CLIMATE

PROGRAM

SKIN

STRUCTURE

BUILDING FORM

ROOM ORIENTATION

BUILDING ELEMENTS

DETAIL

CLIMATE

PROGRAM

SKIN

STRUCTURE

BUILDING FORM

ROOM ORIENTATION

BUILDING ELEMENTS

DETAIL

Form + Organization from:

1. Location

2. Site / Earth

3. Sun

4. Wind

5. Program in relation to these

All of these are malleable according to the hierarchy given these parameters in the design process.

Determine if you want to let in the sun or wind, or

if you need to protect the building from it.

Determine how you want to let it in, or how you will

protect the building from it.

This may change over the course of a year or over

the course of a day.

SUN

Sun + Solar Orientation –

Natural light

Passive heating

WIND

Five stacks serving the two lower floors- façade facing southFeilden-Clegg (fans in the stacks assist when natural flow insufficient.

Luanda, Angola

Latitude: 8° 50' 18 SLongitude: 13° 14' 4 E

Determine if you want to let in the sun or wind, or

if you need to protect the building from it.

Determine how you want to let it in, or how you will

protect the building from it.

This may change over the course of a year or over

the course of a day.

Skin Loaded Building – envelope can compensate for internal temperature loads

The wet-bulb temperature is the temperature a parcel of air would have if it were cooled at constant pressure (adiabatically) to saturation (100% relative humidity) by the evaporation of water into it, with the latent heat being supplied by the parcel[1]. An actual wet-bulb thermometer indicates a temperature close to the true (thermodynamic) wet-bulb temperature. The wet-bulb temperature is the lowest temperature that can be reached under current ambient conditions by the evaporation of water only; it is the temperature felt when the skin is wet and exposed to moving air. Wet-bulb temperature is largely determined by both actual air temperature (dry-bulb temperature) and humidity, the amount of moisture in the air.

The dry-bulb temperature is the temperature of air measured by a thermometer freely exposed to the air but shielded from radiation and moisture. Dry bulb temperature is the temperature that is usually thought of as air temperature, and it is the true thermodynamic temperature. It is the temperature measured by a regular thermometer exposed to the airstream. Unlike wet bulb temperature, dry bulb temperature does not indicate the amount of moisture in the air. In construction, it is an important consideration when designing a building for a certain climate.

The dew point is the temperature below which the water vapor in a volume of humid air at a constant barometric pressure will condense into liquid water. Condensed water is called dew when it forms on a solid surface.The dew point is a water-to-air saturation temperature. The dew point is associated with relative humidity. A high relative humidity indicates that the dew point is closer to the current air temperature. Relative humidity of 100% indicates the dew point is equal to the current temperature and that the air is maximally saturated with water. When the dew point remains constant and temperature increases, relative humidity decreases.[1]