Clarified Requirements for Bus/Bike Shelter 1. Post your assignment as a PDF document to your blog. Either 8.5″x11″ or 11″x17″ format. Due: Tuesday, NOV. 9, 2010. 2. Part I: Solar Chart analysis should be included as an integral part of the design process. Chart WITH analysis is necessary. 3. Part II: Diagrams of Climate +… [Read more…]
October 26, 2010
Today we explored the underbelly of Campbell Hall A-School’s Mechanical Rooms. This wilderness of colored pipes keeps the building at a comfortable temperature. The black piping behind Bill is the compressor that actually chills/heats water.
September 21, 2010
In-Class Activity We will be doing a diagram exercise related to the Forman reading on “Landscape Ecology Principles.” We will look at the following aerials and attempt to identify: Patches Edges/Boundaries Corridors/Connectivity Mosaics Aerials: Morven, 1940 Morven, 2010 Pantops, 2010
September 3, 2010
In Chapter 4: Why Systems Surprise Us of D. Meadows’ Thinking in Systems, she describes the phenomenon of “Bounded Rationality,” which she defines as limited information from which people make decisions. Since we are not Buddha or God, we will never have a complete understanding of a situation before having to make a decision. More… [Read more…]
August 26, 2010
Hello All, My name is Sophia. I’m a grad student at UVa in the final year of the Master in Architecture program. I am one of the TA’s for William Sherman’s course Sites Systems and Buildings. We are all keeping blogs as part of the dialogue, so please stay tuned. Second official class, and we… [Read more…]
November 2, 2010
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