The indoor climate conditions of monumental buildings are very important for the conservation of these objects. Simplified models with physical meaning are desired that are capable of simulating temperature and relative humidity. In this paper we research state-space models as methodology for the inverse modeling of climate responses of unheated monumental buildings. It is concluded that this a...

Monumental buildings such as cathedrals or castles together with their often very old and large archives form an important part of our cultural memory and heritage. Unique documents like medieval manuscripts, precious incunables, and church registers as well as original building plans, construction reports, old chemical recipies used for repairing and various others can be found in these archiv...

Monumental tombs are among the most important monuments of contemporary Iran; they have become the symbol of different cities over time and attracted the attention of the audiences with various tastes. This study tries to explain the architectural components that affect the durability of these buildings and answers these questions: What are the architectural components of the emergence of form ...

In Eindhoven University of Technology, the Building Physics and Systems Unit is working on topics of building physics and HVAC systems. The group, which has a number of experimental facilities, has been working for over thirty-five years on the computer simulation of the indoor climate of buildings in general and on the thermal comfort of people in particular. The group has a lot of contacts wi...

Anıtsal yapılar, bir kentin yerleşme kimliğinin ana öğelerinden birini oluşturmaktadır. Çeşitli türdeki anıtsal bulunduğu bölgenin ekonomik, sosyolojik, politik vb. geçmişini gösterebilmekte, bu açıdan da korunmaları büyük önem arz etmektedir. Çevre koşullarının, özellikle bakımsız kalmış yapılarda, yıkıcı etkileri olmaktadır. Çalışma kapsamında, çevresel koşulların yapılara etki türleri iklims...

Abstract. Tie-rods are simple structural elements that have been commonly used throughout the centuries to improve stability of old masonry buildings. Measuring dynamic vibrations such can give important information on performance variation with time if proper system models be calibrated taking into account all relevant sources uncertainties. This paper poses and solves inverse problem quantify...

“Architectural quality” is a property of the built environment that, even though often quoted, is hard to define in rigorous terms. In our work, we take a step into that direction, based on recent results in cognitive sciences: We have conducted a survey in which our participants were asked to mark the occurrence of five qualities (monumental; progressive; structured; conservative; puristic) in...