Josep Maria Adell- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Josep Maria Adell
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
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La sostenibilidad en la arquitectura es uno de los grandes retos del siglo XXI. En la arquitectura biomimética, la naturaleza es el modelo a seguir en la búsqueda de la misma, puesto que nos enseña cuáles son los modelos de funcionamiento más ecológicos y sostenibles, desarrollados durante sus 3,8 billones de años de evolución.
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Purpose Sustainability in architecture is one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century. In biomimetic architecture, nature is the model of choice in the quest for sustainability; because it shows us the most environmentally friendly and sustainable models developed over 3.8 billion years of evolution. Antonio Gaudí said that: "The archit...
The dwelling construction with soil, adobe or brick without call for technical advice is very typical in countries in process of development that are in areas of high seismic risk. To give an answer to the problem of earthquake building using these materials, providing simplicity of construction, we have worked for years in the use of the Integral...
Architect Antonio Gaudí built La Pedrera at the beginning of the 20th century, it was declared a World Her-itage Site by the Unesco in 1984, and its extraordinary brick masonry façade —in contrast with the stone or brick masonry buildings of the period— can be considered a sustainability model for the architecture of that time. Gaudí tends to use s...
The Architect, author of the works, offers the first applications of the reinforced masonry with architectural will.
The original realizations shown here are reflections of the understanding of the reinforced masonry as a new composite architectonic material.
The technical-formal research which has been carried out develops the theoretician and pra...
This article is an analysis of the reasons why steel can be seen as a new component of masonry.
It explains the waps in which steel can be effectively used in masonry.
The combination of steel and masonry can be regarded as a new composite material, which can extend architectures boundaries through its structural use.
Se analizan las razones arqui...
This is the technical-formal analysis of Gaudí's Sagrada Familia Schools with timbrel vaults (Barcelona 1909) and of Dieste's Atlantida church with reinforced ceramic (Montevideo 1952).
The article compares the works of these two significant authors, since clay material was used in both although with quite different techniques (with and without rei...
The analysis of brick architectural works in Europe between the middle of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century shows that they already exploted the technical and formal material possibilities and they followed the constructive rationality tendency prevailing in the beginnings of the industrial era.
These works reveal enough connec...
This paper presents the application of the Integral Masonry System (IMS) to the construction of earthquake resistant houses and its experimental study. To verify the security of this new type of building in seismic areas of the third world two prototypes have been tested, one with adobe and the other with hollow brick. In both cases it’s a two-stor...
The variation of surface properties, COLOUR AND LUMINOSITY, on a ceramic support protected by
water repellent products is analysed. The samples (treated and untreated) were analysed using digital
processing. Quantifiable measures for each ceramic sample were obtained using computer
programs.
Different shades to the reference, were observed on the s...
El objetivo fundamental de este trabajo es describir el conjunto de tecnologías domóticas y sistemas inteligentes que posibilitarán y optimizarán los distintos prototipos que van a ser construidos dentro de los trabajos que se están desarrollando en el ámbito de la participación de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid en el Concurso SOLAR DECATHLON...
La Universidad Politécnica ha sido seleccionada por el Departamento de Energía de Estados Unidos para participar en el concurso internacional para Universidades denominado SOLAR DECATHLON 2007. Dicho concurso consiste en el diseño y construcción de un prototipo de vivienda autosuficiente energéticamente, la cual será expuesta en el Mall de Washingt...
In the precarious economic conditions prevailing after the Spanish Civil War, tiled vault construction was resumed to economize on steel and capitalize on the cheap labour available at the time.
Luis Moya excelled in this area, re-exploring this construction technique. Moya benefited in this regard from his thorough knowledge of the early twentieth...
La personalidad de Eladio Dieste queda reflejada en la honradez de su obra arquitectónica e ingenieril, creada con la conciencia de la “economía cósmica”, ideada a partir del empleo del ladrillo como material de construcción económico, que gracias a su ingenio e innovaciones revolucionarias, ha conseguido armar y construir en el espacio, con las fo...
Las pequeñas Escuelas de Gaudí, a los pies de la Sagrada Familia, son la joya de la Arquitectura modernista en ladrillo, que ha permanecido ensombrecida por el Templo que, como un gigante, las ha estado pisando durante 7 años (1995-2002), con la indiferencia con la que se ignora a un pobre que pide a las puertas de una iglesia.Se construyeron en el...
The masonry arch has been the most characteristic element of architecture and engineering ever since the Romans elaborated on the original Etruscan form, surpassing Hellenic culture in this regard.
Since then, the arch has been used as an efficient construction solution for spanning spaces with materials unable to resist tensile stress. The technic...
La obra del colombiano Rogelio Salmona, se fundamenta en la cultura europea, y desarrolla las posibilidades del ladrillo de calidad que se fabrica en su país.El Arquitecto emplea el ladrillo con maestría en todas las disposiciones espaciales posibles, paredes, suelos y techos, articulando, en todos los casos, sabias composiciones constructivas, sur...
Spatially speaking, Carlos Mijaresâ oeuvre is based on the simple construction of, semi-circular concentric archivolts, each cantilevering one half foot beyond the one below, generating huge corbels that rest on the two intersecting sides of squares. In his architecture, the author skilfully combines ceramic materials and reinforced concrete.
Thi...
In recent years, engineers and architects in our country have been prompted to rethink the design and construction of brick masonry enclosures on portal frame structures due to the pathologies that frequently appear these walls, and in response to the need for a new technology that would minimize the existing problems.Together with damp, cracking i...
A new construction theory is discussed, based on the erection of masonry walls that can be reinforced in all three spatial dimensions, regardless of the material employed and using plain mortar instead of concrete.
The AllWall integral masonry system is especially designed to facilitate the mason’s work and lower labour costs, while controlling wal...
Nowadays cities are challenged by climate change. A new concept of smart urban centres has successfully arisen, nevertheless a broader look into technology must be considered. In order to attain energy efficiency, innovative architectural proposals have to studied. The perspective of urbanism has to look from the individual living unit up to the gl...
Comunicación presentada en las II Jornadas de Investigación en Construcción: "60 años de Informes de la Construcción", celebradas los pasados 22, 23 y 24 de mayo de 2008 en el Instituto "Eduardo Torroja" de Ciencias de la Construcción (IETCC-CSIC) de Madrid. Comparando la Arquitectura de Ladrillos del s.XIX con el empleo del ladrillo en la Arquitec...
Con respecto a la segunda misión de la universidad, a saber la investigación, es un tema central de debate el carácter científico de la investigación arquitectónica. En ella juega un papel importantísimo la experimentación con prototipos de viviendas, tan escasa a través de la historia y tan difícil de hacer por su elevado coste. Con motivo del con...
El constante crecimiento de consumo energético en todos los sectores, siendo el caso particular el de las edificaciones que consumen una tercera parte del consumo total. Todo ello surge como consecuencia del crecimiento económico y del aumento de las exigencias de las condiciones de confort, además de utilizar energías fósiles. Si se estudia el con...
Reinforced masonry has been subject to research and investigation in Spain for over 20 years now. This paper presents a new contribution within the AllWall System, referred to as the Halfen-Allwall support (Pi-Bracket). This support being regularly spaced every 6m to form a "braced arch" effect and provide reinforced masonry. This line of investiga...
