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Eduardo Sacriste (Buenos Aires, 1905 – Tucumán, 1999) exerceu durante toda sua vida profissional a dupla atividade de mestre e arquiteto. Sua obra é abrangente, incluindo diversos programas: projetos urbanísticos, universidades, hospitais, escolas, bancos, edifícios de habitação coletiva e casas unifamiliares, realizados em diversas províncias da Argentina. Mas foi na província de Tucumán, ao noroeste da Argentina, onde trabalhou a maior parte da sua vida. Foi também em Tucumán onde Eduardo Sacriste explorou em maior profundidade o tema que melhor representa sua arquitetura, sendo este o projeto da casa unifamiliar. O presente trabalho de pesquisa tem como objetivo principal o estudo sistemático de um grupo de sete projetos de casas unifamiliares construídas pelo arquiteto Sacriste entre os anos de 1940 e 1980, localizadas tanto na zona rural quanto na zona urbana da referida província argentina. Até o presente momento, o material publicado acerca destas construções, além de pouco difundido no exterior, é escasso e disperso mesmo no país de origem. Pretende-se com este trabalho organizar e ampliar os estudos preexistentes, com o redesenho dos planos de cada obra, na tentativa de contribuir com uma apresentação gráfica que permita um melhor estudo analítico e comparativo destas casas, divulgando, também em língua portuguesa, a obra de Eduardo Sacriste. / Eduardo Sacriste (Buenos Aires, 1905 - Tucumán, 1999) exercised throughout his professional life the dual activity of teacher and architect. His work is vast, including several programs: urban projects, universities, hospitals, schools, banks, collective housing buildings and single-family homes, constructed in several provinces of Argentina. But was in the Province of Tucumán, in northwestern Argentina, where he has worked in most part of his life. It was also in Tucumán where Eduardo Sacriste explored in greater depth the theme that best represents his architecture, which is the design of single-family homes. This research work aims to a systematic study of a group of seven projects of single-family homes built by Sacriste between the years 1940 and 1980, located both in rural and in urban areas of that Argentine province. Till now, the published material about these constructions, besides poorly widespread outside, is scarce and dispersed even in the country of origin. This work also aim to organize and expand the existing studies, with the redesign of the plans of each project, in an attempt to contribute with a graphical presentation that allows a better analytical and comparative study of these houses, spreading, also in Portuguese, the work of Eduardo Sacriste.

Eduardo Sacriste (Buenos Aires, 1905 – Tucumán, 1999) exerceu durante toda sua vida profissional a dupla atividade de mestre e arquiteto. Sua obra é abrangente, incluindo diversos programas: projetos urbanísticos, universidades, hospitais, escolas, bancos, edifícios de habitação coletiva e casas unifamiliares, realizados em diversas províncias da Argentina. Mas foi na província de Tucumán, ao noroeste da Argentina, onde trabalhou a maior parte da sua vida. Foi também em Tucumán onde Eduardo Sacriste explorou em maior profundidade o tema que melhor representa sua arquitetura, sendo este o projeto da casa unifamiliar. O presente trabalho de pesquisa tem como objetivo principal o estudo sistemático de um grupo de sete projetos de casas unifamiliares construídas pelo arquiteto Sacriste entre os anos de 1940 e 1980, localizadas tanto na zona rural quanto na zona urbana da referida província argentina. Até o presente momento, o material publicado acerca destas construções, além de pouco difundido no exterior, é escasso e disperso mesmo no país de origem. Pretende-se com este trabalho organizar e ampliar os estudos preexistentes, com o redesenho dos planos de cada obra, na tentativa de contribuir com uma apresentação gráfica que permita um melhor estudo analítico e comparativo destas casas, divulgando, também em língua portuguesa, a obra de Eduardo Sacriste. / Eduardo Sacriste (Buenos Aires, 1905 - Tucumán, 1999) exercised throughout his professional life the dual activity of teacher and architect. His work is vast, including several programs: urban projects, universities, hospitals, schools, banks, collective housing buildings and single-family homes, constructed in several provinces of Argentina. But was in the Province of Tucumán, in northwestern Argentina, where he has worked in most part of his life. It was also in Tucumán where Eduardo Sacriste explored in greater depth the theme that best represents his architecture, which is the design of single-family homes. This research work aims to a systematic study of a group of seven projects of single-family homes built by Sacriste between the years 1940 and 1980, located both in rural and in urban areas of that Argentine province. Till now, the published material about these constructions, besides poorly widespread outside, is scarce and dispersed even in the country of origin. This work also aim to organize and expand the existing studies, with the redesign of the plans of each project, in an attempt to contribute with a graphical presentation that allows a better analytical and comparative study of these houses, spreading, also in Portuguese, the work of Eduardo Sacriste.

Eduardo Sacriste (Buenos Aires, 1905 – Tucumán, 1999) exerceu durante toda sua vida profissional a dupla atividade de mestre e arquiteto. Sua obra é abrangente, incluindo diversos programas: projetos urbanísticos, universidades, hospitais, escolas, bancos, edifícios de habitação coletiva e casas unifamiliares, realizados em diversas províncias da Argentina. Mas foi na província de Tucumán, ao noroeste da Argentina, onde trabalhou a maior parte da sua vida. Foi também em Tucumán onde Eduardo Sacriste explorou em maior profundidade o tema que melhor representa sua arquitetura, sendo este o projeto da casa unifamiliar. O presente trabalho de pesquisa tem como objetivo principal o estudo sistemático de um grupo de sete projetos de casas unifamiliares construídas pelo arquiteto Sacriste entre os anos de 1940 e 1980, localizadas tanto na zona rural quanto na zona urbana da referida província argentina. Até o presente momento, o material publicado acerca destas construções, além de pouco difundido no exterior, é escasso e disperso mesmo no país de origem. Pretende-se com este trabalho organizar e ampliar os estudos preexistentes, com o redesenho dos planos de cada obra, na tentativa de contribuir com uma apresentação gráfica que permita um melhor estudo analítico e comparativo destas casas, divulgando, também em língua portuguesa, a obra de Eduardo Sacriste. / Eduardo Sacriste (Buenos Aires, 1905 - Tucumán, 1999) exercised throughout his professional life the dual activity of teacher and architect. His work is vast, including several programs: urban projects, universities, hospitals, schools, banks, collective housing buildings and single-family homes, constructed in several provinces of Argentina. But was in the Province of Tucumán, in northwestern Argentina, where he has worked in most part of his life. It was also in Tucumán where Eduardo Sacriste explored in greater depth the theme that best represents his architecture, which is the design of single-family homes. This research work aims to a systematic study of a group of seven projects of single-family homes built by Sacriste between the years 1940 and 1980, located both in rural and in urban areas of that Argentine province. Till now, the published material about these constructions, besides poorly widespread outside, is scarce and dispersed even in the country of origin. This work also aim to organize and expand the existing studies, with the redesign of the plans of each project, in an attempt to contribute with a graphical presentation that allows a better analytical and comparative study of these houses, spreading, also in Portuguese, the work of Eduardo Sacriste.

Buildings account for up to 40% of the total energy use in the world. Directives from the European Union have pointed out the significance of increasing the energy efficiency in buildings. New regulation in countries like Sweden has established that new buildings should fulfil regulations of Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB), providing the opportunity for renewable energy technologies to achieve these goals. In this paper, the retrofitting potential of renewable energy technologies for a single-family home in Sweden was investigated.The present work studied the characteristics of several renewable energy technologies and their applications for a single-family home in Sweden, including biomass, solar photovoltaics, solar thermal, heat pump, and small-scale wind turbine. Three renewable energy technologies (solar thermal, heat pump and small-scale wind turbine) and one renovation method (window) were selected to investigate. The analysis was made of the current energy use and the potential energy (and cost) savings from each retrofitting of these facilities by means of simulation models using IDA ICE software. The study results show that the proposed renewable energy technologies are technically feasible and economically viable as a source of alternative renewable energy in order to produce clean energy and reduce electricity bills for an electric-heated single-family home located in Sweden. Moreover, the combined retrofitting scheme consist of solar thermal system and window renovation was also proposed and explored. As a result the energy performance of the single-family home would satisfy the nearly-zero energy building requirements and thermal comfort could be maintained at an acceptable level.

One of the key determinants of the “quality” of a neighbourhood is the extent to which owners maintain their properties. Much has been written about the impact of neighbourhood blight or the physically rejuvenating impact of gentrification. To better understand why some neighbourhoods are thriving, and others not, a critical variable that has seen little exploration is the type of tenure. This thesis, focused mostly on data from the City of Rochester NY, comparing absentee landlords, resident landlords and owner-occupiers, looking for differences in the level of maintenance of residential properties. Using a procedure developed by the author, every house in Rochester, Buffalo, and Syracuse containing 1-6 units was assessed, creating a quantitative analysis that is both more current, and on a much larger scale than previous work. Findings mostly confirmed observations and theories in the literature, but there were a number of significant differences. The key observation within Rochester was that, regardless of geographic scale, absentee owners consistently took the worst care of their properties, followed by resident landlords and then owner-occupiers. Further, size and type of absentee landlord mattered. Tenure was found to be the driving force in predicting maintenance outcomes, compounded by variables such as property values and race. Evidence from Buffalo and Syracuse indicated that findings may be generalizable, at least for declining industrial cities. / Thesis / Master of Applied Science (MASc)

Introduction (and purpose) – Since the 1970s, digital development and modeling has improved from simple digital illustrations of a building to advanced software, such as Building Information Modelling (BIM), that allows contractors to easily collaborate on a shared model. These advanced modelling systems create the opportunity to optimize planning as well as produce a higher quality product by modelling how all the various parts of a build work together and decreasing the number of potential errors that occur on-site. To better understand how BIM can improve production, this study aims to investigate the current use of BIM and potential areas of opportunity within the prefabricated housing construction sector. Method – Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with five employees of five separate companies active in the Swedish production industry of single-family houses. Additional data was collected through a survey that was shared with a total of 17 companies, three of which partook in the survey and shared it with the companies’ employees. Results – The interviews and surveys revealed limited use of BIM technology in current developmental practice, although the company representatives still expressed interest in future technological advancement. The company representatives endorsed the ability to automate work processes in both the planning phase as well as the production phase as the greatest reason for expanding future usage. The survey revealed interest in using BIM technology to provide the opportunity to reduce the number of mistakes that occur between different contractors, where collisions may occur between unique models that have not been integrated by a single system. Analysis – According to the interview respondents, the use of BIM technology could create opportunities for businesses to remain relevant by more easily integrating future technological developments. In addition, the use of BIM technology can attract new, competent personnel. The possibility of using cloud-based BIM allows a greater degree of customer involvement in projects. However, the economic value of BIM implementation is not clear as changing established work processes may require new procedures in the company. Therefore, changing to a BIM-based work system may not be economically advantageous to companies that already have a working business model. Discussion – While indicating an interest in future development using BIM, this study revealed currently limited use of BIM technology in prefabricated housing companies, where companies currently dedicate various amounts of recourses for its technological development. A larger, randomized sample would allow for a more generalizable idea of BIM use, as this study’s results could be biased by including opinions only of those who chose to respond from a limited number of companies. The volunteer method of data collection may have skewed results, as people who choose to respond often have strong opinions about the topic. However, using a mixture of interviews and surveys did allow collection of both qualitative and quantitative data and provided an initial look into current opinions about BIM as well as areas where participants believed it could help in production, even if it is not currently in use. / Introduktion (och syfte) – Sedan 1970-talet har utvecklingen av digitala verktyg gått från enkla illustrationer, till Byggnadsinformationsmodellering (BIM), en avancerad samarbetsteknologi som tillåter olika yrkesgrupper att arbeta i en gemensam modell. Tekniken möjliggör både optimeringsmöjligheter vid planering och höjd produktionskvalitet där modelleringen av en byggnad kan minska andelen kollisioner som riskerar uppstå vid montage. För att bättre förstå hur BIM kan förbättra produktion fokuserade studien på att utvärdera nuvarande och framtida potentiella användningsområden inom den prefabricerade småhussektorn. Metod – Datainsamlingen bestod av fem semistrukturerade intervjuer från fem enskilda företag inom den svenska småhusbranschen. Intervjuerna kompletterades med en enkät som delades med totalt 17 företag, varav tre företags medarbetare delade enkäten internt inom företaget. Resultat – Både intervjuerna och enkäten visade ett begränsat användande av BIMteknik i företagens arbetsmetoder, trots det uppgav företagsrepresentanterna ett intresse i framtida teknikutveckling. Företagsrepresentanterna förespråkade möjligheterna att automatisera både projektering och produktion som drivande orsaker för fortsatt teknisk utveckling. Enkätundersökningen visade ett intresse att, i deras arbete använda BIMteknik för ökad kommunikation mellan yrkesgrupper, där potentiella kollisioner mellan modeller från olika system kan hanteras på ett effektivare sätt. Analys – Användandet av BIM-teknik kunde öka företagens möjlighet att lättare implementera framtida teknisk utveckling. Samtidigt som ett högt teknikanvändande kan attrahera ny kompetent personal. Möjligheten att förlägga BIM-tekniken till webbtjänster tillåter beställare att bli mer involverade i sitt husprojekt. Trots det är det inte klart vilket ekonomiskt värde BIM-användandet ger, där implementeringen av ett nytt system kan kräva att justering av flera redan befintliga system inom företaget. Implementeringen av ett BIM-baserat arbetssystem är därför inte en självklar investering för företag som redan i dag har en fungerande verksamhet. Diskussion – Trots ett, i dagsläget, begränsat användande av BIM-teknik visade företagen i den prefabricerande småhusindustrin ett intresse i teknikens framtida utveckling, där företag dedicerar varierande mängd resurser för teknikens utveckling. Fortsatta studier föreslås genomföra med mer omfattande, och slumpmässiga datainsamlingar eftersom undersökningen, som använt ett begränsat antal företag, har krävt att respondenten har velat delta i studien och kan med det tros kunnat gett en partisk bild om ämnet. Användandet av intervjuer för kvalitativa data och enkät för kvantitativa data tillät för en bredare spektrum av åsikter att bli hörda rörande det aktuella användandet av BIM-teknik, och inom