Skyscrapers make an efficient use of land by placing people and their activities (living, working, learning, playing) vertically. But the increased density of people also increases the need for and use of energy and resources. Architects and engineers are now working to design skyscrapers that use far less energy even to the point of zero energy skyscrapers.
Further design your skyscraper that uses strategies for lowering water and energy consumption, and reducing the carbon footprint. Check out “Supporting materials” for inspiration.
– Reflect Day 5 activities for the concept of sustainable design and strategies.
– Design one sustainable strategy in your project.
– Make a poster to illustrate your sustainable design as detail as possible. by writing and/or drawing.
– Reflect Day 5 activities for the concept of sustainable design and strategies.
– Design one sustainable strategy of ventilation in your project.
– Refer to Activity 2&3 on Day 5, make a poster to illustrate your design and the synergy by writing and/or drawings.
– Reflect Day 5 activities for the concept of sustainable design and strategies.
– Design one sustainable strategy of ventilation in your project.
– Refer to Activity 2&3 on Day 5, make a poster to illustrate your design and the synergy by writing (using vocabulary) and plan & section drawings.
– Reflect Day 5 activities for the concept of sustainable design and strategies.
– Design one sustainable strategy of ventilation and another system in your project.
– Refer to Activity 2&3 on Day 5, make a poster to illustrate your design and the synergy by writing (using vocabulary) and plan & section drawings.
There are various natural and human activities that affect safety design, like a wind storm, earthquake, fire, etc.. Architects and engineers have the responsibility to design for those events in order to ensure the stability of the buildings and the safety of lives. Codes are used to provide reliable standards for those designs. They are the lessons that professions accumulated over time through experience and experiments.
Let’s experience safety design through some fun experiments. Checkout “Supporting materials” below.
– Following “Supporting materials” step by step.
– Document your models of safety design step by step via photo taking and/or videotaping.
– Answer the questions orally or in a writing format.
– Following “Supporting materials” step by step.
– Document your models of safety design step by step via photo taking and/or videotaping. (How do you build and strengthen the structure? )
– Answer the questions orally or in a writing format.
– Following “Supporting materials” step by step.
– Document your experiments of safety design step by step via photo taking and/or videotaping. (How do you build and strengthen the structure by analyzing the phenomenon and the results you observed?)
– Answer the questions orally (1 minute) or in a writing format (300 words).
– Following “Supporting materials” step by step.
– Document your experiments of safety design step by step via photo taking and/or videotaping. (How do you build and strengthen the structure by analyzing the phenomenon and the results you observed?)
– Answer the questions orally (3 minutes) or in a writing format (500 words).
Architects use deliverables (drawings, diagrams, renderings, writings) to visually communicate and document design. We are learning and practicing the skills since Day 1. Now, it’s time to reflect all skills and make the final deliverables. Checkout “Supporting materials” for a list of final deliverables.
– Polish your big story.
– Referred to “Supporting materials”, select deliverables based on your story.
– Produce your deliverables.
– Polish your big story.
– Referred to “Supporting materials”, select deliverables based on your story. (At least one from each category.)
– Produce your deliverables.
– Polish your big story.
– Referred to “Supporting materials”, select deliverables based on your story. (At least one from each category and illustrate with vocabulary.)
– Produce your deliverables.
– Polish your big story.
– Referred to “Supporting materials”, select deliverables based on your story. (At least two from each category and illustrate with vocabulary.)
– Produce your deliverables.
Based on Day 5, can you improve your design with sustainable strategies?
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Prepare a bunch of straws and tapes.
Build a structure based on your design.
Let’s design for safety with books, a fan, and your desk.
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Refer to Day 7
A big story
Bird View
Front View
Street View
Interior view
Site plan
Plan
Section
Elevation
Skyline
Details
Refer to Day 3
Materials
Furniture and fixtures
Refer to Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, Day 8
Design process
Systems
Refer to Day 8 and Day 9
Building models
Site model
Structure models
Written papers
Visual illustrations
Process models
Congratulations! Did you have fun? We would love to hear your daily achievements, feedback, and any stories you had during today’s activities.
What do we look forward to?