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MICA (Monitoring Internal Comfort Application): A new BIM tool processing IEQ data input for building management and energetic optimizations

Coding | Paper | vetro

Façades are one of the main elements that affect indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in buildings and building performance. Given the increasing development of sensor technology, the collection of building monitoring data is useful to understand whether the building and in particular the façade system performs as designed.

A 6 metre long glass footbridge for the Ancient Public Slaughterhouse of Pisa

Esistente | Paper | vetro

This paper illustrates the design process and the load testing of a steel-reinforced laminated glass beam built for a 6 m span glass footbridge. This specific glass footbridge has been designed and tested to join two existing floors of the main room of a refurbished masonry building of the 19th century public slaughterhouse of Pisa. To meet the needs for transparency asked by the Municipality of Pisa the beams, the running surface and the balustrades, were made of laminated glass. The project started with a design of a 5790 mm length beam which has been designed and checked using analytical and numerical modelling. Previously a series of 4-point bending experimental tests had been performed on 6 specimens of 2000 mm steel-reinforced glass beams at the University of Pisa in order to validate the accuracy of both the numerical and the analytical modelling. A final load testing has been done on the footbridge and the results have been compared with the numerical findings.

Design of a Glass Walkway in the Historical City of Pisa using Jumbo Glass Slabs

Esistente | Paper | vetro

The project for a structural glass walkway originates from the plan of the Municipality of Pisa to connect two historical public buildings of the old town centre, respectively Palazzo Pretorio and Palazzo delle Logge di Banchi, see figures 1a) and b). The design, signed by arch. Roberto Pasqualetti, was developed by paying specific attention to the architectural and historical value of these two buildings. The basic idea is to build a footbridge that does not alter the Renaissance perspective of this area.