CLIMATE
The climactic conditions in a localized area that differs from the surrounding region's climate
What is a Microclimate
Shows the impact of the sun on a form
What is Light-Shadow diagram?
Using the stable stable temperature of the earth for heating and cooling
What is Geothermal?
A layout where secondary spaces are grouped around a dominant central space
What is centralized organization
Sound, Touch, Hearing, Smell, and taste
What is human Experience
The assessment of a site's physical, environmental, legal, and cultural characteristics
What is Site analysis
Communicates how people will move through a space
The most well known point based system to rate a buildings sustainability
What is LEED
An irrational number closely linked to the Fibonacci sequence, and often found in nature
What is golden ratio
A philosophy that emphasizes logical, systematic, and functional solutions
What is rationalist Approach
Uses thick walls and overhangs to regulate temperature
What is passive solar design
Organizes different functions in a building and shows which areas need to be next to each other
What is Bubble Diagram
A structure that channels prevailing winds into a building
what is a wind tower
Relative importance of design elements shown through manipulation of size, shape, color, and placement.
What is Hierarchy?
Memories tied to: the sound of footsteps in a hallway
What is experiencial Memories
The climate best suited for evaporative cooling
What is Hot and Dry / arid?
The chief organizing thought or decision behind an architect's design
What is Parti?
A Model building for Net-Zero self sufficient design
What is the Brock Environmental Center
Scale of proportions devised by Le Corbusier
What is modular & Human Scale
Philosophy emphasizing how built environments are experienced by humans through their senses and emotions
What is the Phenomenological Approach
The three types of energy consumption in buildings
Combination of many diagrams for a complete understanding of the site
Organization quoted saying "Meeting today's needs without compromising the needs of future generations"
what is the united nations?
The 4 principles of Design
What is Hierarchy, Datum, Organization, Rhythm and Repetition
A zigzagging building featuring unsettling and fragmented spaces
What is the Jewish Museum in Berlin