Every year China added nearly 2 billion square meters of new buildings-roughly equal to the total building footprint in Canada. Buildings consume more energy than its three largest heavy industries--iron, steel and cement--combined. More than 70% of China's energy come from coal, a energy source that contributes heavily to air pollution and global worming. The government is trying to implement a cap-and-trade policy to encourage building owner to better manage energy consumption of their buildings. -- New York Times.
New Energy Tools to Assist in China’s Rapid Urbanization
A new set of tools have been developed by researchers at MIT in collaboration with China’s Tsinghua University that will evaluate the performance and energy consumption of large-scale projects. -- ArchDailyRead a post from Inhabitat.
 |
| Source: archdaily.com |
CR Land Guanganmen Green Technology Showroom, Beijing, China, 2008 designed by Vector Architects
The idea is to develop the concept of “Temporary” from a meaningful perspective, to design a piece of floating “installation” in the garden, which could be built, demolished, and recycled through an easy and straightforward way with the least impact to the planned site.
We apply the vertical grass panel system and green roof onto the building envelop,
1. Reduce the heat gain and loss and enhance the thermal efficiency.
2. The grass panels will reduce storm water runoff.
3. Although the central lawn is taken away to make room for this building, but we effectively tripled the original planting area by using the grass panels on the roof and two facades.
4. Grass wall panel is planned to be relocated onto the partial fence of the residential compound after demolition.
5. Visually harmonize the temporary structure with the existing garden and the so called “Classic Spanish” Style -- ArchDaily
No comments:
Post a Comment