaptability of Buildings: A Critical Review on the Concept Evolution
Askar, Rand; Bragança, Luís; Gervásio, HelenaOur ever-evolving built environment is continuously facing emerging needs for housing, work, health, and mobility, among others. Yet, buildings are usually designed and set up as finished permanent objects, reflecting the one constant scenario in mind of defined form, function, and performance. Since change is increasingly inevitable in our life, enlarging buildings’ adaptive capacities in response to arising v...
Comunidades urbanas energeticamente eficientes
Alvarez, Cristina Engel de; Bragança, LuísOrganizadores Cristina Engel de Alvarez, Luís Bragança; Submitted by Patricia Barros (patricia.barros@ufes.br) on 2017-06-07T11:34:25Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Versao digital_comunidades urbanas energeticamente eficientes.pdf: 11478420 bytes, checksum: 9602225bf5fb5befdfa16efeb7b73cb0 (MD5); Approved for entry into archive by Patricia Barros (pa...
Portuguese vernacular architecture: the contribution of vernacular materials an...
Fernandes, Jorge; Mateus, Ricardo; Bragança, Luís; Correia-da-Silva, José JúlioVernacular architecture is characterized by a type of formal expression, which has been developed in response to a number of factors – geographic, climatic and economic – characterizing the local area or region. Despite the fact that Portugal is a small country, there are many different architectural approaches and a range of techniques have been employed in different regions to mitigate the effects of climate....
O potencial das estratégias da arquitectura vernácula portuguesa para a constru...
Fernandes, Jorge; Mateus, Ricardo; Bragança, Luís; Correia-da-Silva, José Júlio; Mota, FernandoA arquitetura vernácula carateriza-se por apresentar uma estreita relação com as condições dos locais onde se encontra inserida — clima, materiais, economia, cultura, entre outros. O contexto português é profuso nas manifestações arquitetónicas vernáculas e no leque de estratégias passivas usadas nas diferentes regiões para favorecer os efeitos benéficos do clima e para mitigar os efeitos nefastos do mesmo. As ...
An Analysis of the Potentialities of Portuguese Vernacular Architecture to Impr...
Fernandes, Jorge; Mateus, Ricardo; Bragança, Luís; Correia da Silva, J.J.; Silva, SandraVernacular architecture is characterised by a type of formal expression that has been developed in response to a number of factors – climatic, lithologic, cultural and economic – characterising the local area or region. In its various forms, a range of techniques has been employed in different regions to mitigate the effects of climate. Despite the fact that Portugal is a small country, it has a territory full ...