milestones in the pursuit of better performing buildings
This drawing of a design for a small cinema by Herbert Bayer is a popular drawing in Bauhaus exhibitions and publications. It’s still in good condition after 85 years, there’s something pleasing about the layout, and it has some pretty colours. Lovely. Now let’s see what the drawing tells us about the building. The dotted […]
Previous post: Part I I thought now might be a good time to bring some technical stuff again to this blog, and thus, the second part of STACEY 1.0; Energy & Carbon. LEED gives a lot of attention and weight to credits related to “Energy & Atmosphere”. The reason behind that is its large contribution […]
A result of all these thoughts is till now one project. We gave it a code name of STACEY. It was basically for my graduation project, which was for 2 semesters; the 1st semester being for the theory bits, and the 2nd semester being for the practical bits. STACEY was submitted for 2 competitions so […]
1) Vernacular architecture of many countries has the efficient and climate-aware use of local materials. Such buildings were never intended to be called architecture. Many people now find their simple honesty refreshing. Performance-beauty architecture has a simple honesty. 2) Shanty towns on the edge of large cities such as Capetown, Rio de Janeiro, Manila or […]
