Bioclimatic Layers of Built Environment

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Energies will help to unfold the “onion peels” of bioclimatic layers of the built environment. This might cover underground cities, cave, hill and mountain dwellings, basements, interior, semi-interior spaces, breathing walls, urban, peri-urban and rural landscapes, and urban and landscapes interventions and prototypes. Different built environment devices are cocreating specific climates and therefore specific habitats. For instance, breathing fences cool and humidify climates of courtyards of South Portugal (Davidová, 2019). Pigeons themselves have had an effect on the climate of cave dwellings in Cappadocia (Davidová, 2019; Davidová and Uygan, 2017). Various semi-interior spaces have offered habitats to a variety of species in Norway (Davidová and Raková, 2018). Many recent urban interventions are supporting urban biodiversity, offering specific habitats with specific climates (Davidová and Zímová, 2018; Joachim and Aiolova, 2019; McVicar, 2020; Moxon, 2019) Specific climates for plant species growth have been developed through a variety of agricultural interventions (Sunguroğlu Hensel, 2020). This Special Issue welcomes submissions that cover more than the human perspective on the topic of relation of micro- and macroclimate and habitats within the built environment. We welcome synthesizing articles and historical and current case studies, as well as theoretical papers.

References:

Davidová, M. (2019). Breathing Walls, Envelopes and Screens for Cross-Species Co-Living Adaptation of Built Environment: The Bio-Climatic Layers in Systemic Approach to Architectural Performance. In P. Jones (Ed.), Proceedings of Relating Systems Thinking and Design (RSD8) 2019 Symposium (pp. 1–24). Chicago: Systemic Design Association. Retrieved from https://systemic-design.net/rsd-symposia/rsd8-2019/flourishing-settlement-ecologies/

Davidová, M., & Raková, D. (2018). Biodiversity and Climate Change Adaptation through Non-Discrete Architectural Spaces and Architectures: Systemic Approach to Traditions for Sustainable Futures. FormAkademisk - Research Journal of Design and Design Education, 11(4), 1–31. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.7577/formakademisk.2287

Davidová, M., & Uygan, E. (2017). Living in Bio-Climatic Layers: An Investigation of Cappadocian Caves in Relation to Today’s Design and Its Futures. In F. Mahbub, S. Uddin, & A. M. Khan (Eds.), International Design Conference: DESIGN EVOLUTION [Education and Practice] (pp. 1–12). Karachi: Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313759290_Living_in_Bio-Climatic_Layers_An_Investigation_of_Cappadocian_Caves_in_Relation_to_Today%27s_Design_and_Its_Futures

Davidová, M., & Zímová, K. (2018). COLridor: Co-Design and Co-Living Urban Adaptation. FormAkademisk - Research Journal of Design and Design Education, 11(4), 1–30. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.7577/formakademisk.2647

Joachim, M., & Aiolova, M. (Eds.). (2019). Design with Life: Biotech Architecture and Resilient Cities. New York: Actar.

McVicar, M. (2020). Gathering-In-Action: The Activation of a Civic Space. Architecture and Culture, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2020.1798164

Moxon, S. (2019). Drawing on nature: a vision of an urban residential street adapted for biodiversity in architectural drawings. City, Territory and Architecture, 6(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40410-019-0105-0

Sunguroğlu Hensel, D. (2020). Ecological Prototypes: Initiating Design Innovation in Green Construction. Sustainability, 12(14), 5865. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145865

Dr. Marie Davidová
Guest Editor

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