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REDEFINING THE WALL: japanese fan

2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Schools in Hyderabad, India

2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom

WALL
a building that breathes

"I can't change the direction of the

wind, but I can adjust my sails to

always reach my destination.”
Jimmy Dean

2008

A wall is an element constructed to divide a space into separate spaces, this is apparent. What a wall should also do is control the ventilation from the exterior side to the interior side. This would allow a building to “breath” by bringing fresher and cooler air and exhaling the warm and stale air. At the same time, it should shelter the interior from precipitation outside and allowing natural light to bleed through without being overwhelming. Natural ventilation can reduce the interior temperature by almost 5˚ F.

References:

Andy Walker, Natural Ventilation
http://www.wbdg.org/resources/naturalventilation.php
Jimmy Dean, Thinkquest.com
http://thinkexist.com/quotation/i_can-t_change_the_direction_of_the_wind-but_i/212145.html
Image
www.transit380.com/sailplan.php

Skin

Skin
The building blocks

“. . .the foot is more noble than the shoe,
and skin more beautiful than the garment
with which it is clothed.”
_Michelangelo






2009

Skin is a surface supported by a structure either externally or internally. Human skin is stretched over an internal structure, where as architectural skins are attached to an external structure. Skins are either semi-permeable to the effect that it reacts to the environment to regulate temperature and humidity or non-permeable skin that shields the under layers from external factors. Skin also reacts to the environment around it providing a durable surface to protect from hazardous conditions.
The surface of skin is made up of many smaller pieces connected together to act as a whole. The pieces can work independently from each other but collective stand as a whole. Other skins work together to develop a single surface that provides a service to the structure that supports it.