Design Performance Objective |
Passive Systems
Final design solution, awarded a second prize at the 2007 ACSA design competition: Concrete design for a sustainable world
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Students: Francois Riverin, Sylain Lagacé, & Philippe Lafranc Bouche.
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Winter 2007 Graduate Level ‘Ambiances physiques’ (environmental controls in architecture) Studio/ Seminar
Physical Ambiances
The importance of representation of a physical ambience: it should reflect the nature of the site and climate at a given time. Relation between building systems and context has to be poetic as well as feasible. |
Investigative Strategy |
From the earliest design stages: Rules of the Thumb (Seminar on the control of physical ambiences, a compulsory course providing a wide array of theoretical resources); Sun, Wind and Light; Physical modeling; Ecotect (used in the competition panel on illustration 2). LEED® as a general guide, but not as a main support.
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Evaluation Process |
Invited crits are specialists in thermal, acoustical and lighting design, architectural design, but there is also a specialist in history of architecture, a “green” mechanical engineer as well as structural engineer. |
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Information about the Project and Studio |
• course outline
• project outline |
