The information environment of the aesthetic creation of environment-friendly solutions and the application of alternative energy sources in suburban zones.

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/waterfront2019.61.6.5

Keywords:

information environment, renewable energy, suburbs, aesthetics of technology, landscape protection

Abstract

After a period of fascination with the very fact of generating cheap renewable energies we are entering a period of seeking solutions which would not only be useful but would also have an attractive form. The information society sets for the designers the task of ensuring that environment-friendly solutions become aesthetically an integral part of an architectural site or urban layout and do not have an adverse impact on the landscape. Technological progress in the application of digital techniques greatly enhances the architect’s tools in this matter as it enables not only the modelling of systems in the virtual space of the computer but also the simulation of processes in a search for optimum solutions, while keeping control of the form. This research have potential to be a tool conducive to the protection of the cultural and natural landscape. The aim of this paper is to analyze some of the recent achievements in using computer simulation, its usefulness in shaping and controlling the suburban landscape, and in particular solutions that draw energy from the sun.places. Apart from the role of identification, information and advertising, these signs have also aesthetic significance as well as they are spatial forms of territorial division.

Author Biography

Sławomir Kowal, "Warsaw University of Technology".

Senior lecturer at the Department of Architectural Design at WUT, specialty: Informative Architecture. Involved in Master of Science degree program taught in English: Architecture for Society of Knowledge.

A graduate from the WUT, Faculty of Architecture in 1988.

Scientific experience gained abroad:  Holland, Eindhoven, Technische Univeritet Eindhoven, fellowship with Ontwerp Group on Cosmos CAD System, 1992; US, Detroit, Universityof Detroit Mercy, visiting professor, 1995. Awards: Rector’s WUT award for scientific activity, 1991; Award of the Minister of Spatial Management and Construction for the development of a computer system for the architect's workshop, 1994;  Austria, Viena, eCAADe, Best presentation award: Parametric Methods in Reconstruction of the Medieval Proto-Town in Pultusk, Poland, 2015. Research projects (co-author): The concept
of knowledge base with direct access in the field of Architecture and Urban Planning, KBN 1350/T07/2003/24, 2006; 2011/40, 2011-2014.

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2019-06-12

How to Cite

Kowal, Sławomir, and Justyna Zdunek-Wielgołaska. 2019. “The Information Environment of the Aesthetic Creation of Environment-Friendly Solutions and the Application of Alternative Energy Sources in Suburban Zones”. on the w@terfront. Public Art.Urban Design.Civic Participation.Urban Regeneration 61 (4):17-33. https://doi.org/10.1344/waterfront2019.61.6.5.