This diploma thesis aims to outline the possibilities of refurbishment of former brewery in Prostejov from 1897. The thesis includes stages of realisation. It describes demolitions of objects unsuitable for conversion, new access to the area with pedestrian bridge over Hloucela river and gradual integration of the area into the city life to the rest of the city. In the area of the former brewery there are 4 buildings left from the former ones – main building of the brewery, stables, bottling plant and the former owner’s villa. The thesis includes the refurbishment of three of them. The villa remains unchanged and is used as an apartment house as today. The coworking center, multifunctional hall, bistro, shopping arcade, office spaces, six housing units, sports hall and kindergarten are gradually newly implemented to the area. The project aims to create place for living, working and leisure activities at the same time which would be suitable for wide range of people.

The project is to design the reconstruction Koprivnica's center building cultural center and museum of Tatra, which was built in 1991. Of the building is located between the street and Záhumenní Koprivnická flow of the river, which at this point is hidden in the length of 150 meters and produces along with height dominates the Hotel Tatra quite complicated urban situation. Proposed reconstruction allows for the transfer of the Tatra Museum in its factory premises and complete cleaning KDK building to its original mass. The resulting space is designed single-storey building with commercial use of the space in creating a semi-enclosed rekonstruavanému cultural house.

The UK government, under the Primary Capital Programme, is planning to rebuild or refurbish approximately half of all primary schools by 2022/23. The aim is to create primary schools that are equipped for 21st century teaching and learning. Around £7 billion will be invested in the scheme with £1.9 billion of the budget being spent 2008-11, £650 million for all local authorities in 2009-10 and £1.1 billion in 2010-11. However, this substantial investment will only meet the target of providing a 21st century educational environment, with opportunities for exemplary teaching and learning, if the design of new and refurbished schools is fit for this purpose. The research set out to answer the question ‘How can all user groups be involved in the evaluation of newly built primary schools?’ This question was addressed by achieving the aim of developing a post-occupancy evaluation toolkit specifically for primary schools which accounted for the views of all stakeholders. The research focussed on primary schools in the city of Coventry in the UK West Midlands and was conducted in two phases: an examination of schools built before the introduction of a model brief in 1996 and an evaluation of schools that were built using its guidance. The findings from the initial case studies indicated issues to be addressed in the design of the toolkit. Following the initial case studies in pre-1996 schools, the research focussed on five recently built primary schools that were constructed according to the guidelines contained in Coventry’s model brief. At the time of commencing the research, six primary schools had been built using this framework. However, there had been no attempt to evaluate the schools to establish whether they met the needs of all stakeholders. The post-occupancy evaluation toolkit that was developed took a multi-stakeholder perspective on primary school builds and resulted in findings which indicate the variability in responses between different stakeholder groups and schools. The research concluded that the post-occupancy toolkit can provide information on school buildings, from a multi-stakeholder perspective, which may be useful architects and designers. It also proposes an approach to primary school design which accounts for the variability in the needs of diverse stakeholder groups and the individuality of each school, including their geographical location.

The UK’s policy commitment to an 80% reduction in CO₂ levels over 1990 levels by 2050 has framed much recent research and debates between policy-makers and industry about whether and how a transition to a low-carbon future can be achieved. The technical potential for improved energy efficiency and installation of low- and zero-carbon generation technologies in the built environment is, in theory, large enough to achieve the emissions reduction targets in this economic sector but it requires a step-change in technology deployment, with less well studied implications for the industry actors who predominate in the existing markets for housing refurbishment. A socio-technical approach is taken to investigating this problem, drawing on the academic traditions of Actor-Network Theory and Transitions to frame the problem: how can a policy-driven change be brought about in a highly diffuse system of actors, where large outcomes emerge as the result of millions of small-scale decisions? Parallels are drawn with the history of Market Transformation policies that have achieved improved energy efficiency of stocks of electrical appliances over time. In order to explore how a Market Transformation approach might work in the rather different context of housing refurbishment, three key aspects of this particular socio-technical system need to be explored: the technical potential and workings of technology deployment; the operation of several implicated markets; the nature of innovation in the relevant industry sectors. A review of the practical, technical issues encountered in pioneering low-carbon refurbishment projects reveals certain risks of under-performance and unintended consequences of poor implementation. Managing these risks requires a level of underpinning knowledge as well as good-quality workmanship, raising the question of how such knowledge can best be introduced into the fragmented roles and contractual relationships that characterise the industry. The market opportunities for the work are complicated by the number and interdependence of the markets involved, including markets for property transactions and markets for refurbishment work and technology installation. Information systems already exist at the point of property transactions in the form of the Energy Performance Certificate, but the greatest potential for change exists in the mainstream repair, maintenance and improvement market. Interviews with mainstream SME construction managers explain the reasons why the industry’s custom and practice is essentially conservative, but also provide insights into the situations in which innovation can thrive, rather than being resisted or subverted. A proposal for systemic change has at its core the coordination of monitoring information and learning experiences from a range of innovative demonstration projects, with implications for change at an institutional level as well as within the practices of the industry itself. The findings of the research are discussed in terms of the strategic implications they hold for industry and policy-making.

Percorrendo a área central da cidade de São Paulo surpreende a existência de numerosos edifícios verticais totalmente vazios. São construções com mais de cinco pavimentos, geralmente empreendidos na primeira metade do século vinte com a vanguarda tecnológica da época, que por diversas razões seus proprietários preferiram fechar. Também, surpreende que a forma urbana vertical tão disseminada na cidade não esteja associada ao aumento de densidades demográficas. Neste contexto, a formulação de uma política urbana embasada na compactação da cidade e na utilização do patrimônio construído subutilizado parece uma idéia sensata. O presente trabalho, através do inventário das edificações construídas até 1945 nos distritos da Sé e República e da pesquisa sobre intervenções de reforma no mundo, tem como objetivo central a indicação de tecnologias de reforma para a reabilitação de edifícios verticais. Desmistificando a idéia corrente no meio empresarial brasileiro de que a produção habitacional através da reforma de edifícios verticais obsoletos é um processo economicamente inviável, sem mercado e com barreiras legais intransponíveis, este trabalho demonstra que a formulação de uma política de reforma de edifícios altos constitui uma oportunidade única de mobilização de recursos materiais subutilizados, de reestruturação produtiva da indústria da construção civil assim como de compactação da cidade através da intensificação do uso do solo em áreas centrais. / Going through the downtown area of Sao Paulo, It astonishes the quantity of high-rise buildings completely empty. With over five floors, they are the beginning twentieth century cutting edge technology. It is also surprising, that the urban vertical form so widespread throughout the city is not associated with increasing population densities; on the contrary the districts with concentration of high-rise buildings have lost population. The formulation of an urban policy grounded in the compaction of the city and the use of the underused built heritage seems to be an adequate idea. The main purpose of this research, by the inventory of buildings constructed before 1945 in the districts of Sé and República and the research on refurbishment technologies in the world is the appointment of technology appropriate for the rehabilitation and conversions of high-rise buildings. Debunking the idea prevalent in the Brazilian housing industry that the reform of outdated buildings is a process economically unviable without market and insurmountable legal barriers, this work demonstrates that the formulation of a high-rise buildings refurbishment policy is an unique opportunity to mobilize underused resources, re-structuring the production building industry as well as compacting the city through intensification of land use in central areas.

A importância deste tema pode ser ilustrada no fato de que a autogestão é a principal forma de gestão da construção residencial, pois representa aproximadamente 70% das novas habitações e 87% das obras de reforma e expansão no país. Apesar da importância deste tema há pouca bibliografia na literatura especializada nacional, indicando a necessidade da realização de pesquisa nesta área. Neste sentido esta pesquisa objetivou investigar o atual modelo vigente de gestão, a autogestão, nas obras de reforma em edificações unifamiliares, levantando indicadores de produtividade para se obter um diagnóstico sobre o estágio da eficiência neste tipo de obra. A metodologia utilizada baseou-se em etapas de revisão bibliográfica e na realização de um estudo de campo envolvendo 20 entrevistas. Destas entrevistas, 10 foram realizadas com os gestores de 10 obras de reforma e as outras 10 entrevistas foram realizadas com profissionais de diferentes agentes atuantes no setor da construção civil. A diversidade dos entrevistados foi produto da busca por descrever um panorama geral da autogestão conforme as diferentes perspectivas. No estudo de campo concluiu-se que a informalidade neste setor é um resultado da busca do menor preço pelo autogestor, e do cliente pela mão-de-obra. Apesar de ser denominado como autogestor da obra, nos casos analisados, a gestão da obra é realizada com grande tendência ao insucesso, pois os autogestores não possuem conhecimento suficiente para tomar as decisões de uma obra e, não contratam profissionais habilitados para tal. Estas características podem ser resumidas na opinião generalizada dos empreendedores obra é sinônimo de problema. Desta forma espera-se, como resultado desta pesquisa, contribuir com uma melhoria na gestão desta tipologia de obra e, indiretamente, aumentar a eficiência no uso de recursos utilizados nas suas atividades. / The importance of this theme can be illustrated by the fact that self-management is the main form of management of residential construction, as it represents approximately 70% of new dwellings and 87% of planned remodeling and refurbishment in the country. Despite the importance of this issue there is little information in the national literature, indicating the necessity of conducting research in this area. In this sense, this research aimed to investigate the current prevailing model of management, the self management, in reform and refurbishment works in single-family buildings, surveying productivity indicators to get a diagnosis on the stage of efficiency in this type of work. The methodology was based on stages of literature review and in conducting a field study involving 20 interviews. Within these interviews, 10 were conducted with managers of 10 works of reform and the other 10 interviews were conducted with professionals from different agents in the construction industry. The diversity of respondents was the result of search by describing an overview of self-management according to different perspectives. In the field study it was concluded that this informal sector is a result of the search for the lowest price by the self-managers, and lowest cost labor. Despite being termed as self-manager the refurbishment, in the cases analyzed, the management of the refurbishment is performed with great tendency to fail, because they have not enough knowledge to make good decisions and did not hire qualified professionals to do so. These characteristics can be summarized in the general opinion of the entrepreneurs that refurbishment is synonymous with trouble. Thus, it is expected as a result of this research, to contribute to an improvement in the management of this type of work and, indirectly, increase the efficient use of resources used in their activities.

O objeto da pesquisa é a requalificação de edifícios altos residenciais acima de 15 pavimentos, situados no centro da cidade de São Paulo e construídos entre 1930 e 1964, sendo a maioria de um cômodo, conhecidos como kitchenettes, com ênfase nas possibilidades de renovação arquitetônica e requalificação tecnológica para sua reocupação, visando as questões de desempenho ambiental. No momento atual das cidades modernas, um número significativo de edifícios de médio e grande porte, encontrados em diferentes partes do mundo, inevitavelmente necessitam e recorrem a projetos de requalificação arquitetônica e tecnológica. É verificado que o centro da cidade de São Paulo possui um estoque edificado obsoleto e uma grande potencialidade para receber novas edificações, além de requalificar as existentes. Com isso, o objetivo principal desta pesquisa é qualificar o edifício existente provendo conforto ergonômico, térmico, luminoso e acústico, mediante padrões e critérios pré-estabelecidos de desempenho ambiental. Como resultado é verificado que existem possibilidades de intervenção que permite ao edifício alcançar melhor desempenho ambiental, com um redesenho das unidades a fim de criar apartamentos de um e dois dormitórios, melhorando o aproveitamento da ventilação e iluminação natural e inserindo barreiras contra o ruído urbano nas fachadas. / The object of this research is the refurbishment of tall buildings over 15 floors, situated in the center of city of São Paulo and built between 1930 and 1964, most of them with just one bedroom, known as kitchenetts, with emphasis on opportunities of architectural upgraded and technological refurbishment for them reoccupation, targeting the issues of environmental performance. In the actual moment of modern cities, a significant number of medium and big buildings, found in different parts of the world, inevitably need and require projects of architectural and technological refurbishment. It is verified that São Paulo downtown has a built obsolete inventory and it is prone to receive new buildings, besides the refurbishment of existing ones. Thus, the main aim of this research is to refurbish the actual building, providing it with ergonomic, thermal, light and sound comfort through standards and pre-determined criteria of environmental performance. As a result it is found that there are intervention possibilities that allows the building reach a better environmental performance, with a new units drawing with the aim of create apartments of one or two bedrooms, improving the use of natural ventilation and lighting and putting barriers against urban noises in the buildings front.

O objeto da pesquisa é a requalificação de edifícios altos residenciais acima de 15 pavimentos, situados no centro da cidade de São Paulo e construídos entre 1930 e 1964, sendo a maioria de um cômodo, conhecidos como kitchenettes, com ênfase nas possibilidades de renovação arquitetônica e requalificação tecnológica para sua reocupação, visando as questões de desempenho ambiental. No momento atual das cidades modernas, um número significativo de edifícios de médio e grande porte, encontrados em diferentes partes do mundo, inevitavelmente necessitam e recorrem a projetos de requalificação arquitetônica e tecnológica. É verificado que o centro da cidade de São Paulo possui um estoque edificado obsoleto e uma grande potencialidade para receber novas edificações, além de requalificar as existentes. Com isso, o objetivo principal desta pesquisa é qualificar o edifício existente provendo conforto ergonômico, térmico, luminoso e acústico, mediante padrões e critérios pré-estabelecidos de desempenho ambiental. Como resultado é verificado que existem possibilidades de intervenção que permite ao edifício alcançar melhor desempenho ambiental, com um redesenho das unidades a fim de criar apartamentos de um e dois dormitórios, melhorando o aproveitamento da ventilação e iluminação natural e inserindo barreiras contra o ruído urbano nas fachadas. / The object of this research is the refurbishment of tall buildings over 15 floors, situated in the center of city of São Paulo and built between 1930 and 1964, most of them with just one bedroom, known as kitchenetts, with emphasis on opportunities of architectural upgraded and technological refurbishment for them reoccupation, targeting the issues of environmental performance. In the actual moment of modern cities, a significant number of medium and big buildings, found in different parts of the world, inevitably need and require projects of architectural and technological refurbishment. It is verified that São Paulo downtown has a built obsolete inventory and it is prone to receive new buildings, besides the refurbishment of existing ones. Thus, the main aim of this research is to refurbish the actual building, providing it with ergonomic, thermal, light and sound comfort through standards and pre-determined criteria of environmental performance. As a result it is found that there are intervention possibilities that allows the building reach a better environmental performance, with a new units drawing with the aim of create apartments of one or two bedrooms, improving the use of natural ventilation and lighting and putting barriers against urban noises in the buildings front.

The focus of this dissertation is on existing housing areas: in industrialised western countries, in 2005, the number of existing buildings that are taken care of, maintained, repaired, renovated or restructured for other functions is higher than the number of buildings that are (new) built. This is a review dissertation, based on empirical material and further reflections from previous research projects dealing with Swedish housing renovation: private-owned old single-family housing areas and large housing areas from the 1950s, 60s and 70s, mainly owned by housing companies. The concepts of careful renovation, environmentally-friendly renovation and sustainable renovation are analysed as different approaches to housing renovation. The aim is to present an interpretation of sustainable renovation that includes the goals both of careful renovation and of environmentally-friendly renovation as necessary components of sustainable development. This dissertation identifies and analyses the main issues that may be faced during renovation and that have a relevant impact on the environment, the architecture or the inhabitants, and describes the renovation actions that have been used in the studied projects. It concludes with reflections about positive results, incongruities and challenges that may be found in projects of sustainable renovation. / QC 20100928

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