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Contemporary Paradigms for a 'Sustainable' Construction:
Development of Design Strategies and Building Materials for
Restoration, Reuse and Civil Engineering
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Prof. Dr. Stefano Galassi Dear Colleagues,
Department of Architecture
(DiDA), University of Florence, We are pleased to invite you to submit articles to the
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upcoming Special Issue on the interdisciplinary topic of
Firenze, FI, Italy
sustainable construction. Newly designed buildings and
the safeguard of the existing ones occupy a significant
Dr. Riccardo Liberotti
Department of Civil and
place in the global economy as well as representing a
Environmental Engineering, massive consumer base of raw materials and natural
University of Perugia, 06125 resources, generating about 39% of the world’s carbon
Perugia, Italy emissions, according to the World Green Building Council.
Research topics may cover (but are not limited to) the
following subjects:
Deadline for manuscript
submissions: Interdisciplinary strategies for the effective sustainable
31 October 2024 design of new buildings or interventions;
The prototyping of innovative construction materials and
techniques;
Eco-friendly materials for the structural and energetic
retrofitting of heritage buildings;
Numerical strategies for ancient masonry buildings and
infrastructures;
BIM applied to the management of heritage;
A critical analysis of virtuous real case studies involving art
and architecture;
Interactions between reuse, restoration, and structural
engineering;
Architectural quality intertwined with social and
Special
environmental ethics.
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