Design Journal Entry - Module 4

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Module 4 - Conceptual Design - Building Context & Passive Design
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Your Design Journal entries for this module should highlight:

  • the design alternatives that you modeled and tested
  • the results of the analyses and how they influenced your thinking about how to move forward

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Images of Your 3 Design Proposals

Proposal 1: Linked building groups

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Proposal 2: Two building linked with bridge.

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Proposal 3: Centered cylinder building with two small units.

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Side-By-Side Comparisons of Your Analysis Results

  1. Daylight potential
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  1. Solar energy
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Your Recommendation for the “Best” Design Option

For my design, I want to create an accessble space for all groups of people. Thus, the height of this project would be relatively low for an easy access. Thus, if the surrounding buildings are much higher than my project, the daylight potential and sun energy become the two important aspects to consider in order to provide enough day light and achieve sustainability design.

Also, in order to dicover differences day light improvement strategies, I choose Sao Paolo in the south hemisphere as the location of my project. As the day light primarily comes from the north side, and there is a high building that blocks the day light in this location, it is important to increase the roof area for more availiable solar energy. However, in my initial design, much of the center area is designed to be green space with water flow and open roof. To address this problem, a transparent roof with solar panel is essential to the design.

From the analysis, proposal 3 will have the most daylight potential(1540kWh/m^2) and moderate solar energy(22279 in total). However, Proposal 1 has moderate daylight potential(1530 kWh/m^2) and moderate solar energy(22280 in total). As the total design rotate to northwestern, the daylight potential and solar energy will increased. For the consideration of initial design goal and aesthetic goal, the proposal 1 would be my best choice.