ABSTRACT: The main objective of this study was to verify the impact of the greywater reuse system to flush toilets in wastewater flow rates of a multifamily residential building. The monitoring of blackwater and dark greywater was carried out installing a Parshall flume measurement system, and the flow rates of light greywater were measured with the installation of hydrometers. The […]
Urban planning for sustainable communities
Master units, a new system for a new social organization
ABSTRACT: In response to the disorderly and chaotic growth of large cities generally emerge different patterns of spatial organization partner based on a new paradigm: a more harmonious relationship between the environment and beings. Understanding that cities are reflections of its inhabitants and the economic, political and social model way of being, it seeks new forms of support […]
Comparative assessment of sustainability strategies applied to urban neighbourhoods in Brazil, Germany and Sweden
ABSTRACT: Recently, several researches have shifted the focus on urban sustainability from the city-scale towards the development of neighbourhoods. However, despite the efforts already undertaken, there is still a need to improve methods and tools for integrating sustainability criteria and selecting the most appropriate indicators to the planning of urban areas. This paper discusses strategies and solutions for urban sustainability […]
Urban housing design by the Educandos Igarape, in Manaus, AM
ABSTRACT: Housing problems in Brazil are complex and widely recognized, requiring a direct focus on cities and especially the metropolitan area, where disarticulated processes of occupation reflect socioeconomic inequality and relate to with environmental and human challenges on urban space. Housing design cannot be limited to the housing unit itself: it ought to consider the resident’s needs, culture and […]
Urban Housing as Possibilities of Sustainable Communities
ABSTRACT: The housing policies of Program Minha Casa Minha Vida have produced social housing in Brazil, generating urban developments and housing projects in several cities. Most of them are situated in areas of urban sprawl, generating displaced urban appendices of the consolidated urban fabric. This paper presents a case study in Passo Fundo (RS) that combines private construction with […]
The Sound of the Landscape: through downtown plazas of the city of Vitória, ES
ABSTRACT: Soundscape is the acoustic environment of a place and over time, it is observed how the sonority of cities are changing along with its development. This research aims to characterize the Soundscape of open spaces with public use of the foundational areas (Downtown and Moscoso Park neighborhoods) of the city of Vitória, Espírito Santo. Selected six major plazas, […]
Hacia Ciudades Inteligentes en Latinoamérica
ABSTRACT: Con la creciente tendencia mundial de urbanización junto al deterioro continuo del medio urbano latinoamericano observado hoy en día, se ha levantado la preocupación de los diversos sectores sociales (público, privado y externo, no gubernamental, academia y sociedad civil) por los serios problemas y la falta de sustentabilidad que enfrentan sus ciudades. Paralelamente, se observa como las diversas […]
Ecology and environment, an urban scale comparative study between contemporary and vernacular city of Nablus
ABSTRACT: The harmony between environment and buildings is the strongest point of vernacular architecture. In this context, the Mediterranean vernacular architecture is harmonized with its local context, including culture and traditions. In addition, it respects environmental and climatic factors, construction materials and morphology. In the past, people in Palestine built their houses according to their possibilities, needs, available materials, topography, […]
Patchwork of industrial neighborhoods around São Paulo core area: Case study
ABSTRACT: This paper is part of a research on the urban fabric of traditional industrial neighborhoods in the city of Sao Paulo, today in a changing process for housing and services. It is observed that occurred in the history of its development the implementation of urbanized sectors characterized by blocks parceled into plots of large and medium size […]
Household Waste Management: a preliminary assessment of urban planning solutions
ABSTRACT: Currently, there are numerous challenges regarding the management of household waste. Since the city is an important pole of consumption of raw materials, it is also the main environment where most of the activities related to the management of this waste are performed. With new requirements resulting from the increased demand for services and infrastructure, urban planning should […]