ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 322

Thu Feb 15 14:17:12 PST 2007

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REMODELING NATURALLY
    by Carol Venolia and Kelly Lerner
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/environment_1-1.html

	Many people start a home remodeling project by designing
	an addition and selecting finish materials. But if your
	goal is to live in harmony with nature, you need to begin
	with something more basic: a personal strategy for
	weaving your needs together with the natural elements
	available at your site.

	Your strategy will describe what you want to accomplish
	and how you plan to do it. It sums up the basic systems
	and relationships that will help you make the best of
	nature's gifts in your unique location, while creating a
	nurturing environment for you. Your thermal comfort, for
	instance, may be satisfied to a large extent by renewable
	energy no farther away than your windows.

	Defining your strategy will give you a touchstone for
	making good decisions as you design, select systems, and
	choose materials for your remodeling project. It
	increases the likelihood that the parts of your home will
	be well integrated. Not having a strategy is risky; you
	could overlook opportunities, end up with different
	aspects of your project at odds with each other, or
	unwittingly damage yourself or the earth.

	Set Your Course
	The first step is to establish broad goals for your
	remodeling project. Natural remodeling projects have four
	core goals: Make the most of nature's renewable
	resources; use nonrenewable resources with great care;
	restore your personal relationship with the living world;
	and increase vitality - the planet's and your own.
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Challenging Urbanism
    by Christian Horn
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/news_1-1.html

	How should the rapid changes in 21st-century society
	influence the methods of urban planners? How can planners
	promote sustainable development in light of population
	shifts from traditional city centers?

	To answer such questions, the French research
	organization Sustainable Urban Development (PIDUD)
	started the new year with a binational event. The
	French-German colloquium "Cities and the Various Time
	Scales of Sustainable Development" took place in January
	2007.
	... full story continues online (9 images, one free):
        http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/0214/news_1-1.html

Strutting Space
    by ArchitectureWeek
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0214/building_1-1.html

	Students at Columbia University's Graduate School of
	Architecture, Planning and Preservation have been
	building complex structures - and in the process learning
	about parametric modeling, digital fabrication, and
	computer-assisted assembly. They have been using the
	Trusset System, developed by Columbia researchers in the
	Avery Digital Fabrication Laboratory. The system provides
	an inexpensive and simple method for manufacturing and
	building a custom-designed, three-dimensional space-truss
	structure and enclosure.
	... full story continues online (10 images, one free):
        http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/0214/building_1-1.html

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