Question Description
ECOLOGICALLY SOUND
BUILDING / CONTEMPORARY with HISTORIC LINEAGE
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DISCOURSE: |
Buildings, structures are what it is all about. There are
foreground buildings, and background buildings. Many “environmentally”
sensitive buildings go unnoticed due to their “low profile”; and yet deserve to
be recognized and set foreword as an example of good architecture. Your Mission
is to find such a building and bring it foreword. This will be in the form of a
Power Point Presentation. You are to select a building that has relied on
natural features, elements to achieve the “comfort” zone. You will reference a
minimum of three historic sources. Minimum is equal to a “C”.
For example, the entrance to an Eskimo’s igloo may be
considered as a forerunner of today’s vestibule entrance. Your report would illustrate just how the igloo entrance
functioned, and how it had been adapted to the particular building you chose to
present.
OBJECTIVE:
The objective is to understand those
structures, which incorporate “old” technology to achieve environmental sustainability.
Think about “natural systems.
FORMAT:
POWER POINT: 20 MB MAXIMUM SIZE!
APPROXIMATELY
5 – 10 MINUTES DURATION:
REQUIRED:
1.) Photo and or sketch of site and structure. (NORTH)
2.) Energy flow
(Light, heat & air circulation)
2.) Explanation of any conflicting issues the building
addresses without major compromise.
3.) Illustrate the impact on the environment on FORM.
4.) Graphics are important / consider presentation to
illustrate how things work.
5.) Credit your sources.
6.) This must be a structure you have experienced
first-hand. This may NOT be your ROAD TRIP subject.
7.) DEMONSTRATE
HOW IT COULD BE or COULD HAVE BEEN incorporated INTO YOUR THESIS or FINAL
PROJECT or PROFESSIONAL WORK.
NOTE:
I am not interested in a rehash of
a magazine article. I am not interested in looking at photographs from someone
other than you the author. I am not interested in viewing anything other than
your work, your photographs, your drawings / sketches and the like which
explain just how the building works.
