Architecture: Design Notebook

have a profound effect upon the building’s appearance. Moreover, the particular materi- als employed in the latter case will det ...

projecting eaves have rendered such expres- sion even more explicit (Figure 4.42). In con- tradistinctiontothisapproach,somearch ...

trast, a structural frame opens up a whole rangeofalternativesforconsideringthenature of the external wall. At one level, a non- ...

to articulate a range of attitudes and options open to the designer. Clearly the nature of the membrane is determined by the nat ...

externally and internally; materials and con- structional techniques employed within the building’s external fabric may be appli ...

offered considerable thermal mass for passive cooling in summer and heat retention in win- ter. But with the move during the mid ...

passive traditional system, so do most types emerge as hybrid systems. The orthodoxy of an artificial environment served by mech ...

this was supplemented by electric light fittings and the building’s occupants, an early exam- ple of heat recovery. But the plan ...

tion as a direct result of a radical environmen- tal strategy. At the Inland Revenue offices, Nottingham, 1995, Michael Hopkins ...

ityanditspotentialforinfluencingarchitectural form? Attitudes towards achieving a sustainable environment gathered considerable ...

mental impact in their manufacture and trans- port to the site. In the pursuit of sustainable architecture, this suggestsa furth ...

heat, light, and cool buildings and to improve comfort? Most techniques involve solar energy used actively and passively, or win ...

not exceed 20 per cent of the area which it heats. Just as the floor slab in direct gain sys- tems releases its stored heat slow ...

The flat plate collector is essentially a water- filled calorifier behind an absorber plate, which transfers solar heat to anoth ...

to the site as possible. This both satisfied their ideological concerns and their regard for uti- lity, but well pre-dated the w ...

lation on the ‘cold’ side of heavyweight walls, floors, and roofs will allow the thermal mass of these elements to moderate the ...

On a larger scale, Michael Hopkins employed the whole gamut of sustainable devices at Jubilee Campus, Nottingham University,UK(F ...

5 HOW WILL IT LOOK? Throughout history, but particularly during the twentieth century, architects have been seducedbypowerfulvis ...

It was Lubetkin who remarked that one of the most difficult tasks facing the architect was giv- ing a building ‘a hat and a pair ...

divorced from the site. At roof level, a curved wall within the plan was reiterated as a plastic screen addressing the surroundi ...