These posting give some structure to the remainder of the intensive. The Global Climates is just a list of the four typical climates of the habitable world - these are very useful - you will understand that world architecture is often an appropriate response to one of these four climates (except of course most industrialized architecture). This insight was developed in Design with Climate by Olgyay & Olgyay. Which climate is yours?
The other "assignments" are just a guide to our ongoing discussion of sustainable design and how you transform your own design into something that works with the environment, the community, the economy.
If you have trouble opening anything please let me know.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE ASSIGNMENTS
CLIMATE CONSULTANT
The Climate Consultant software seems to have inspired many of you – that’s great. Most of you, however, could go further and interpret the diagrams for your specific climate and stressful seasons (winter and summer). Try the psychometric and the wind rose diagrams for one month, or winter or summer months separately. They will immediately give you better insights into your climate during the periods of highest stress. Also, click on the (lower left) radio button for monthly display instead of daily display for say the time plot diagram – it will be easier to interpret. Don’t just dump the year’s summary – it will not tell you as much.
STRATEGIES
Your also have some good strategies for climate adaptations for your spaces. Most of you, however, followed your intuition and did not relate the software diagrams to your strategies. The point is to read a diagram and then use it to refine your specific design and strategy. What does the summer wind rose tell you for example; where are those cooling breezes between 1 PM and 5 PM when it’s hottest? And so on.
I think Jaclyn Tyler took it to the next stage – check out her BLOG. Also Scott Pfeifer’s. And Annie Kemp’s use of the psychometric chart for just the winter months – ditto wind rose.
SPELLING
Climate Consultant misspells psychometric! And so did I.
The Climate Consultant software seems to have inspired many of you – that’s great. Most of you, however, could go further and interpret the diagrams for your specific climate and stressful seasons (winter and summer). Try the psychometric and the wind rose diagrams for one month, or winter or summer months separately. They will immediately give you better insights into your climate during the periods of highest stress. Also, click on the (lower left) radio button for monthly display instead of daily display for say the time plot diagram – it will be easier to interpret. Don’t just dump the year’s summary – it will not tell you as much.
STRATEGIES
Your also have some good strategies for climate adaptations for your spaces. Most of you, however, followed your intuition and did not relate the software diagrams to your strategies. The point is to read a diagram and then use it to refine your specific design and strategy. What does the summer wind rose tell you for example; where are those cooling breezes between 1 PM and 5 PM when it’s hottest? And so on.
I think Jaclyn Tyler took it to the next stage – check out her BLOG. Also Scott Pfeifer’s. And Annie Kemp’s use of the psychometric chart for just the winter months – ditto wind rose.
SPELLING
Climate Consultant misspells psychometric! And so did I.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
WELCOME ALL - BEST WISHES FOR 2008
I shall be the Architectural Technology instructor for the spring 2008 semester of Distance M. Arch. for the BAC. As such I shall support both Werner Hoffman’s and Eric Nelson’s Distance M. Arch. Studios.
I have a related BLOG with the following address:
http://distancemarchtechivessp08.blogspot.com/
Please bookmark this site and go there to see assignments, postings, etc.
There will be one assignment due for posting on your BLOG Monday, Jan. 7th, and one due at the start of the intensive, Jan. 12, 2008. At that time, be prepared to make a presentation as a part of a small “affinity” group (see the assignment).
Please also create your own BLOG if you have not done so already. And segregate Arch. Tech. postings to make review easier. Create pdf’s for universality of display. (I can also read Microsoft Office and other formats.)
GERRY IVES BACKGROUND
I am an architect with a small office that has been practicing Sustainable Design for many years. Green technologies are promising in themselves; but as a designer, I am more interested in their seamless integration with architectural projects, and with architectural design that is inherently “green” (using natural daylighting for instance – or “passive” strategies). If appropriate, the architectural design can manifest a green “message” to users and the public.
I have a related BLOG with the following address:
http://distancemarchtechivessp08.blogspot.com/
Please bookmark this site and go there to see assignments, postings, etc.
There will be one assignment due for posting on your BLOG Monday, Jan. 7th, and one due at the start of the intensive, Jan. 12, 2008. At that time, be prepared to make a presentation as a part of a small “affinity” group (see the assignment).
Please also create your own BLOG if you have not done so already. And segregate Arch. Tech. postings to make review easier. Create pdf’s for universality of display. (I can also read Microsoft Office and other formats.)
GERRY IVES BACKGROUND
I am an architect with a small office that has been practicing Sustainable Design for many years. Green technologies are promising in themselves; but as a designer, I am more interested in their seamless integration with architectural projects, and with architectural design that is inherently “green” (using natural daylighting for instance – or “passive” strategies). If appropriate, the architectural design can manifest a green “message” to users and the public.
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