Glenn KatzPlease 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.
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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
The overview of the building is shown in the 3D model below:
- the wall and roof surfaces
- Exterior Walls:
- Floor:
- Green Roof
For the exterior walls of the building, I intend to use composite walls that consist of multiple layers of different materials to increase the R value.
The picture above shows the constituents layers of the exterior walls. The choice of using the combination of EIFS, Plywood, Batt, and Gypsum for each layer of the exterior wall can give an R value of 41 instead of using a generic concrete wall. Having a high R value exterior wall is essential to the energy efficiency of the building as it serves to guard the envelop of the building from excessive heating or heat loss.
Instead of just using generic concrete, I inserted a layer of batt insulation in between two lightweight concrete layers. This allows the building to have more control of the vertical heat transfer inside.
In reference to this green roof system design shown below, the green roof system will be similar and serves to protect the building from excessive solar energy casted by the sun.
Additionally, several skylights are placed directly over the Kid’s Zone since sunlight energizes children and will encourage playtime spent in this area.
- Interior:
Above is an dissection view to showcase the interior components of the building. This features a glass elevator to provide better visibility as tourists travel vertically through the building.
As previously mentioned, since my project location is in Copenhagen, which is situated in higher latitude with relatively colder climate, my initial intention was to make the best use of solar energy to offset the necessary heating bill of the building. for this reason, the south side of the building is dominated by glass surfaces. However, it has come to my attention that this much glass area can lead to overheating of the building when taking the heat dissipation by the tourists inside of the building, and this might lead to thermal uncomfort. Therefore, before implementing the HVAC systems, I will try to reduce the glass surfaces of the building to the extent that the ratio of glass area to the wall area is around 30%.