Week Five - Additional Video Reflection

Architecture: The Science of Design

1.       Modern skyscrapers – concrete steel when no space we build up.  Wind sways buildings

2.      Wind Tunnel testing – microclimatic wind research
3.      Smart apartments – computers programmed to accommodate user’s needs.  Heat water for shower, start coffee pot, open blinds.
4.      Computerized management – voice controlled computer manages electrical systems
5.      Concrete used in buildings – Greek and Roman ruins are still standing were made from concrete. (sand, pebbles or broken stone combine with cement)
6.      Reinforced and Pre-stressed concrete – rebar – bars of metal placed in concrete.
 

Last Call for Planet Earth: Sustainable Development and Architecture

1. Sustainability Revolution – People use resources indiscriminately.  Today architecture is global.

2. Architectural Design and Energy Management - sustainability agenda is important for business.
3. Architectural Designs for Energy Efficiency - energy-saving designs.
4. Architecture and Environmental Awareness - architectural design that incorporates integrated systems of natural light, fresh air, gardens, and beauty.
5. Architecture and Resources Management - geography, climate, and local resources, particularly renewable materials such as wood.
6. Passive Solar Energy - greenhouse effect exemplifies passive solar energy.
7. New Concept of Cities - re-conceptualize cities.
8. Architectural Design in Former Granite Quarry - The building refocuses the eye to see beauty where there was once ugliness.
9. China's Ecological Architecture - design features positively impact ecology and economy.
10. Tools for Green Analysis - "Green-washing"
11. Green Roof Technology - The living roof provides heat in the winter and coolness in the summer.
12. Passive House Concept - loses the minimum amount of heat, is made of wood and glass, is insulated with straw, and no chemical additive to structural material.
13. Architecture of Integrated Systems - the practice involved in design and research that yields innovative, urban environments.
14. Sustainable Architecture Design in Office Complex - holistic design that takes more than aesthetics into account.
15. Sustainable Buildings in Antwerp - a complex of sustainable buildings.
16. Architect Kengo Kuma - works with wood lattice and bamboo as an architectural expression depiction of the changing elements of nature. Wood and bamboo are also sustainable materials.
17. Human Habitat and Sustainability - the re-establishment of human habitat is part of the solution to over-population and rapid growth of cities.
18. Future of Architecture - the importance of air, water, and earth to sustainable architecture.

Chapter 13 was about Architecture which the video discussed different designs of architecture.

The Architecture: The Science of Design Classical Architecture was informative with smart apartments and computerized management for electrical systems.  The Last Call for Planet Earth: Sustainable Development and Architecture was harder to get anything out of because it was in another language and you were hearing them speak but reading the words.

I choose the films to watch by the titles.  The names sounded interesting so I choose those to watch.