Inspiration - Mosman 7

Some great images of buildings in a hot and arid climate.

Also note their use of rammed earth construction, corrugated iron and rusted iron. This is where we are heading with our building.

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Passive heating

I thought used effectively, this was a great method of providing warmth in winter. The slab is insulated and very thick and is exposed to winter sun, in the evening the heat radiates from the mass and heats the internal space.
The key to making it work would be ensuring summer heat cannot hit the slab and create an internal heat bank when it is not needed and trapping the heat in in winter, ie, an external louvered wall or doors etc.

RESEARCH > ARCHETYPAL HOUSING (ARID CLIMATE)

Online ESD Resources

A fantastic online ESD resource:

www.goingsolar.com.au

A retail store in Melbourne specifically for environmentally sustainable design.

UPDATE: NOT RIPE OR READY TO PICK !!!

TEAM DYNAMICS

> Whilst some areas of the design have been progressing in the way of generating ideas & research, we've already had out first HICUP!

We have been trying to resolve the final prematurely without nutting out the DESIGN PROCESS.

Today we've taken a step back to do things properly and EXTRACT the essence of our ideas, more collaboraiton.

We've had a big design session today & we're getting there. More tomorrow

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Passive Cooling techniques