Abstract
With the global population increase, satisfying the quality of living of urban citizens has become a major challenge in urban design and planning. In addition, the environmental damage intensifies rapidly, land sources have been limited, and species diversity is failing. On account of urbanisation expansion, construction is growing to higher levels and underground development, both intensifying density of the built environment. In both cases, we continuously face the reduction of space used for green and blue infrastructures. As a result of living stress, human beings’ physical and mental behaviour are increasingly affected by buildings. The idea of bio building combines ecology and architecture. Based on the local condition, architects/designers and planners can apply buildings with biological characteristics, such as living materials or vegetation and plants. This is one of the common ways close to nature-based solutions and can be utilised for various planning and design projects at multiple scales. China has been one of the fastest populations growing countries. Eco building design has been developed in China since the 1980s. As the increase of sustainable consciousness, experts have considered the relationship between architecture and ecology. Eco building design aims to connect nature with building design, reduce energy consumption and reuse the existing energy. This chapter will discuss the strategies of eco-building design and figure out a feasible ecological cycle in a rural area in China at the micro-level. The chapter focuses on applying multiple nature-based solutions (NBS) for bio building design in Southeast China. The feasibility study benefits from modelling and simulation, demonstrating the benefits of NBS integration at the micro-level, specifically for building energy performance, users’ satisfaction, and sustainable strategies for building refurbishment design. The findings will benefit future research that aims to include NBS as their strategies for refurbishment.
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Abbreviations
- Sv:
-
storage volume (ft3).
- SA:
-
the area of green roof (ft3)
- d:
-
depth of substrate (inch)
- \({\eta }_{1}\) :
-
maximum water retention of substate, taking 0.15
- DL:
-
depth of drainage layer (inch)
- \({\eta }_{2}\) :
-
maximum water retention of drainage layer, taking 0.15
- LAI:
-
leaf area index
- GWR:
-
greening to wall ratio
- WWR:
-
window to wall ratio
- k-value:
-
heat transfer coefficient
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We would also like express our sincere thanks to all residents from Renhe village for questionnaires, Ms. Yamei Fan, Mr. Chuan Wei, and Mr. Zhuiyun Dai as providers to afford basic information of Renhe Village. Finally, we pass our special thanks to Arc. Bo Pang and Arc. Qiwen Zheng, from Hualan Design & Consulting Group, for providing information about case study building ‘Ecological Science Education Center’.
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Fan, M., Cheshmehzangi, A. (2022). Applying Multiple Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) with Regional Flexibility in Bio Building Design in Southeast China. In: Cheshmehzangi, A. (eds) Green Infrastructure in Chinese Cities. Urban Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9174-4_16
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