Microalgae Building Enclosures - Design and Engineering Principles

List of contents

Part I. Microalgae Architecture Introduction 1. Sustainable Development 2. Why Microalgae? 3. Microalgae and the Built Environment Symbiosis Part II. Microalgae Architecture Case Studies 4. Infrastructure Intervention 5. Urban Intervention 6. Architecture Intervention 7. Product Intervention Part III. Microalgae Building Enclosure Design 8. Biotechnical Design Criteria 9. Bioclimatic Design Overview 10. Microalgae Facade Design Typologies Part IV. Microalgae Building Enclosure Applications 11. Microalgae Low-rise Buildings 12. Microalgae High-rise Buildings 13. Microalgae Retrofitting Buildings

About the author

Kyoung Hee Kim, PhD, AIA, NCARB, is a practicing architect, engineer, and entrepreneur. She is an Associate Professor of the School of Architecture and the Director of the Integrated Design Research Lab at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Kim, a registered architect in North Carolina, is the founder of Ecoclosure, a university spin-off, and a design principal at Hui Kim Design and Architecture (HK DnA) based in Charlotte, NC. She has developed sustainable, regenerative building technologies toward net zero energy architecture funded by NSF, American Institutes of Architects, and institutional grants. As a facade consultant at Front Inc (2007–2017), Professor Kim engaged in over 50 institutional, cultural, residential, commercial, and governmental projects around the world.

Summary

Microalgae Building Enclosures: Design and Engineering Principles aims to provide design, engineering, and biotechnical guidelines for microalgae building enclosures that need to be considered for symbiotic relations among the built environment, humans, and ecosystems.

Product details

• Authors: Kyoung Hee Kim, Kyoung Hee Kim, Kyoung-Hee Kim
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2022
• EAN: 9780367410469
• ISBN: 978-0-367-41046-9
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, Environmentally-friendly architecture & design, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Building construction & materials, Building construction and materials, Architecture: professional practice, Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design, Civil engineering, surveying and building