scholarly journals Impacts of traditional architecture on the use of wood as an element of facade covering in Serbian contemporary architecture

Spatium ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Jelena Ivanovic-Sekularac ◽  
Nenad Sekularac
Keyword(s):  
Wood Products ◽  
Connection To Nature ◽  
Traditional Architecture ◽  
Wood Processing ◽  
Aesthetic Sense ◽  
Architectural Structures ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Correct Application ◽  
Formal Requirements ◽  
Contemporary Architecture

The world trend of re-use of wood and wood products as materials for construction and covering of architectural structures is present not only because of the need to meet the aesthetic, artistic and formal requirements or to seek inspiration in the return to the tradition and nature, but also because of its ecological, economic and energetic feasibility. Furthermore, the use of wood fits into contemporary trends of sustainable development and application of modern technical and technological solutions in the production of materials, in order to maintain a connection to nature, environment and tradition. In this study the author focuses on wood and wood products as an element of facade covering on buildings in our country, in order to extend knowledge about possibilities and limitations of their use and create a base for their greater and correct application. The subject of this research is to examine the application of wood and wood products as an element covering the exterior in combination with other materials applied in our traditional and contemporary homes with the emphasis on functional, representational art and the various possibilities of wood. In this study all the factors that affect the application of wood and wood products have been analyzed and the conclusions have been drawn about the manner of their implementation and the types of wood and wood products protection. The development of modern technological solutions in wood processing led to the production of composite materials based on wood that are highly resistant, stable and much longer lasting than wood. Those materials have maintained in an aesthetic sense all the characteristics of wood that make it unique and inimitable. This is why modern facade coating based on wood should be applied as a facade covering in the exterior of modern architectural buildings in Serbia, and the use wood reduced to a minimum.

ETFE Plastic Application for Reconstruction and Preservation of Architectural Structures in Syunik Province, RA

2019 ◽  
Vol 828 ◽  
pp. 63-67
Author(s):  
Lilit S. Babayan
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Plastic Material ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
Polymer Materials ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
New Construction ◽  
Architectural Structures ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene ◽  
Contemporary Architecture

Nowdays, the creation of many new and modern architectural structures, modernization of historical and cultural monuments, and the acquisition of new architectural solutions have become possible thanks to the use of new technologies and new construction materials. The discovery of transparent polymer materials in the architectural and construction industry allowed not only to achieve significant lightweight of the buildings but also to create unique and innovative forms for structures and architectural environments. The use of ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) plastic material, which is already a widely used polymer material, is quite perspective in the global and Armenian construction fields. Based on the series of researches and a number of already constructed architectural solutions in international practice, it is clear that the studied material will solve a number of issues for the preservation of the environment and individual structures, that will enable to preserve the established Armenian architecture with contemporary approaches, with a significant contribution in the formulation process of contemporary architecture. In addition, the use of the above-mentioned material in the design process of the new architectural structures can create interesting combinations of traditional and modern forms, in the design of a individual structures, as well as in the formation of separate structures of the architectural complexes by applying the advantages and disadvantages associated with the aesthetic and functional properties of the materials.

scholarly journals Increasing the Strength of the Glue Line in the Production of Thermally Modified Wood Paneling

Coatings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Ruslan Rushanovich Safin ◽  
Aigul Ravilevna Shaikhutdinova ◽  
Ruslan Khasanshin ◽  
Shamil Mukhametzyanov ◽  
Albina Safina
Keyword(s):  
Wood Products ◽  
Ultraviolet Rays ◽  
Surface Activation ◽  
Wood Block ◽  
Two Stage ◽  
Adhesion Properties ◽  
Wood Processing ◽  
Ultraviolet Treatment ◽  
Thermally Modified Wood ◽  
Modified Wood

This work is devoted to the study of the effect of ultraviolet rays for the surface activation of pine wood thermally modified at temperatures of 180−240 °C in order to increase the surface roughness, enhance the wettability of thermal wood and the adhesive strength of the glue in the production of wood block furniture panels. Studies were carried out to measure the contact angle of wettability of thermally modified wood samples of pine, as a result of which it was determined that the ultraviolet treatment process contributes to an increase in the adhesion properties of the surface layer of thermally modified wood by more than 13% due to the reactivity of ultraviolet rays to oxidize and degrade ligno-containing wood products. At the same time, the most active process of surface activation takes place during 60 min of ultraviolet irradiation of wood with a total irradiation of at least 125 W/cm2. It was revealed that the combined effect of two-stage wood processing, including preliminary volumetric thermal modification followed by surface ultraviolet treatment, causes an increase in the moisture resistance of glued wood products by 24%. So, if the strength of the glue seam when gluing natural wood samples after boiling decreased by 46%, then the samples that underwent two-stage processing showed a decrease only by 22%. In connection with the results obtained, an improved technology for the production of furniture boards for the manufacture of moisture-resistant wood products is proposed.

Evolution of bowerbirds' bowers: animal origins of the aesthetic sense

Nature ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 297 (5862) ◽  
pp. 99-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jared M. Diamond
Keyword(s):  
Aesthetic Sense ◽  
The Aesthetic

scholarly journals Identifying the Perceptual Qualities of a Heritage Precinct - Entrance Gateway (Rajagopuram)

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 931-935
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Perceptual Quality ◽  
Thought Process ◽  
Rural Space ◽  
Aesthetic Sense ◽  
Basic Meaning ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The One

Existence of a heritage / historical structure is the one that adds meaning to urban or rural space. The perceptual quality of the structure enhances the aesthetic sense to the settings or place. The aesthetic sense makes the place, a visual appealing entity with augment of identity. It develops a sign and symbol to the place. Without that, the meaning is lost, identity is destroyed and placelessness is formed. Urbanization and globalization always concentrate more on development, without understanding the basic meaning and cultural heritage of any built environment with its tangible and intangible aspects. This paper explores the ideas and thought process of the architects, urban design theorists, and psychologist in considering perceptual qualities of a structure and it turns in relation with the feature of a Dravidian style Rajagopuram that acts as an entrance gate way to a heritage precinct .

Authentic Emergence of Flexibility in Contemporary Architecture

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 44-49
Author(s):  
Ghazal Farjami
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Configuration ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
Structural Systems ◽  
Traditional Architecture ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Contemporary Architecture ◽  
Modern Era ◽  
Residential Projects

Flexibility is known as an important term in the field of open buildings especially during modern era. Idea of flexibility has been one of the prominent implications in traditional Iranian architecture emerged in spatial organizations. Although, during modern period this quality of spaces has been mostly ignored some of the contemporary architects attempted to reconsider this characteristic in their projects. However, providing an interview with 7 pioneering contemporary Iranian architects and visiting their 25 residential projects it seems that flexibility has been reinterpreted in some of their projects. This research is an attempt for examining the idea of flexibility in 6 projects of 3 of these architects who were obsessed with this spatial term in their architectural works. Based on the architect’s words and analysis of their projects, and also looking for the roots of flexibility in traditional architecture, it can be asserted that there is an authentic emergence of flexibility in these projects. Examining these projects according to three main indicators of flexibility in modern architecture as structural systems, service organization and architectural layout, it is also tried to find their relation with traditional architecture. Being adapted with new lifestyles while ingrained in cultural and environmental issues of its context, idea of flexibility employed as an authentic characteristic of spatial configuration in some of the contemporary buildings in Iran.

Natural Histories of Form

2020 ◽  
Vol 151 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-73
Author(s):  
Ian Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Charles Darwin ◽  
Natural Basis ◽  
Alternative Account ◽  
Aesthetic Sense ◽  
Aesthetic Autonomy ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Natural Histories ◽  
Descent Of Man

Arguing that aesthetic preference generates the historical forms of human racial and gender difference in The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin offers an alternative account of aesthetic autonomy to the Kantian or idealist account. Darwin understands the aesthetic sense to be constitutive of scientific knowledge insofar as scientific knowledge entails the natural historian’s fine discrimination of formal differences and their dynamic interrelations within a unified system. Natural selection itself works this way, Darwin argues in The Origin of Species; in The Descent of Man he makes the case for the natural basis of the aesthetic while relativizing particular aesthetic judgments. Libidinally charged—in Kantian phrase, “interested”—the aesthetic sense nevertheless comes historically adrift from its functional origin in rites of courtship.

scholarly journals Policy on Timber Legality Verification System for Sustainable Public Procurement and Green Products

2019 ◽  
Vol 125 ◽  
pp. 10001
Author(s):  
Tuharno Tuharno ◽  
Hartuti Purnaweni ◽  
Fuad Muhammad
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Wood Products ◽  
Green Products ◽  
Wood Processing ◽  
Verification System ◽  
Forestry Sector ◽  
Timber Products ◽  
The Government ◽  
Environmental Interests

Forest natural resources in Indonesia are one of the contributors to the fulfilment of human life and development capital. However, the use of forest resources without regard to aspects of sustainability will cause damage and even extinction of the forest. Therefore, green products today have become stronger demands from various groups. The procurement of goods/services within the government has been implementing a Sustainable Public Procurement that fulfils 3 (three) aspects, namely, economic, social and environmental interests. This paper observes Timber Legality Verification System policies in supporting the provision of green products for the forestry sector and Sustainable Public Procurement that will support the achievement of sustainable development. Timber Legality Verification System policy guarantees the provision of wood products by wood processing industry that contributes to realizing good forest governance to combat illegal logging and illegal trade, as well as support improvement in environmental quality. One strategy in fulfilling green products and implementing a Sustainable Public Procurement is to use timber products that have been certified with timber legality. The policy for the use of certified wood products needs to be supported by the implementation rules and information on the list of green products and technical guidelines for the procurement.

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