Efficient thermal insulation has so far been aimed at improving building envelopes, understanding a building as a unique thermal space. Although it could be the case in some kinds of constructions because of the higher ...

La Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, a través del Departament de Tecnologia de l’Arquitectura , i de la seva secció a l’ETSAV, presta aquest servei de transferència del seu coneixement en virtut del que disposen la ...

Reproduced a restaurant at one of E.T.S.A.B’s classrooms, we raised to mature the previous experiences though the incorporation of sound absorbent material in the ceilling that allowed us to reduce Rt values to 0.5 s without ...

This work deals with daylighting for indoor quality atmospheres, considering building skins and side-views. We also tested the vision perception provided by highly glazed façades. Several Spanish restaurants were analyzed, ...

This contribution presents previous results of a study carried out with the aim of achieving better results in the restoration processes by replacing the tiles of an exterior mosaic tiling of the Trencadís type of Catalan ...

Cities the world over require more resilient architecture that satisfies stricter structural safety standards than in the past. However, there are too many urban building structures about to reach the end of their designed ...

The aim of this study is the evolution of the construction technology of the social hous-ing in Barcelona. The social housing in the conventional thinking about the history and evolution of building technology is one of ...