Authors:Anđelka Štilić, Igor Štilić Pages: 1 - 28 Abstract: In the field of construction practice, decisions regarding material selection frequently come down to a choice based on tradition, i.e. recommendations based on the experience of the engineers hired by an employer as designers, contractors, or energy efficiency engineers. In the presented research, in addition to the Employer, technical individuals were involved in the decision-making process. The harmonisation of Employer opinions and those of experts were obtained through the NGT technique and Delphi based method, due to the fact that different criteria for a decision could represent a field of interest of an individual participant in the process. The result was determining the criteria, their strictness, and their weighted effect. As multi-criteria decision analysis has evolved into a powerful tool that assists decision-makers in generating "a cut above" choice in resolving specific cases and overcoming certain problems in the architectural and construction industry, the use of the MCDM method EDAS+ in the research ensured an exterior wall system ranking that was not influenced by experience or marketing. Without intending to favor any manufacturer of building materials, the research presents eight exterior wall systems belonging to different categories of core materials, all with individual features, similarities, and differences. When compared to otherwise arbitrary estimates or recommendations based on experience and the most commonly used building materials, the application of multi-criteria decision analysis in the case of exterior wall system selection for a particular 1938 Belgrade building generated more relevant selection results. PubDate: 2022-06-22 DOI: 10.47982/jfde.2022.1.01 Issue No:Vol. 10, No. 1 (2022)
Authors:Mine Koyaz, Alejandro Prieto, Aslıhan Ünlü, Ulrich Knaack Pages: 29 - 54 Abstract: Adaptive facades are multifunctional systems, that are able to change their functions, features or behavior over time in response to changing boundary conditions or performance requirements. As one of the significant developments in the façade industry over the last decade, adaptive façade offers an intelligent solution that would decrease energy consumption and potentially increase users’ comfort in a building. From an engineering perspective, these advanced technologies aim to improve the overall performance of the building while generating a better indoor environment for the users, but unfortunately investigations show that this goal is not always achieved. That’s why in order to bridge this performance gap, we propose a change of perspective in façade design, from technology centered to a human centered one. This research emphasizes that with their changeability aspects adaptive facade technologies offer unique potential yet their design requires a deeper understanding of users. With that focus, this paper aims to distinguish the dynamic relationship between the façade and user through a systematic review. To build a basis for the approach, the first part of the paper presents different concepts and principles of human centered design. Later on, based on a holistic literature review on user experience in a working environment, influences of various human and environmental factors are investigated. In the last part of the paper, mechanism of change in terms of adaptive user behaviors and adaptive facades are sketched, hence a human centered approach into adaptive façade design is introduced. PubDate: 2022-06-22 DOI: 10.47982/jfde.2022.1.02 Issue No:Vol. 10, No. 1 (2022)
Open Access journal
