Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies

An Architecture Perspective
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-68552-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies: An Architecture Perspective explores heat mitigation strategies integrated into the urban architecture of global cities, aiming to enhance citizens' quality of life through thoughtful design decisions blending architecture, science and engineering. The projects examined exemplify top-tier approaches in architecture, urban planning, landscape design, and engineering across diverse city precincts worldwide. Inspired by architect and urban designer Lewis Mumford's 1970s call for urban spaces that support citizens, these initiatives focus not just on aesthetics but also on effective social and climate change mitigation strategies.

Featuring international urban projects recognized for both architectural significance and improved thermal comfort, this book examines the various heat mitigation strategies in major urban projects using architectural and engineering methodologies. Combining architectural formal/critical analysis with engineering performance modelling, the authors offer qualitative and quantitative assessments of each urban project. These projects showcase best practices utilizing elements such as water, materials, vegetation, and canopy to mitigate heat and promote civic life. Originally intended for aesthetics and social functionality, these strategies now serve as benchmarks for creating thermally comfortable public spaces globally.

Relevant to architects, city planners, landscape designers and engineers, Urban Heat Mitigation Strategies: An Architecture Perspective promotes successful collaboration among built environment professionals to address climate concerns and create liveable, comfortable urban spaces

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vasilakopoulou, Konstantina

Favaro, Paola

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Ökologische Aspekte in der Architektur
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen Öffentliche Gebäude, Gewerbliche Bauten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Chapter 1: Urban places: a theoretical approach

Chapter 2: Heat mitigation strategies in urban projects

Chapter 3:

Case studies

3.1. Water: Washington DC, City Center DC, Foster with Kathryn Gustafson and Arup (2006)

3.2. Water, Vegetation: Paris, Place de la République, TVK Architects with Martha Schwartz and Transsolar (2013)

3.3. Canopy, Material (Timber): Seville Spain, Metropol Parasol, J. Mayer Architects with Arup (2011)

3.4. Water, Vegetation, Canopy, Material (Steel+Plastic): Sydney, St. Margaret’s Hospital Redevelopment, Bourke Street Surry Hills SJB Architects with Vladimir Sitta (Terragram and Room 413) (2004)

3.5. Canopy, Material (Steel Mesh+Plastic): Merida Spain, Youth Factory, Jose Selgas Lucia Cano architects (2011)

3.6. Canopy, Water, Material (Steel), Pavilion: Queens New York, Hunter’s Point, Weiss Manfredi Architects with Arup (2013)

3.7. Canopy, Vegetation, Material (Concrete): Washington DC, HUD Plaza, Martha Schwartz (1996)

3.8. Canopy, Water, Vegetation, Material (Concrete): Abu Dhabi United Arabs Emirates, Al Fayah Park Thomas Heatherwick with Transsolar (2010)

3.9. Canopy, Water, Vegetation, Material (Steel): Singapore Marina One, Ingenhoven with Kathryn Gustafson and Arup (2018)

Chapter 4: Reflections Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Paola Favaro is an expert academic in the School of Architecture at the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, University of New South Wales, Sydney. With forty-years of professional background in architecture as a graduate of the IUAV University of Venice, Paola has a strong commitment in researching, writing, teaching and lecturing on architecture and urban design and history. She has an extensive and unique approach to researching the past to inform the future in solving current design problems related to the contemporary city. Her research has been published internationally and she has been invited as a keynote at international conferences and symposia. Her recent publications include co-authored Adaptive Urban Architecture and Design: Tzannes (T&H 2024); author of video (2022) and book (ListLab2023) Alec Tzannes and Doojin Hwang: History for Architecture in Sydney and Seoul funded by the Australian-Korea Foundation. She is also the author of The Contribution of Enrico Taglietti to Canberra’s Architecture (Royal Australian Institute of Architects Press).

Konstantina Vasilakopoulou is a lecturer in architecture at the Faculty of Art, Design, and Architecture, University of New South Wales, Sydney. She has a background in architecture, architectural lighting, and environmental engineering. Konstantina has 15 years of experience as a sustainability, energy, and lighting design academic and consultant. Currently, she is the researcher and acting director of the Home Modification Information Clearinghouse. Apart from her work for the Clearinghouse, Konstantina is an Associate Editor of the Board of e-Prime: Advances in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, and Energy journal (Elsevier) and a Section Board member of Buildings journal (MDPI). Matthaios Santamouris is Professor of High Performance Architecture at the University of New South Wales in Australia. He is also a professor at the University of Athens, Greece, and a visiting professor at the Cyprus Institute, Metropolitan University of London, Tokyo Polytechnic University, Bolzano University, Brunel University, and the National University of Singapore. He is Director of the Laboratory of Building Energy Research at the University of Athens and Past President of the National Center of Renewable and Energy Savings of Greece. Mat is the Editor in Chief of Energy and Buildings and the past Editor in Chief of the Journal of Advances in Building Energy Research. He is a (co-)editor and author of 14 international books on topics related to heat islands, solar energy, and energy conservation in buildings, including Environmental Design of Urban Buildings: An Integrated Approach; A Handbook of Sustainable Building Design and Engineering; and Energy and Climate in the Urban Built Environment (Routledge).