Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice: Buildings in Maritime Zones

244 Pages·2018·22.014 MB·English

by  Ali Sayigh (eds.)

Innovative Renewable Energy
Series Editor: Ali Sayigh
Ali Sayigh Editor
Seaside Building
Design: Principles
and Practice
Buildings in Maritime Zones
Innovative Renewable Energy
Series editor
Ali Sayigh
World Renewable Energy Congress, Brighton, UK
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Seaside Building Design:
Principles and Practice
Buildings in Maritime Zones
Editor
Ali Sayigh
World Renewable Energy Congress and Network
Brighton, UK
ISSN 2522-8927 ISSN 2522-8935 (electronic)
Innovative Renewable Energy
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Preface
This book, Seaside Building Design: Principles and Practice, examines the major
features of architecture and building design in various coastal zones, primarily in
moderate climates with high or average humidity. Demand for seaside living is
often at a premium. Luxury villas and resorts, expensive residential developments,
high-rise office buildings, and apartment blocks proliferate in harbors, seaports, and
coastal regions. Meeting this demand is challenging, particularly in terms of sus-
tainable development. This is a result of climate change, which has engendered
extreme weather patterns that result in high winds, heat waves, storms, floods, and
landslides. So far, this has not significantly deterred people from living by the sea.
It is essential that architects, developers, planners, and builders integrate these
new environmental problems into their designs and development plans, while con-
tinuing to capitalize on the many benefits of living in coastal zones. This will mean
greater care being taken regarding site location and building materials, use of natu-
ral ventilation, shading devices, and appropriate levels of maintenance.
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Contents
1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 1
Ali Sayigh
2 The Beach House at Bexhill, England, UK ............................................ 5
Nazar Sayigh
3 Natural Ventilation in Hot Seaside Urban Environments .................... 27
Khaled A. Al-Sallal and Amira R. AbouElhamd
4 Architecture and the Sea, the Situation in the Netherlands ................. 43
Wim Zeiler
5 Sustainability Measures of Public Buildings
in Seaside Cities: The New Library of Alexandria
(New Bibliotheca Alexandrina), Egypt ................................................... 65
Mohsen M. Aboulnaga
6 Seaside Buildings in Portugal ................................................................. 113
Manuel Correia Guedes, Bruno Marques, and Gustavo Cantuária
7 Climate Adaptive Design on the Norwegian Coast ............................... 149
Luca Finocchiaro
8 Green Design for a Smart Island: Green Infrastructure
and Architectural Solutions for Ecotourism
in Mediterranean Areas ........................................................................... 163
Antonella Trombadore
9 24 Bioclimatic Dwellings for the Island of Tenerife:
20 Years Later .......................................................................................... 195
Judit Lopez-Besora and Helena Coch Roura
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10 Design of Seaside Buildings in China ..................................................... 217
Marco Sala and Antonella Trombadore
11 Conclusion ................................................................................................ 231
Ali Sayigh
About the Editor .............................................................................................. 233
Index .................................................................................................................. 235
Chapter 1
Introduction
Ali Sayigh
Generally, it is found that the coastal climate is less severe than that of the inland
and is therefore considered preferable for living. Every meteorological zone is
unique which must be taken into consideration by architects.
“Living by the seaside boosts mental health, makes people happier and more
relaxed,” according to new research, by Sarah O’Grady, published in the Sunday
Express on 29 April 2016.” O’Grady points out that American analysis of New
Zealand data found residents whose properties had an ocean view were happier than
their landlocked neighbors and is the first report to find a link between health and
the visibility of water. The research showed how the sound of waves affected the
wave patterns in the brain lulling a person into a relaxed state which can help reju-
venate the mind and body. Professor Amber Pearson, of Michigan State University
in the USA, said: “Increased views of blue space is significantly associated with
lower levels of psychological distress. However, we did not find that with green
space.”
Bearing this in mind, nine top architects from various global locations were com-
missioned to write their design experience of seaside buildings. This is a novel
approach aimed at all architects and builders who are designing and working in
projects for the seaside environment.
Chapter 2: The Beach House at Bexhill, England, by Architect Nazar Sayigh
This is a unique house design incorporating the old existing dwelling within the
structure of the new design. Sayigh strived to devise a property that would fit its
environs, reflecting the cool colors of the sea and shingle coast line, while hinting
retrospectively, in exterior appearance, at its sustainable construction. It is an
attempt to blend modernist Californian beach design within the constraints required
by the local Sussex seaside environment to give a comfortable domestic space
reflecting the natural pebble beach coast in which it is situated.
A. Sayigh (*)
World Renewable Energy Congress and Network, Brighton, UK
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