The project analyses the innovative opportunities offered by the implementation of what is usually known as intelligent architecture, applied in areas characterized by extreme climatic conditions, following an environmental point of view.

The project focuses on the consequences of alterations caused by technology, economy and culture when dealing with the physical and spatial creation and transformation of receptive facilities. This topic offered the opportunity to investigate the conditions that influence the organization of hotel facilities in terms of variation of typological, morphological and functional planning conditions.

The first part of the work consisted in a thorough research concerning shading devices, their classification and their application in buildings; the outcomes of the research led to the analysis of innovative systems and materials used as shading devices and their application to the hotel complex.

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Year:  June 2005
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Course:  University of Rome “Sapienza”  School of Architecture -
Graduation Thesis – The Dynamic Dimension of Space:
Receptive Facilities in Extreme Climatic Conditions
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Location: Dubai (UAE)
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Description: 5 star hotel; shopping mall; fitness center;
conference center
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Instructor:  Prof. Salvatore Dierna, Prof. Alessandra Battisti
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Students:  Laura Pedata
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Activities:  design; drawings; 3d model+rendering; bioclimatic
investigations; site inspection; research on shading devices
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