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Rather than speculate about how to design a new renewable energy product altogether, as architects its our responsibility to address how existing renewable energy technologies, created by engineers and already on the market, relate and respond to existing buildings. This project aims not at creating the renewable energy product itself, but the armature that connects and serves as the interface between product and building. Therefore, the calculations of reducing a buildings carbon footprint are not speculative but based on the actual data of an existing product. The goal is not only to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions through producing clean energy, but also create and expand upon relationships between interior and exterior, while responding to issues of existing issue of shading, privacy, program and potentially create new socially interactive spaces.
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
ARMATURE SYSTEM
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
CONCEPT
integration?
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
CONCEPT
OVER A YEAR, AN ARRAY OF SOLAR EVACUATED TUBES COLLECTS 25% TO 40% MORE SOLAR ENERGY A TRADITIONAL FLAT PLATE COLLECTOR. IN A NEW YORK CLIMATE THE ENERGY PAYBACK TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS COMPARED TO 5 YEARS FOR A PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATION.
FIXED INPUTS // DIMENSIONS 80 inches long x 2 inch radius MATERIALS + double-layer borosilicate glass + copper pipe + liquid
HOW?...
+ Absorption even during overcast conditions. Absorbs infrared rays which pass through clouds. + Absoption under cold temperatures. Evacuated air form a vaccuum which eliminates conductive and convective heat loss.
DEFINED OUTPUT // 10 tubes = 1642 KW.h of energy a year (in a New York City climate)
+ Absoption throughout the day. The suns rays always strikes the tubes cylindrical surface at right angles, thus minimizing reflection.
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
RESEARCH
explore the potentials of an object for more than its intended use.
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
CONCEPT
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
CONCEPT
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
SKETCHES
JOINT UDF
Input Point 4
Evacuated Tube UDF +Fixed Dimensions (80 in x 2 in) +interchangable w/ another UDF
Input Point 3
Input Point 2
Input Point 1
radial movement in x, y, z
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
CONCEPT
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
USER GUIDE
USER GUIDE
V 2.1 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Points with Global Parameters V 3.1 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Points with Attractor Points
V 2.2 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Splines with Global Parameters V 3.2 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Splines with Attractor Points
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
USDER GUIDE
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
USER GUIDE
V 3.1 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Points with Attractor Points
V 2.2 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Splines with Global Parameters
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
USER GUIDE
V 3.1 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Points with Attractor Points
V 2.2 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Splines with Global Parameters
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
USER GUIDE
V 3.1 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Points with Attractor Points
V 2.2 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Splines with Global Parameters
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
USER GUIDE
V 3.1 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Points with Attractor Points
V 2.2 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Splines with Global Parameters
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
USER GUIDE
V 3.1 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Points with Attractor Points
V 2.2 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Splines with Global Parameters
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
USER GUIDE
V 3.1 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Points with Attractor Points
V 2.2 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Splines with Global Parameters
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
USER GUIDE
V 3.1 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Points with Attractor Points
V 2.2 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Splines with Global Parameters
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
USER GUIDE
V 3.1 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Points with Attractor Points
V 2.2 Array Power Copy Based on 4 Input Splines with Global Parameters
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
USER GUIDE
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
APPLICATION
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
APPLICATION
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT
APPLICATION
COLUMBIA BUILDING INTELLIGENCE PRODJECT INTEGRATION DESIGN STUDIO _SPRING 2012 ELEMENT DEVELOPMENT