ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 308

Thu Oct 19 05:07:03 PDT 2006

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M-CH
    by ArchitectureWeek
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	A few lucky students in Europe have experienced the
	"micro-compact home" (m-ch), an aluminum cube that
	offers the basics of modern living in less than 665
	cubic feet (19 cubic meters). They are appreciating
	that living in small quarters doesn't have to cramp
	their style.

	Within each cubical dwelling, which is 8 feet, 9 inches
	(2.66 meters) on a side, the furniture and mechanical,
	communication, and sound systems are all built in to
	allow the inhabitants to live comfortably in a tight
	space.

	The m-ch is an invention of architect Richard Horden,
	principal of Horden Cherry Lee Architects Ltd, and a
	professor at the Technical University Munich Institute.
	He developed the design in conjunction with a team of
	students and Lydia Haack + John Hopfner Architekten.
	The first models were installed on his campus, and he
	and six students inhabited the first seven-unit
	"village" beginning in November 2005.

	Already being manufactured and marketed, the relatively
	lightweight 2-ton (1.8-tonne) structure is produced in
	an Austrian factory and delivered complete to a site.
	Once there, it is installed on a three-legged base,
	without a foundation, so it minimizes site disturbance
	and "touches lightly on the earth." The height of each
	leg is adjustable to compensate for sloping sites.
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Nottingham Hopkins
    by Peter Buchanan
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	In the spring of 2000, The Architectural League of New
	York launched an exhibition, "Ten Shades of Green,"
	with Peter Buchanan as curator. Its purpose was to
	showcase examples of sustainable buildings that
	demonstrate some or all of ten aspects of green design
	including low energy/ high performance, renewable
	sources, recycling, embodied energy, long life,
	connection to urban context, and occupant health and
	happiness. - Editor

	One example in the Ten Shades of Green exhibition was
	the Jubilee Campus (1999) extension of the University
	of Nottingham, in the United Kingdom, designed by
	Hopkins Architects. The firm reclaimed industrial land
	in a project in which architecture and landscaping, sun
	and wind, and an ingenious environmental strategy work
	together to produce pleasant conditions for study and
	socializing.
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LA Color School
    by Allison Milionis
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	From her desk, Dena Primary Center principal Patricia
	Romero can watch children playing in the central
	courtyard. She also uses the vantage point to admire
	this new campus that is nestled in a densely populated
	neighborhood of East Los Angeles. Rachlin Architects
	have designed an elliptical amphitheater-style
	courtyard bordered by an administrative complex and two
	multipurpose buildings.
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     often mitered and inside corners not?
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	  governed by mathematical calculations, puts us in
	  accord with universal law; he achieves harmony. The
	  architect, by the arrangement of forms, realizes an
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