Severaf researches show the environmental and microclfmatic benefits of the （ntegration of vegetation in architecture; however the potentialities of vertical and horizontal greening systems to retrofit buildings are ...Severaf researches show the environmental and microclfmatic benefits of the （ntegration of vegetation in architecture; however the potentialities of vertical and horizontal greening systems to retrofit buildings are still not much investigated. The retrofitting project of the Barsanti Institute of Camogli （Genoa, Italy） is presented, a building dated back to the sixties with serious architectural and efficiency problems, located in a considerable Landscape area. The development and application of a design tool （process tree）, for horizontal and vertical greened surfaces, allows to evaluate the potentialities of vegetation to retrofit and to relate the encountered efficiency problems and the climate characteristics with the choice of plant species, system, and technology more suitable for the specific situation （of which environ- mental and economic impact are also evaluated） and to define a design approach for the systematic consideration of the many parameters involved. ~ 2013. Higher Education Press Limited Company. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.展开更多
文摘Severaf researches show the environmental and microclfmatic benefits of the （ntegration of vegetation in architecture; however the potentialities of vertical and horizontal greening systems to retrofit buildings are still not much investigated. The retrofitting project of the Barsanti Institute of Camogli （Genoa, Italy） is presented, a building dated back to the sixties with serious architectural and efficiency problems, located in a considerable Landscape area. The development and application of a design tool （process tree）, for horizontal and vertical greened surfaces, allows to evaluate the potentialities of vegetation to retrofit and to relate the encountered efficiency problems and the climate characteristics with the choice of plant species, system, and technology more suitable for the specific situation （of which environ- mental and economic impact are also evaluated） and to define a design approach for the systematic consideration of the many parameters involved. ~ 2013. Higher Education Press Limited Company. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
