Detailed Design in Architecture 8 (DDiA8)

Translating Sustainable Design into Sustainable Construction Conference Theme

in association with

The Ecological Built Environment Research and Enterprise group, University of Wales Institute Cardiff, UK

Detail Design in Architecture was foundered by Professor Stephen Emmitt in the 1990s, who is now Chair of Architectural Technology at Loughborough University.
DDiA8 was organised by Professor Emmitt and Dr John Littlewood (UWIC) and was hosted by EBERE at UWIC on the 4th September 2009.

DDiA8 was the eighth conference of Detail Design in Architecture and the focus was the interface between design and construction from a sustainable perspective. DDiA8 provided a forum for debate and the exchange of knowledge in relation to the technology, design and science of architecture and the links between the design process and the construction process.

Papers were published in the conference proceedings (ISBN 978-1-905617-93-7) addressed the challenges of translating sustainable design ideals into sustainable buildings and artefacts, which includes both theoretical and practical contributions to this challenge. The topics discussed included:

• Case studies discussing lessons learnt from the design process, design techniques and translation from design to construction;

• Use of software applications to assist detailed design and the translation to construction detailing; 

• Design and manufacture of building components and the connectivity of joints; 

• Design for reuse; 

• Design for efficient and cost effective maintenance; 

• Design for increased thermal performance; 

• Materials; 

• Detailing the use of natural materials for building components and building systems, such as hemp, hempcrete, strawbale and rammed earth; 

• Design for increased moisture and sound performance; 

• Detailed design to consider air tightness.

Keynote speaker - Professor Tom Woolley

Tom Woolley B.Arch, PhD is an architect and environmental researcher living in County Down Northern Ireland. He was Professor of Architecture at Queens University Belfast from 1991 to 2007. He is an associate with Rachel Bevan Architects. He has previously taught at the Architectural Association, Strathclyde University and Hull School of Architecture. He is a visiting professor at UITM Malaysia and is now professor at the Graduate School of the Environment at the Centre for Alternative Technology. He was editor of the Green Building Handbook and author of Natural Building. The Green Building Handbook won the CIOB Gold Medal for publishing. He has written many articles contributed chapters to several other books and spoken at various international conferences. He is a regular speaker to voluntary and non-government organisations, self build and community groups. He is a member of the Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture (Northern Ireland) and an elected Board member of the UK Architects Registration Board. He has served as Chairman of the UK Hemp Lime Construction Products Association and published a book on hemp and lime construction in 2008. He undertakes research and consultancy work for Government bodies and for a number of trade bodies in the construction industry. He was shortlisted for the Building Magazine Sustainable Champion Award 2007.

Sponsorship

DDiA8 has been organised with the support and sponsorship from the Chartered Institutive of Architectural Technologists.

DDi8A Papers and Conference Proceedings

A full list of papers and abstracts from the DDiA8 Conference on the 4th September 2009 is available to download here (pdf 450kb). For information on how to purchase one or more of the papers in full, or the complete conference proceedings contact Dr John Littlewood.