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Torsional design criteria in building codes and comparison with more accurate modeling using structural optimization tools
(4th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2013)
It is widely accepted that seismic design philosophies do not follow the efficiency of seismic analysis methods is quite remarkable. Torsionally unbalanced structures, is a common field where any of the proposed design ...
The Analysis of the Response of RC Buildings through Virtual Reality Techniques
(2010)
Στο άρθρο παρουσιάζεται το σύγχρονο λογισμικό της εικονικής πραγματικότητας που έχουμε αναπτύξει, σαν εργαλείο αντισεισμικού σχεδιασμού κτηρίων από οπλισμένο σκυρόδεμα. Θα θέλαμε να επισημάνουμε ότι οποιαδήποτε λεκτική ...
Simplified Numerical Modeling of Elevated Silos for Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis
(2015)
Silos are industrial facilities used for storing a huge range of different materials. They should be designed to resist several loading conditions, and their seismic behaviour, which strongly depends on the geometrical and ...
Overview of property taxation systems
(2015-10)
Property taxes are one of the traditional revenue sources for most governments of the world, and have existed for a very long time. The tax is collected at different administration levels, ranging from the national to the ...
GAD: The fortune of Garden Art Design/ Avant – garde
(Zografou Municipal Enterprise of Development (DEADIZ), 2011)
People have always admired a sculpture whether it was in a prominent place or simply appear in a corner somewhere.
The GAD project tackled an emerging cultural challenge defined by contemporary trends for integrated ...
Edible landscaping as an environmental policy tool for urban cities under crisis: Cases studies from Greece
(INU Editioni, 2014)
Agriculture in cities has always existed although it is typically considered a rural activity. In fact, many cities
have evolved from agrarian roots, settling on the agricultural lands that are most productive. However,
urban ...
The Vertical Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx: an Artistic Expression
(EDIFIR - EDIZIONI FIRENZE, 2016)
This paper aims to explore the vertical gardens designed by Roberto Burle Marx as an artistic expression of a common design feature, prevalent in landscape architectural discourse and practice since the 1930s. The contribution ...
Landscape Preference Evaluation for Hospital Environmental Design
(SciRes, 2011)
This paper examined users’ preferences for landscape design of grounds and spaces surrounding hospitals, in order to assess how they perceived the landscape facilities so as to make future open spaces of hospitals suitable ...
Public Space as Landscape Experience of Happiness: A Surprise Public Garden amidst Water and Large Blocks of WoodlandSpecial Issue UI 261 “Happiness and public space” Materiali Call internazionale - 3° Biennale dello Spazio Pubblico
(INU Editioni, 2015)
Urban public space is not a phenomenon of the twenty first century. It originated with
the public parks of the mid-nineteenth century which were a considerable part of
the urban fabric (Chadwick, 1966). Urban parks and ...
The contribution of urban green spaces to the improvement of environment in cities: Case study of Chania, Greece
(Elsevier, 2010)
This paper investigates how vegetation, mainly through evapotranspiration, affects the improvement of
microclimatic conditions in urban areas and, more specifically, it examines the case for the city of Chania
in Crete. ...