Healthy Residential Solutions in the Workshop & Talks seminars on Tuesday, 11am, focus on ventilation, with a review of regulations, what is needed and how to comply. Other topics include demand controlled ventilation and why this is important moving forwards, as well as night time and intense natural ventilation.
Wednesday Sessions:
Innovations in Architecture & Design sessions on Wednesday include Future Housing at 1pm. The seminar looks at how architects and designers are developing practical and affordable solutions designed with community in mind in view of the UK currently facing pressing housing issues. Case studies highlight the UK’s first amphibious and flood resilient home, designed to tackle increasing flood risk. There will also be a close look at social housing in Rotterdam, built around its own community school and where the children’s playground is at its heart. With the increasing search for more responsive, dynamic adaptable buildings and structures that can change over time, disassemble and relocate, Adaptive Architecture at 2.15pm, puts the problem under the microscope. The session looks at passive, material, mechanical and
active approaches in adaptive architecture, as most architecture is to a degree adaptive with components that allow change. How buildings should adapt over time and whether we need more resilient and dynamic building technologies is also under discussion. Future Materials sessions on Wednesday include Innovating with Low Impact Materials at 11.15am. It discusses how low impact materials can encourage the construction of low carbon healthy buildings and share knowledge about how best to use low impact materials. At 1.30pm, The CLT Engineer & Architect Masterclass launches Store Enso’s free CLT Engineer design software for efficient structural analysis for CLT structures. The software is heralded as the most advanced CLT program, constructed according to latest design standards and governing regulations in a variety of European countries. Vision London’s Technology Talks include the 10.15am session on Healthy Buildings, Healthy People. With emphasis on energy efficiency, the performance gap and now the circular economy, health and wellbeing remain at the centre of the push for improved resource efficiency.
With so much time spent indoors, it is essential that the industry delivers healthy buildings. The seminar introduces the work of UKIEG and reports on the Active Buildings research project. Green Walls & Living Roofs is the 10.15am Wednesday Workshop & Talks topic, presents the benefits and design possibilities of green roof and wall technology. The session addresses key issues and development and is particularly relevant in the light of increased interest in green infrastructure to make our cities healthy and more resilient. The latest R&D bringing this industry into the mainstream is on the agenda, including thermal benefits of living walls and a growing frame technology that can be used across diverse applications. Register now for Vision London at www.visionlondon.com/ registration. You can also check out the full seminar programme on the Vision London website.