Glenn KatzYour 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
Use text , images, web links, movies... Whatever media works best to express your ideas!
Images of Your 3 Design Proposals
Paste screenshots of your 3 proposed building forms here...
Side-By-Side Comparisons of Your Analysis Results
Paste at least 2 screenshots showing the side-by-side comparisons of the analysis results for your 3 proposed building forms here…
Your Recommendation for the “Best” Design Option
Create a few paragraphs outlining a brief explanation of why you chose this design option as the “best” after comparing your analyses of the proposals. Explain your reasoning and the tradeoffs that influenced your decision about which design option to move forward with.
Given the layout and site of the building (in front of a landmark building and an obelisc-like structure), I wanted to create a center that invites pedestrians through an opening in its center, highlighting the indoor-outdoor experience of the structure. However, I wanted to test different layouts and design configurations built around this center void.
Overall, I decided to choose design option 1. Since Copenhagen can have a considerably cold climate, my primary concern was the amount of sun hours that the building could obtain. Proposal 1 performed better than 2 and 3 in terms of providing a more consistent amount of sun hours to the surface of its building, which not only is more favorable in terms of the heat it receives from natural lighting, but it makes it definitely easier to regulate heating and inside temperatures given that the building performs very similarly throughout.
I also wanted to test its operational energy, in terms of kilowatts hour per year and option 1 and 2 performed clearly better compared to option 3. The former two options would better align with my sustainable goals of reducing energy consumed in the building to achieve the threshold goals of Architecture 2030. At the end, however, I decided to go with option 1 because it provides the most optimal performance taking into account both results, with minimal tradeoffs in terms of design, or costs.