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Module 12 - Sharing Your Project
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Jan 6, 2025 12:34 AM
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Jan 6, 2025 12:34 AM
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- Key / Essential / Unique Design Features that you explored in your project.
- Passive Energy Design - Using wooden louvers, I employed passive energy design. Sustainable passive energy design optimizes natural resources, reduces energy consumption, and enhances occupant comfort, all while minimizing environmental impact and fostering long-term resilience.
- Carbon Sequestration - By using mass timber for the structure and architecture as well as straw insultion, I was able to sequester carbon. Sustainable mass timber construction offers a renewable, carbon-sequestering alternative to traditional building materials, promoting forest health, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and fostering aesthetically pleasing and resilient structures.
- Your Big Successes -- what worked very well and what features you're most proud to share as examples to inspire others.
- I love the atrium roof as I was able to be very creative with the layout of the skylights. In addition, while I was not fully able to incorperate the sawtooth roof, I was able to use a similar skylight which has an appealing layout and meets my energy goals.
- The wooden louvers create an amazing texture on the exterior of the building. In addition, they offer shading and cooling passively. The wooden louvers allowed me to be creative while still maintaining sustainable practices.
- My building layout made it easier to install plumbing and HVAC. I also thought a lot about the circulation of people within a space and how they would move through the galleries and green house spaces. Thus, I am quite proud of how the layout turned out and enjoyed the process of making it so.
- Your Big Challenges -- what aspects of the project created the biggest challenges and what would you do differently (in hindsight) to avoid or overcome these challenges.
- Structure was very daunting for me because I do not have a ton of experience with strucutral design, especially when it comes to wooden terassing. I attempted to complete structure to the best of my ability, but it could definety use some revision and simulation to see if it is viable.
- HVAC was very difficult for me to accomplish as I was unfamiliar with how to construct the system. I tired my best, but it does seem like an air processor on every level is a waste. Plus, the layouts that were generated seem hidden within the system, so it is hard to see some of my ducts. I would to take course 100% on HVAC to get a grasp on the best way to model the system.
- Connecting the pipes to plumbing features was suprising difficult. Perhaps I should have chosen a different toilet.
- Lessons Learned -- what sage words of advice would you share with other students who are embarking on a similar project.
- Taking this course whilst abroad was very difficult due to time zone changes, difficulty with electronics, and the chaotic business of study abroad itself. I would love to take this course again next winter so that I can fully commit myself to learning the material and have access to better computers/a mouse. However, this course and the teaching team is one of the most well taught and organized courses that I have taken at Stanford. With out the encouragement and kindness of my TAs and professors, I would not have been able to complete this class. Would recommend to all of my CEE peers. Would also love to take again when I have more revit experience.
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