Rehabilitation of Obsolete Neighbourhoods
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 August 2024 | Viewed by 4968
Special Issue Editors
Interests: vernacular and heritage architecture; energy poverty; passive design; solar architecture; indoor comfort; healthy housing design; rehabilitation of obsolete neighbourhoods; learning by doing; social architecture
Interests: passive architecture; thermal comfort; adaptive comfort; thermal simulations; energy saving in buildings; energy efficiency; fuel poverty; modelling; indoor environment; development of housing prototypes; energy refurbishment; policy, society, and housing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to address the obsolescence of numerous residential centres built at the beginning of the second half of the 20th century, which attempted to provide a solution to the high migration to the cities.
The passage of time, coupled with the global energy crisis and climate change, makes it particularly relevant to analyse different strategies and methodologies for the rehabilitation of housing (and their urban environments) that aim to save energy and improve the comfort and habitability conditions for people, especially those who are most vulnerable.
Four possible lines of research have been established:
- Heritage/Culture;
- Comfort/Health;
- Materiality/Construction;
- Energy/Conditioning.
Dr. Rafael Herrera-Limones
Guest Editor
Álvaro López-Escamilla
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- obsolete neighbourhoods
- fuel poverty
- indoor environment
- indoor comfort
- healthy design
- social housing
- conditioning strategies
- heritage neighbourhoods
- modelling