Monthly Archives: October 2012

Throughout last weeks lessons and readings I found it interesting that the idea of using water to heat and cool a building has only recently become widely popular. Moe discussed at length in “Thermally Active Surfaces” how air is a … Continue reading →

Above: My position on the southern plinth of Fayerweather Hall. It’s Sunday morning at approximately 10:00 AM, and I’m perched on one of the concrete ledges that borders Fayerweather Halls southern stairs. The dry bulb temperature is 65° Fahrenheit and the … Continue reading →

1) Scenario: During the rainy Spring season, a small riverside village in Costa Rica is ravaged by a tropical storm leaving much of the villages structures in disrepair and most of the area submerged in feet of water. The climate … Continue reading →

  Above: An artists interior rendering of the Crystal Palace, part of the 1851 World’s Fair exhibition held in Hyde Park, London, UK.  In Chapter Four of “Heating, Cooling, Lighting,” Lechner discusses in great depth the various methods of heat … Continue reading →

1) Stakeholders who impact the sustainability of the Chesapeake Bay: crop farmers, animal farmers, land developers, fishermen, regulators of crop, animal and land development Non-human factors that impact the sustainability of the Chesapeake Bay: natural disasters, long-term ecosystem changes such as overpopulation … Continue reading →

  This weeks reading and lecture from Michelle Addington addressed a number of things that, over time, had become generally accepted ideas of architecture while dismissing historic practices on the matter. For example, there has been a popular idea that … Continue reading →