INTRODUCTION
My vision for the building is to reduce the environmental impact of my building while providing a healthy environment within the building. For many, sustainability generates well-being for the citizens and promises things that will last. The location of my project is set at the city of Acapulco in Mexico, with weather that hovers around 30 °C during daylight and 24° C at night during the year. The spot chosen is at the city's outskirts to detonate a future development zone of the town and take advantage of the great topography.
Designing buildings is about making choices. Then, I tested six geometrical figures with different position configurations for this Design Journal entry. The selected format was the hexagon with a void at the middle of the figure. Based on that mass, I will move forward with my design ideas.
DESIGN ALTERNATIVES
For selecting my primary masses, I chose geometrical figures that could be symmetrical at least with one side, coherent with my previous design goals. Those design alternatives were tested with the solar analysis provided by Revit.
Acapulco is sunny mainly during the year, so it is crucial to have less cumulative insolation to protect the internal environment and spend less in cooling the spaces of a building in this location. All the masses were designed with similar floor areas for this study.
The selected configuration was the hexagon with a void in the middle based on the preliminary solar analysis results.
