Colloquium: Wood Urbanism
From under-considered thermal properties to emerging manufacturing possibilities to forestry regimes to larger ecosystem and…
Topic Energy
Materials, buildings, landscapes, cities, and urbanization are all overtly connected energy hierarchies that must be lucidly understood as the basis of any design agenda for energy today.
Terracotta Bricks
Unfamiliar with many of the properties and methods of working with ceramics—armed only with a…
Horizon House
First Prize Winner of the 3rd LIXIL International University Architectural Competition Designed by…
(Re)Considering Energy and Existing Multi-wythe Brick
by Julie Paul Brown (MDes '14) Multi-wythe (or “mass”) brick construction has been familiar to…
"Please in My Back Yard": Mitigating the aesthetic effects of wind turbines
by Jennifer A. Haugh (MDes '14) Exploring and analyzing the potential for artistic interventions with…
Deans’ Design Challenge finalist: Matan Mayer
Matan Mayer’s MateriaLEASE project is a finalist in the 2014 Deans’ Design Challenge.
Ecosistema Urbano’ Energy Carousel wins Taipei Award
Ecosistema Urbano, the firm of Belinda Tato and Jose Luis Vallejo (both design critics in urban planning and design), just won the Silver Award of the Taipei International Design Award 2013 in the Public Space Design category . Their "Energy carousel" is the creative embodiment of a more sustainable approach to urbanism.
Life Cycle Design
The built environment is not only the culprit of major energy consumption and CO2 emissions worldwide, its construction also uses up the majority of material resources of our planet. Yet we continue to evaluate building efficiency largely based on energy consumption, ignoring embodied energy, CO2…
Moving Centers, Shared Lines. There is no post-industrial city.
by Savina Romanos (MAUD '13) and Daia Stutz (MLAUD '13) In October 1949, Mao…
Solar Zoning and Energy in Detached Residential Dwellings
The Solar Envelope is a three dimensional envelope on a site which ensures adjacent neighbors…