SÁNCHEZ-MONTAÑÉS MACÍAS , Benito

La presente tesis se encuadra en un contexto de máxima actualidad puesto que si bien es el turismo una de las principales industriales mundiales, no es menos cierto que o sus actividades se realizan de forma sostenible o será cuestionada la viabilidad y rentabilidad de las empresas y además se amenazará aún más la dedicada salud del planeta....

Ante la creciente asunción por parte de la sociedad actual del paradigma ecológico nos preguntamos por el papel del arte y su valor como líder de los cambios que en este sentido se están produciendo. Entendemos la ecología de un modo holístico, integradora de la responsabilidad medioambiental con el equilibrio social e individual y consideramos...

The recovering and integration of industrial heritage in our environment and cities is a necessary process supported by many different good reasons. The most evident one is the opportunity of using existing structures, with considerable savings compared with a new building (Ayuntamiento de Madrid, 2010). But this wouldn't be enough reason in...

El objetivo de este trabajo es repensar la estrategia para revitalizar los edificios industriales y transformarlos en fuentes de resiliencia, mejorando su vivencia como espacios. Nos centramos en La Fábrica de Vidrio La Trinidad de Sevilla y el estudio de su entorno físico y humano, imprescindible para desarrollar un acercamiento integral....

This review systematically analyses the most relevant contributions published in the area of toxicity of building materials and their evaluation from the perspective of life cycle analysis to give a critical view of the relationship between the two fields. For this review, the systematic literature review methodology was chosen. With...

Nowadays, renovation of buildings is a general recommendation in order to reduce the operational energy consumption and their emissions associated. Besides, the renovation of buildings allows reusing materials, increasing the building life service and avoiding the deconstruction and new construction impacts. However, it is necessary to be aware...

Modeling solar radiation in street canyons is crucial to understanding the solar availability of building façades. This article describes the implementation of a simulation routine, developed in the Matlab® computer language, which is aimed at predicting solar access for building façades located in dense urban conglomerates comprising deep long...

La situación climática es ya una de las principales cuestiones en la agenda mundial, afectando de forma determinante la habitabilidad de la especie humana. Esta situación es especialmente delicada en ciudades con climas potencialmente muy cálidos en el estío, ya que el aumento de temperaturas está poniendo en peligro la ocupación y usabilidad...

Historical towns ¡n Europe usually have as their main feature an extremely dense urban tissue. This, in turn, generates a wide variety of situations which make it difficult to provide adequate light to the ¡nside of buildings. On the other hand, the trend for revitalization of cities often demands a change in the utilization of spaces adding...

Since the massive scale of urban tourism (at the end of the 20th century), which caused an exponential increase of visitors to cities, the density of tourist activity in historic boroughs has come to cause strong tourist pressure on the grid and buildings of these spaces. Motivated by local policies, which promote tourist attraction and...

Background: This paper addresses the lack of research that compares the toxicity of commonly used construction materials. The toxicity of construction materials has received less attention, despite its importance within the Life Cycle Assessment methodology. All aspects, including toxicity, need to be analysed throughout the life cycle of the...

For more than a decade simulation programs have been readily available for architectural designers. Prediction of the energy or climatic response on built structures has become faster and more reliable. New monitoring procedures integrated with intelligent instrumentation allow for a plethora of new design solutions. Sustainability is finally...

Many architectural examples rank among masterpieces for its beautiful and harmonious use of solar radiation. However, their creation had to rely solely on intuition because they possessed a curvilinear nature. As the necessary tools required for evaluating shapes derived from the sphere or the circle were not available, such forms could not be...