it is absolutely not old fashioned. We are working on it at our department and published already a booklet about "building with climate envelopes". You can find it under my publications

That is good answer. My PhD thesis was about "Architectural equivalents of thermal passive solar systems for heating" that I defended in 2009 and published in 2013

In this book I propose new clasification of thermal passive solar systems for heating : direct, indirect and mixed, You can find this clasification in my conference paper from 2013 "Innovation and Architecture". Your booklet "Building with climate envelopes" completely confirm my thesis.

BPIE give us a advisable parameters to create our national definition for "Near zero energy building" . Now I take part in preparing of bulgarian definition.

If Fuller`s project "Dome Over Manhattan Island" is a good idea we maybe should prefer another path of development

Dear Concha,

Your answer is perfect. I think that Fuller`s idea is good in field of Energy efficiency is good in fild of Architectural Composition and Theory is good too but today architectural knowledge should go in another path of development

I recent years the architecture has had great development in application of smart materials for construction not only of building envelope but environmental space as a whole

My investigations show that the characteristics of the functional system “architectural object” overlap those of the “human organism”. Thus each architectural object could be considered to be biomimetics of the structure, organization and function of certain biological organisms and systems.

Abide by these contention the Building skin as biomimetics of the human skin must be designed as a “huge receptor field”, capable of indicating, controlling and reacting to the aggression of the surrounding space

I have yet published in this field the following conference papers “Architecture as biomimetics’, “Innovation and architecture” and ‘Biomimetic architectural system based on a neuro-fuzzy-network”.

You can find it under my publications

Do you think that one day we will use only smart materials for construction of building envelope?

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Hi Rossen,

I think we already have a perfect envolope wich is the atmosphere with its different protective layers. Also we have another protective envolope coming from the sun... So in my opinion, we are already in a "safe space".

The other envolopes we use are our buildings so I don't really like the idea of getting us all inside a giant dome... 

Instead we can and we must change and use these envolope buildings in order to get energy, air renovation, sound insulation and all we need to live the best way we can.

Best regards.

PS: By the way, an old teacher of mine (who receantly died) use to say that Mr. Fuller in fact copied or took the german patent for the dome after the war.

;)

Dear Miguel Ángel,

Dear Concha Diez-Pastor,

I think that we are on this planet because the living conditions are favorable for this

But conditions change and require us to change under the influence of the environment

Sedentary lifestyle has made us not customizable, so we're going to change the environment

First man was wearing animal skin on yourself and today he is dressed in clothes in order to build a "second protective skin" around us

But this is not enough

He began to build and the "third skin" – the building as

Passive house, Active house, near Zero energy building, Zero energy building, Green Building, Sustainable building and etc.Today this "third skin" is not enough

The question is whether there will be a "fourth skin"(like a "Dome Over Manhattan Island")

or have "second" and "third skins" to improve in the future, but why not and the human skin? (see my question –"Is it time to discuss the possibility of adding something in the human genome to increase the human skin quality to protect us from cold, heat, etc.? -

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Is_it_time_to_discuss_the_possibility_of_adding_something_in_the_human_genome_to_increase_the_human_skin_quality_to_protect_us_from_cold_heat_etc?_tpcectx=profile_questions )

Best regards

Dear   Concha

Dear Concha,

Thanks for the kind words !!

This incident shows how much we are connected with the technique.

regardless of its whims we are ready, of course as architects, to improvise and create in our minds a more beautiful environment conditions and stories

I will try to recover thoughts I'd been swept then with full understanding  that  emotion will be lost

Savov

Dear Concha,

We as architects should anticipate the possibilities for creating a romantic and beautiful environment in a world with rapid developments in technology

Can we generate a new sonority if not accept our entry into the world of new music instruments to affect us with a new timbre, sound registry and scope (My hobby is to sing I'm a tenor. As chorister I have many concerts in many countries in Europe)

So it is with the architecture. We need to know not only new construction materials but also new innovative technologies - whichever field they are.

You can always find their associative use in architecture

Therefore, with such passion I'm interested in biotechnology from the similarity of the architectural object and the human body

I try to analyze them as systems to find their common laws perceived to make a solution of nature and to use it in an environment similar to human needs

With respect

Rossen Savov

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Dear Concha, Miguel,

You are a dreamer,

and you are an achiever.

May you dream and achieve bigger feats,

with every passing year.

All the best for the new year 2015.

Savov

Hi guys!

I'm sorry to be so late! Reading Rossen's words about changing human genoma to improve our bodies etc, it reminded me a Ted Talk from Sir Martin Rees, which is a cosmologist that I really like.

I just wanted to share it with you and wish you all the best for the new year!!!

PS: Maybe I should have posted in the other Rossen's post, I'm sorry.

PS2: There is another Ted Talk after that one, which is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMSU6k5-WXg

https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_rees_asks_is_this_our_final_century?language=es