Bioclimatic Design

Being environmentally friendly isn’t merely a trend. After thousands of years of using the earth’s resources, we have finally come to realize that we are destroying this beautiful gift we were honored with. Architects play an influential role in trying to preserve this gift by encouraging a multitude of strategies that can be more cost efficient in the long run, be more comfortable for its users, and most importantly, have a lower carbon footprint. Strategies can include drastic changes to heat and air systems, construction material selections, or even specific design details to the architecture of a building that would reduce the amount of energy it consumes.

The first step that Holst Architects took to resolve heating system in the building was tightly sealing the envelope of it. In order to make the building efficient, the façade had to be completely sealed to guaranty no heated air leakage. They tested a

The book's selection of outstanding, best quality work provides several examples for homeowners with a discerning sense of style and environmental responsibility. The spectrum of featured projects has a range between energy efficient restoration and the construction of intelligent extensions to the planning and building of new low-energy or passive homes. The book introduces not only the current building forms and materials but also case studies examining the best division of space, architectural planning, and the use of innovative technologies to control and improve heating and air conditioning. Therefore, Building Better provides a striking overview of the topic of sustainable building, and insightful information on details from technical data to blueprints. In the book, both homeowners and architects have their motivations, ideas, desires, and real experiences. Against this background, Building Better is both an inspirational and a practical guide for everyone who thinks that the sustainability not as limiting, but rather as a creative opportunity. As such, it is an essential reference for everyone who wants to build a

Architecture should be nurturing, responsive and alive, dynamically shifting spatial balances, organically expressive forms, subtly luminous colors and biologically healthy. To achieve such life-enhancing architecture, it has to address all the body senses simultaneously and fuse our image of self with experience of the world. By strengthening our sense of self and reality, architecture serves its all-important function of accommodation and

Thermal comfort due to lack of a thermostat and an old HVAC. The room was very warm and uncomfortable.

TXT- This architectural building is designed to have a organic feel to the surface and a natural movement along the entire structure. This original piece was created to demonstrate the special qualities of the texture, like curved walls along the windows and twisted style chimneys that stick out on the roof. Pg 81

Architectural works have been conceived from ingenuity and principles accumulated since the dawn of time when we lived in primitive caves and sought shelter for survival. Architects interpret these conventions and use the physical environment to bring them to life using tectonic and stereotomic expression. Tectonics is defined as “The science, or the art, by which implements, vessels, dwellings, or other edifices, are constructed" ("Tectonics" 1913). Baeza (2009) further explains tectonics architecture to be “a structural system of knots and joints in which the construction is articulated”. Conversely, Francesco Cacciatore describes stereotomics as “the gradual removal of matter from an initial shape” (Cacciatore 2011). Stereotomic and tectonics

Gropius, by adjusting the orientation of each part of building to control the daylight, the hierarchy of which department need more daylights is created, but glazing and over heating still occur through summer. Wright’s smart move by offering light without transparency effectively avoid glazing happens. The gap between mashroom columns provide smooth daylight transfer. Such illuminated enclosed space raise up the efficiency of officers and convenience more significantly than Bauhaus in terms of transparency.

In 1999, a research team was formed to examine the effect of the built environment on the therapeutic process. An important outcome was the formulation of a new set of guidelines which could be a value to other designing health care settings throughout the NHS. The research project was entitled ‘The architectural healthcare environment and its effect on patient health outcomes’. It was funded by a three-year grant from uk government.

It is the aim of this paper to review, clarify and evaluate criticisms of bioclimate envelope models and to discuss their implications for the different predictive modelling approaches used. The paper presents concepts that may be familiar to many ecologists, but which we think it may be useful to collate and re-evaluate in the light of recent critiques. The bioclimate envelopes approach is first explained and placed within the context of ecological niche theory. The main criticisms of the approach are then discussed in turn, using selected examples from the literature. It is demonstrated that the complexity of the natural system presents fundamental limits to modelling strategies, making predictive errors inevitable.

For the average homeowner to understand insulation, it’s important to understand the concept of heat transfer (often referred to as heat flow). Heat transfer is usually unwanted – it means that indoor heat escapes in the winter and outdoor heat creeps in during the summer. Both cause energy inefficiency, energy loss, and higher utility bills. Every building is an "envelope", and made of materials that will positively (or negatively) affect the dynamics of heat transfer. The idea is to strive for efficiency.

The interior spaces are thermally controlled using the excess heat from electrical systems and natural light is able to reach 90 percent of the space. The natural ventilation system uses computerized air-circulators and is complemented by automated light controls designed to respond to exterior lighting

The curvature of the building uses the properties of daylighting in 60 degree north latitude, forming a reversal of the sun path; this curved section captures the horizontal sunlight. The curving walls change the room sizes, allowing daylight to enter from multiple ways. The curved “Wall of Ice” lets light thorough glass planks while horizontal light is deflected into the center, penetrating both upper and lower levels with light. The curved roof with the skylight “bowtie” allows light to distribute to the top level of the galleries. This interlaced torsion of space and light, make it possible for all of the twenty-five galleries to be naturally daylight .

This luxurious complex includes air conditioning and elevator access. This brick-sheathed, steel-frame building has a distinctive facade that makes it easy for residents to spot from a distance. The entrance lobby boasts of beautiful paneling. For added energy efficiency, the units are outfitted with insulated windows and doors.

Architecture can be viewed with two different types of properties. Properties that can be seen like shapes, their composition, the spaces they create and, the colours and textures that make up their appearance. These properties are considered to be visual while other properties are considered to be abstract. These properties can only be described using words; the meanings behind the architecture and the stories that can be told about it. The context, its cultural background and its function also affects how we view architecture. The question is, what