The rehabilitation of older buildings for residential use that started in the last few decades of the 20th century has become recurrent in some Brazilian cities. In Sao Paulo, for instance, this subject is within the ...The rehabilitation of older buildings for residential use that started in the last few decades of the 20th century has become recurrent in some Brazilian cities. In Sao Paulo, for instance, this subject is within the context of the revitalization of its downtown area with the reintroduction of residential occupancy in the region as a consequence of actions taken by public and private groups. However, older buildings were designed based on the technologies and regulations available in the past and applied to meet the lifestyles of the time of their construction. This paper presents a method for the analysis of older apartment buildings, diagnosing their strengths and limitations in adapting to both the new Brazilian regulatory and legislative requirements, and the contemporary domestic demands. Requirements, criteria and methods for evaluation were studied, and defined as well as procedures for the application of a method which allows for a physical and systematic analysis of old apartment buildings. It was found that the proposed method can be an important support tool at the moment of studying the feasibility of rehabilitation processes, guiding and providing grounds for the design and building decisions of the professionals involved in these processes.展开更多
The perception of a 3D space, in which movement takes place, is subjectively based on experience. The pedestrians＇ perception of subjective duration is one of the related issues that receive tittle attention in urban...The perception of a 3D space, in which movement takes place, is subjectively based on experience. The pedestrians＇ perception of subjective duration is one of the related issues that receive tittle attention in urban design Literature. Pedestrians often misperceive the required time to pass a certain distance. A wide range of factors affects one＇s perception of time in urban environments. These factors include individua（ factors （e.g., gender, age, and psychoLogicaL state）, social and cu（tural contexts, purpose and motivation for being in the space, and knowledge of the given area. This study aims to create an applied checklist that can be used by urban designers in analyzing the effects of individual experience on subjective duration. This checklist wilt enable urban designers to perform a phenomenotogicat assessment of time perception and compare this perception in different urban spaces, thereby improving pedestrians＇ experiences of time through a purposeful design. A combination of exploratory and descriptive anaLyticaL research is used as methodology due to the complexity of time perception.展开更多
文摘The rehabilitation of older buildings for residential use that started in the last few decades of the 20th century has become recurrent in some Brazilian cities. In Sao Paulo, for instance, this subject is within the context of the revitalization of its downtown area with the reintroduction of residential occupancy in the region as a consequence of actions taken by public and private groups. However, older buildings were designed based on the technologies and regulations available in the past and applied to meet the lifestyles of the time of their construction. This paper presents a method for the analysis of older apartment buildings, diagnosing their strengths and limitations in adapting to both the new Brazilian regulatory and legislative requirements, and the contemporary domestic demands. Requirements, criteria and methods for evaluation were studied, and defined as well as procedures for the application of a method which allows for a physical and systematic analysis of old apartment buildings. It was found that the proposed method can be an important support tool at the moment of studying the feasibility of rehabilitation processes, guiding and providing grounds for the design and building decisions of the professionals involved in these processes.
文摘The perception of a 3D space, in which movement takes place, is subjectively based on experience. The pedestrians＇ perception of subjective duration is one of the related issues that receive tittle attention in urban design Literature. Pedestrians often misperceive the required time to pass a certain distance. A wide range of factors affects one＇s perception of time in urban environments. These factors include individua（ factors （e.g., gender, age, and psychoLogicaL state）, social and cu（tural contexts, purpose and motivation for being in the space, and knowledge of the given area. This study aims to create an applied checklist that can be used by urban designers in analyzing the effects of individual experience on subjective duration. This checklist wilt enable urban designers to perform a phenomenotogicat assessment of time perception and compare this perception in different urban spaces, thereby improving pedestrians＇ experiences of time through a purposeful design. A combination of exploratory and descriptive anaLyticaL research is used as methodology due to the complexity of time perception.
