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Research paper thumbnail of (at)tendaendo Il Cielo, progetto per una chiesa a Ottawa

Progetto per una chiesa cattolica ad Ottawa, capitale del Canada. Nel lotto dove sorgeva la chies... more Progetto per una chiesa cattolica ad Ottawa, capitale del Canada. Nel lotto dove sorgeva la chiesa di Saint Charles su Beechwood Avenue, nel quartiere storicamente francofono di Vanier, si è progettata la nuova chiesa con le annesse opere parrocchiale. Dopo un'attenta analisi del sito sono state identificate le peculiarità storiche, paesaggistiche e socio-culturali della chiesa esistente e nel nuovo progetto si valorizzano i punti di forza del precedente edificio e li si integrano con un'architettura contemporanea. L'architettura sacra è stata sviluppata facendo riferimento all'archetipo della tenda che è, fin dalle origine della soria della salvezza cristiana, il tempio in cui Dio si rivela e in cui si rende presente fra gli uomini: "E il Verbo si fece carne e pose la sua tenda in mezzo a noi" (Giovanni 1, 14

Research paper thumbnail of Analisi LCA attraverso un Visual Programming Tool: flusso di lavoro su un caso studio BIM

BIM tools also allow to conduct various impact analysis and, with regard to the growing concern a... more BIM tools also allow to conduct various impact analysis and, with regard to the growing concern about environmental issues, they embody a valuable mean to analyse buildings process consequences thus guiding designers towards better and more aware choices.The capacity of BIM applications to evaluate environmental issues would be enhanced if integrated with Life- Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools considered among the most suitable methods for evaluating such impacts. However, a typical barrier in performing LCA during the early design stages, i.e. the moment that influence the most the project outputs, is the lack of project information. Usually, this implies LCA to be performed after the design phase, when all the significant decisions are already taken.The implementation of LCA within the early stages of the design process, possibly through an automated method, can enhance the control of environmental variables hence, the integration of BIM and LCA, appears to be a suitable opportunity.T...

Research paper thumbnail of LCA Analysis Through a Visual Programming Tool: Workflow on a BIM Model Case Study

BIM tools also allow to conduct various impact analysis and, with regard to the growing concern a... more BIM tools also allow to conduct various impact analysis and, with regard to the growing concern about environmental issues, they embody a valuable mean to analyse buildings process consequences thus guiding designers towards better and more aware choices.The capacity of BIM applications to evaluate environmental issues would be enhanced if integrated with Life- Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools considered among the most suitable methods for evaluating such impacts. However, a typical barrier in performing LCA during the early design stages, i.e. the moment that influence the most the project outputs, is the lack of project information. Usually, this implies LCA to be performed after the design phase, when all the significant decisions are already taken.The implementation of LCA within the early stages of the design process, possibly through an automated method, can enhance the control of environmental variables hence, the integration of BIM and LCA, appears to be a suitable opportunity.T...

Research paper thumbnail of BIM for Healthy Buildings: An Integrated Approach of Architectural Design based on IAQ Prediction

Sustainability

The relationship between users and the built environment represents a fundamental aspect of healt... more The relationship between users and the built environment represents a fundamental aspect of health. The factors that define the properties linked to health and well-being are increasingly becoming part of building design. In these terms, building information modelling (BIM) and BIM-based performance simulation take on a priority role. Among the key features for the design of Healthy Buildings, indoor air quality (IAQ) plays a central role. There are numerous indoor pollutants with significant health effects; volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are to be mentioned among these. The paper presents the proposal of an integrated workflow in the BIM process for the check and control of VOC emissions from building materials and their concentration in confined environments. The workflow is developed through the systematisation of IAQ parameters for the open BIM standard, the integration in the BIM process of a numerical model for the prediction of the VOCs concentration in the indoor environm...

Research paper thumbnail of Assessing Residential Buildings Compliance with Sustainability Rating Systems through a BIM-Based Approach

Proceedings

Using the semantic information available in building information models (BIM) during the whole pr... more Using the semantic information available in building information models (BIM) during the whole project lifecycle enables faster, safer, and efficient construction, cost-effective operation and maintenance, and cost-effective eventual decommissioning. This paper aims to provide a systematic review of how sustainability rating systems can exploit the BIM approach for an easy collection of data and information and assessment of indicators to reach building certification. This paper is a part of the BIM4REN project, which is dedicated to developing an open-access platform of tools for the digitalization of the building renovation process specifically tailored for SMEs (Small and medium-sized enterprises).

Research paper thumbnail of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for LEED® IEQ category prerequisites and credits calculations

eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction: ECPPM 2016, 2016

ABSTRACT: A good Indoor Environmental Quality is required for any building applying for Leadershi... more ABSTRACT: A good Indoor Environmental Quality is required for any building applying for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) certification.
The room-by-room calculations required to demonstrate compliance with the Indoor Enviromental Quality (IEQ) prerequisites and credits, starting from the building geometry and use and the HVAC technical data,
may be time consuming and error-prone. With Building Information Modeling (BIM) all the required data can be incorporated into the design model, thus speeding up the process, automate the design validation and minimize the errors.
The research explored the use of BIM for the Mechanical design following the LEED IEQ P1 and IEQ C2 qualification, and the automation of calculus for the verification process with the use of Dynamo visual scripting tool for the data exchange between Autodesk Revit and electronic spreadsheets.

Research paper thumbnail of (at)tendaendo Il Cielo, progetto per una chiesa a Ottawa

Progetto per una chiesa cattolica ad Ottawa, capitale del Canada. Nel lotto dove sorgeva la chies... more Progetto per una chiesa cattolica ad Ottawa, capitale del Canada. Nel lotto dove sorgeva la chiesa di Saint Charles su Beechwood Avenue, nel quartiere storicamente francofono di Vanier, si è progettata la nuova chiesa con le annesse opere parrocchiale. Dopo un'attenta analisi del sito sono state identificate le peculiarità storiche, paesaggistiche e socio-culturali della chiesa esistente e nel nuovo progetto si valorizzano i punti di forza del precedente edificio e li si integrano con un'architettura contemporanea. L'architettura sacra è stata sviluppata facendo riferimento all'archetipo della tenda che è, fin dalle origine della soria della salvezza cristiana, il tempio in cui Dio si rivela e in cui si rende presente fra gli uomini: "E il Verbo si fece carne e pose la sua tenda in mezzo a noi" (Giovanni 1, 14

Research paper thumbnail of Analisi LCA attraverso un Visual Programming Tool: flusso di lavoro su un caso studio BIM

BIM tools also allow to conduct various impact analysis and, with regard to the growing concern a... more BIM tools also allow to conduct various impact analysis and, with regard to the growing concern about environmental issues, they embody a valuable mean to analyse buildings process consequences thus guiding designers towards better and more aware choices.The capacity of BIM applications to evaluate environmental issues would be enhanced if integrated with Life- Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools considered among the most suitable methods for evaluating such impacts. However, a typical barrier in performing LCA during the early design stages, i.e. the moment that influence the most the project outputs, is the lack of project information. Usually, this implies LCA to be performed after the design phase, when all the significant decisions are already taken.The implementation of LCA within the early stages of the design process, possibly through an automated method, can enhance the control of environmental variables hence, the integration of BIM and LCA, appears to be a suitable opportunity.T...

Research paper thumbnail of LCA Analysis Through a Visual Programming Tool: Workflow on a BIM Model Case Study

BIM tools also allow to conduct various impact analysis and, with regard to the growing concern a... more BIM tools also allow to conduct various impact analysis and, with regard to the growing concern about environmental issues, they embody a valuable mean to analyse buildings process consequences thus guiding designers towards better and more aware choices.The capacity of BIM applications to evaluate environmental issues would be enhanced if integrated with Life- Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools considered among the most suitable methods for evaluating such impacts. However, a typical barrier in performing LCA during the early design stages, i.e. the moment that influence the most the project outputs, is the lack of project information. Usually, this implies LCA to be performed after the design phase, when all the significant decisions are already taken.The implementation of LCA within the early stages of the design process, possibly through an automated method, can enhance the control of environmental variables hence, the integration of BIM and LCA, appears to be a suitable opportunity.T...

Research paper thumbnail of BIM for Healthy Buildings: An Integrated Approach of Architectural Design based on IAQ Prediction

Sustainability

The relationship between users and the built environment represents a fundamental aspect of healt... more The relationship between users and the built environment represents a fundamental aspect of health. The factors that define the properties linked to health and well-being are increasingly becoming part of building design. In these terms, building information modelling (BIM) and BIM-based performance simulation take on a priority role. Among the key features for the design of Healthy Buildings, indoor air quality (IAQ) plays a central role. There are numerous indoor pollutants with significant health effects; volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are to be mentioned among these. The paper presents the proposal of an integrated workflow in the BIM process for the check and control of VOC emissions from building materials and their concentration in confined environments. The workflow is developed through the systematisation of IAQ parameters for the open BIM standard, the integration in the BIM process of a numerical model for the prediction of the VOCs concentration in the indoor environm...

Research paper thumbnail of Assessing Residential Buildings Compliance with Sustainability Rating Systems through a BIM-Based Approach

Proceedings

Using the semantic information available in building information models (BIM) during the whole pr... more Using the semantic information available in building information models (BIM) during the whole project lifecycle enables faster, safer, and efficient construction, cost-effective operation and maintenance, and cost-effective eventual decommissioning. This paper aims to provide a systematic review of how sustainability rating systems can exploit the BIM approach for an easy collection of data and information and assessment of indicators to reach building certification. This paper is a part of the BIM4REN project, which is dedicated to developing an open-access platform of tools for the digitalization of the building renovation process specifically tailored for SMEs (Small and medium-sized enterprises).

Research paper thumbnail of Building Information Modeling (BIM) for LEED® IEQ category prerequisites and credits calculations

eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction: ECPPM 2016, 2016

ABSTRACT: A good Indoor Environmental Quality is required for any building applying for Leadershi... more ABSTRACT: A good Indoor Environmental Quality is required for any building applying for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) certification.
The room-by-room calculations required to demonstrate compliance with the Indoor Enviromental Quality (IEQ) prerequisites and credits, starting from the building geometry and use and the HVAC technical data,
may be time consuming and error-prone. With Building Information Modeling (BIM) all the required data can be incorporated into the design model, thus speeding up the process, automate the design validation and minimize the errors.
The research explored the use of BIM for the Mechanical design following the LEED IEQ P1 and IEQ C2 qualification, and the automation of calculus for the verification process with the use of Dynamo visual scripting tool for the data exchange between Autodesk Revit and electronic spreadsheets.