Links

Links to Sketch up here

Link to Lumion file here

Peer Review

The Building

Images

The Atrium house a tree. When the vents are open, the fresh air is drawn upwards

Early morning, sun penetrates the library and warms the area up.

Lecture hall gets ample light at sunset

Renders

Textures

Frank Gehry Guggenheim building

A cross section of Frank Gehry's Guggenheim was re-imagined as the building. The above image shows the various room located inside the building. However, the fully developed building retained only the atrium of the concept and incorporated a vented trombe wall  like roof to aid in natural ventilation and also act as a thermal mass to heat up the building

Draft of Building

top view

view near stairs

Moving elements

Vents Moving

The vents of the building can be opened or closed. When both the vents are open, the hot air trapped between the glass and the concrete roof will rise up and create a negative pressure. This will cause air to draw up from the atrium and the vents all over the building causing a cooling effect.

When the exterior vents are closed and the interior is open, the heat will travel into the building warming it up.

Elevator

The elevators are used primarily for the transport of users from he ground floor up. Furthermore, the design of the elevators create an atrium in the centre which helps draw in air.

Roof

As can be seen from the section above, the roof is designed in such a way, similar to a vented trombe wall to allow heat to enter the building and thereby warming it up, or leave it and in effect cooling the building. Furthermore, the slats on the ceiling helps aid in directing warm air to the vents.

Vents

Vents are placed all along the building in order to aid  in ventilation. These vents can be opened or closed as per user's needs.

Structure: 

The building is aligned along the north-south direction, thus the building will get ample light in the morning. The direct sunlight at noon is partially blocked by the awning present and the thermal mass of the roof. Indoor blinds and shutters can aid in blocking unwanted sunlight in the afternoon.

Perspectives

One Point Perspective

Two Point Perspective

Theory

article source: here

words chosen: natural ventilation climate security

maintenance cost low

"Natural ventilation is essential to maintain climate security. The benefits outweigh the cost, not only will natural ventilation such as stacked ventilation aid in reducing cost, the use of thermal mass will also help in maintaining building temperature naturally, thereby reducing embodied carbon emissions over the lifetime of the building"