Please enter Your Name to link to your Design Journal, and paste a link to your personal folder on ACC in the ACC Folder Link field above.

For 2 Units

Please share your design showing the features of the proposed building envelope, including the locations and characteristics of:

• the wall and roof surfaces
• the openings/glazed surfaces
• windows and/or curtain walls
• doors
• skylights
• any shading or sun control features

Here I show the light shafts that run vertically on two sides of the building, to allow light to penetrate into each major programatic room on floors 1-3. These are exterior curtain walls. As most of the programmatic elements are the gift shop, the lobby, and exhibition space on these floors, I wanted this form of controlled lighting coming from one large opening, as exhibition spaces need to have control over the natural lighting, taking advantage of the abundant natural light in Sao Paulo while protecting the value collections they house. Thus, my open landscape plan in which each large room is open to this light shaft, allows for this function. On the fourth floor I added a rim of windows, as the office and conference rooms need more privacy, and each have their own window. The cafe on the 5th floor has curtain walls for abundant natural light, while the food preparation area is enclosed in order to prevent energy losses and prevent potential fire hazards with cooking appliances and food items. The cafe is shaded by a sloped roof in order to mitigate direct sunlight from above, and create a lofty, open space. The exterior walls I added are cement, drawing inspiration from research into Sao Paulo’s traditional styles of architecture, which often feature large, fully concrete buildings, and create the illusion of lightness through floating structures perched atop lower supports. They are 10 inches thick to prevent too much heat loss, though not too much insulation is needed as Sao Paulo is generally warm.

For 3 Units

• Use your Building Element Model to create an Energy Model.
• Submit this Energy Model to the Insight analysis tool to explore how the choices and specifications you’ve made in your Building Element Model affect the predicted energy performance.
• Be sure to set the Operating Schedule factor tile to use the BIM value.
• Narrow the range of values being considered for the building envelope-related factor tiles to focus on the BIM Model value or better.
• Explore how other factors (such as Photovoltaic panel options) can further improve your building performance — by using renewable energy to complement your energy saving envelope features.
• Share the results of your Insight optimization:
• Include an image of the EUI meter and range indicator after you’ve made your adjustments to show what your current assumptions predict and how much potential there is for additional improvements.
• List the key Factor Tile settings that are driving these results.

For 4 Units

• Use one of the Daylight Analysis methods demonstrated to assess the daylighting levels available with your proposed building envelope design:
• Choose one of these methods:
• Option 1: Use the Revit Lighting Analysis extension to produce an Illuminance Map of one of the levels of your proposed design.
• Be sure to watch the videos for tips about what you’ll needed to include in your building model for the lighting analysis to produce valid results. For example, you’ll need to place Rooms and Floors.
• To analyze your model for 0 credits, be sure to choose a single level at a time and use 72 inch grid as the analysis resolution.

• Paste an image of the resulting Illuminance Map.
• Option 2: Use the Revit Cloud Render tool to produce Illuminance Renderings of three key areas in your building model.
• Place cameras in your model to create 3D camera views to be rendered.
• Use the View > Cloud Render tool to generate Illuminance Renderings for these camera views.
• Paste images of the Illuminance Renderings into your Design Journal posting.