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Flood architecture icon goes under water
Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth house near Chicago, Illinois is a beautiful modern example of the flood architecture that Ed Epp spoke about in class. Although the stilted structure is built off … more →
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Adapting green roof to cold climate
wrote 1 year ago: In her presentation, Anna Thurmayr mentioned her research interest in the impact of snow on green ro … more →
reverb experiments
wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a demonstration of structure/surroundings affecting reverberation. Please excuse the po … more →
Flood Architecture
wrote 1 year ago: Flooding is becoming an increasing problem in many cities in the event of excess snow menl, hurric … more →
more about sound...
wrote 1 year ago: Back to Dr. Mallory-Hill’s lecture on sound and architecture… the way music theory and m … more →
Roof garden sites
wrote 1 year ago: They took all the trees Put em in a tree museum And they charged the people A dollar and a half just … more →
why stop at green rooftops?
wrote 1 year ago: After looking into green roof techniques, I came across green walls and, specifically, the vertical … more →
Flood architecture icon goes under water
wrote 1 year ago: Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth house near Chicago, Illinois is a beautiful modern example of t … more →
flood architecture (re: nov 20 class II)
wrote 1 year ago: Prof. Ed Epp spoke about the international centre for flood architecture (ICFA) during the second pa … more →
putting bridges to work
wrote 1 year ago: What an idea! Wind is often very strong across open water, so this project by Michael Jantzen makes … more →
nov 27 class
wrote 1 year ago: Last class Anna Thurmayr gave a lecture about roof gardens and green roofs, which I didn’t kno … more →
heterodyning: waves, sounds, speakers
wrote 1 year ago: Check out this 11-year old article: “Hypersonic Sound: Sound From Thin Air”. The same ph … more →
sound, graphics, phenomena
wrote 1 year ago: We were recently given a reading (concerning site, cities, planning, urbanism, etc) called “Points a … more →
Sacred sound
wrote 1 year ago: I found the lecture on sound to be really informative. Having worked with sound for so many years it … more →
symphonic house
wrote 1 year ago: this takes the idea of sound and architecture a step further, into the literal transformation of a s … more →
re: nov 20 class
wrote 1 year ago: Sound and structure are two constants in our daily lives, yet I think it’s safe to say that mo … more →
Different viewpoints of sound
wrote 1 year ago: I found a few videos. The first is of an acoustical tool to diminish stress from roadway noises. T … more →
Acoustical Absorption
wrote 1 year ago: A large part of designing a space with acoustics in mind is the absorption rate of materials. If a … more →
sound architecture
wrote 1 year ago: While a quick google search for “sound architecture” may yeild results for Muzak, the te … more →
nov. 20/08: Dr. Mallory-Hill (Through the Eyes of the Skin: Architectural Acoustics), Ed Epp (Flood Architecture)
wrote 1 year ago: Dr. Mallory-Hill presented a soundclip of an interview with Daniel Levitin, author of “This is … more →
