Energieeinsparung im Wohnungsbau durch Nutzung der Sonnenenergie

Die empfindliche Verteuerung des Rohöls im Laufe der letzten Jahre und die in ihrem Sog erfolgten Preissteigerungen auch für die anderen Energieträger haben Energie zu einem besonders kostbaren Wirtschaftsgut werden lassen. Es ist ganz deutlich geworden, dass Energie in allen Lebens- und Produktionsbereichen äußerst sparsam verwendet und optimal genutzt werden muss. Mittel- und langfristig gesehen sind daher gezielt Anstrengungen zu unternehmen, nicht einen Brennstoff durch einen anderen zu ersetzen, sondern - wo immer auch möglich - die natürlcihen Energiequellen zu nutzem.

Freiraumqualität statt Abstandsgrün. - Band 1

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

L'idea di metafora nell'opera di Oswald Mathias Ungers

This research focuses on the definition of the complex relationship that exists between theory and project, which - in the architectural work by Oswald Mathias Ungers - is based on several essays and on the publications that - though they have never been collected in an organic text - make up an articulated corpus, so that it is possible to consider it as the foundations of a theory. More specifically, this thesis deals with the role of metaphor in Unger’s theory and its subsequent practical application to his projects. The path leading from theoretical analysis to architectural project is in Ungers’ view a slow and mediated path, where theory is an instrument without which it would not be possible to create the project's foundations. The metaphor is a figure of speech taken from disciplines such as philosophy, aesthetics, linguistics. Using a metaphor implies a transfer of meaning, as it is essentially based on the replacement of a real object with a figurative one. The research is articulated in three parts, each of them corresponding to a text by Ungers that is considered as crucial to understand the development of his architectural thinking. Each text marks three decades of Ungers’ work: the sixties, seventies and eighties. The first part of the research deals with the topic of Großform expressed by Ungers in his publication of 1966 Grossformen im Wohnungsbau, where he defines four criteria based on which architecture identifies with a Großform. One of the hypothesis underlying this study is that there is a relationship between the notion of Großform and the figure of metaphor. The second part of the thesis analyzes the time between the end of the sixties and the seventies, i.e. the time during which Ungers lived in the USA and taught at the Cornell University of Ithaca. The analysis focuses on the text Entwerfen und Denken in Vorstellungen, Metaphern und Analogien, written by Ungers in 1976, for the exhibition MAN transFORMS organized in the Cooper - Hewitt Museum in New York. This text, through which Ungers creates a sort of vocabulary to explain the notions of metaphor, analogy, signs, symbols and allegories, can be defined as the Manifesto of his architectural theory, the latter being strictly intertwined with the metaphor as a design instrument and which is best expressed when he introduces the 11 thesis with P. Koolhaas, P. Riemann, H. Kollhoff and A. Ovaska in Die Stadt in der Stadt in 1977. Berlin das grüne Stadtarchipel. The third part analyzes the indissoluble tie between the use of metaphor and the choice of the topic on which the project is based and, starting from Ungers’ publication in 1982 Architecture as theme, the relationship between idea/theme and image/metaphor is explained. Playing with shapes requires metaphoric thinking, i.e. taking references to create new ideas from the world of shapes and not just from architecture. The metaphor as a tool to interpret reality becomes for Ungers an inquiry method that precedes a project and makes it possible to define the theme on which the project will be based. In Ungers’ case, the architecture of ideas matches the idea of architecture; for Ungers the notions of idea and theme, image and metaphor cannot be separated from each other, the text on thematization of architecture is not a report of his projects, but it represents the need to put them in order and highlight the theme on which they are based.

Applications of GIS and remote sensing techniques for studying the housing patterns in Cairo Governorate

The main objective of this study is to reveal the housing patterns in Cairo as one of the most rapidly urbanizing city in the developing world. The study outlines the evolution of the housing problem and its influencing factors in Egypt generally and in Cairo specifically. The study takes into account the political transition from the national state economy to the open door policy, the neo-liberal period and finally to the housing situation after the January 2011 Revolution. The resulting housing patterns in Cairo Governorate were identified as (1) squatter settlements, (2) semi-informal settlements, (3) deteriorated inner pockets, and (4) formal settlements. rnThe study concluded that the housing patterns in Cairo are reflecting a multifaceted problem resulting in: (1) the imbalance between the high demand for affordable housing units for low-income families and the oversupply of upper-income housing, (2) the vast expansion of informal areas both on agricultural and desert lands, (3) the deterioration of the old parts of Cairo without upgrading or appropriate replacement of the housing structure, and (4) the high vacancy rate of newly constructed apartmentsrnThe evolution and development of the current housing problem were attributed to a number of factors. These factors are demographic factors represented in the rapid growth of the population associated with urbanization under the dictates of poverty, and the progressive increase of the prices of both buildable land and building materials. The study underlined that the current pattern of population density in Cairo Governorate is a direct result of the current housing problems. Around the depopulation core of the city, a ring of relatively stable areas in terms of population density has developed. Population densification, at the expense of the depopulation core, is characterizing the peripheries of the city. The population density in relation to the built-up area was examined using Landsat-7 ETM+ image (176/039). The image was acquired on 24 August 2006 and considered as an ideal source for land cover classification in Cairo since it is compatible with the population census 2006.rnConsidering that the socio-economic setting is a driving force of change of housing demand and that it is an outcome of the accumulated housing problems, the socio-economic deprivations of the inhabitants of Cairo Governorate are analyzed. Small administrative units in Cairo are categorized into four classes based on the Socio-Economic Opportunity Index (SEOI). This index is developed by using multiple domains focusing on the economic, educational and health situation of the residential population. The results show four levels of deprivation which are consistent with the existing housing patterns. Informal areas on state owned land are included in the first category, namely, the “severely deprived” level. Ex-formal areas or deteriorated inner pockets are characterized as “deprived” urban quarters. Semi-informal areas on agricultural land concentrate in the third category of “medium deprived” settlements. Formal or planned areas are included mostly in the fourth category of the “less deprived” parts of Cairo Governorate. rnFor a better understanding of the differences and similarities among the various housing patterns, four areas based on the smallest administrative units of shiakhat were selected for a detailed study. These areas are: (1) El-Ma’desa is representing a severely deprived squatter settlement, (2) Ain el-Sira is an example for an ex-formal deprived area, (3) El-Marg el-Qibliya was selected as a typical semi-informal and medium deprived settlement, and (4) El-Nozha is representing a formal and less deprived area.rnThe analysis at shiakhat level reveals how the socio-economic characteristics and the unregulated urban growth are greatly reflected in the morphological characteristics of the housing patterns in terms of street network and types of residential buildings as well as types of housing tenure. It is also reflected in the functional characteristics in terms of land use mix and its degree of compatibility. It is concluded that the provision and accessibility to public services represents a performance measure of the dysfunctional structure dominating squatter and semi-informal settlements on one hand and ample public services and accessibility in formal areas on the other hand.rn

Deutsche Unternehmer und ihre Arbeiterkolonien im 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert

Seit Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts errichteten deutsche Fabrikbesitzer Wohnsiedlungen für ihre Werksarbeiter. Dabei verfolgten die Unternehmer sowohl karitative als auch wirtschaftliche Interessen, konnten sie doch über eine Verbesserung des Wohnumfeldes ihre Arbeitskräfte stärker an den Betrieb anbinden. Musterbeispiele hierfür sind die berühmten ›Arbeiterkolonien‹ der Gussstahlfabrik Krupp in Essen, die unter der Ägide von Alfred Krupp ab den frühen 1860er Jahren entstanden. Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg fanden formale wie strukturelle Merkmale dieser Arbeiterkolonien Eingang in die städtische Siedlungsplanung, so dass der paternalistische Wohnungsbau des 19. Jahrhunderts den kommunalen Wohnungsbau des 20. Jahrhunderts nachhaltig beeinflusste.

Nirgendwo nichts

Gelten die im Zuge des Wohnungsbauprogramms in der DDR seit Mitte der 1970er Jahre in industrieller Bauweise errichteten Neubaugebiete als Inbegriff ortloser Betonghettos, steht jener öffentlichen Wahrnehmung die Intention gegenüber, durch die Integration des natürlichen, landschaftlichen und baulichen Erbes sowie durch künstlerische Strategien der Vermittlung regionaler Gegebenheiten Identität zu stiften. Den Hintergrund hierfür bildeten sowohl ein verändertes Geschichtsbild als auch ein sich allmählich herausbildendes Umweltbewusstsein. Im vermeintlichen Typeneinerlei der Großwohnsiedlung Berlin-Marzahn sucht der Beitrag nach theoretischen Grundlagen und praktischen Ansätzen für die Einbeziehung des mittelalterlichen Angerdorfs sowie nach Spuren der Repräsentation der märkischen Landschaft. Ihrer rudimentären Verwirklichung zum Trotz bilden sie die Grundlage für Umbau und weitere Entwicklung.