by Charlie Szoradi | Jan 8, 2017 | USA
7.9.USA-3-detail-a thick walls – Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: We can rethink using hills for efficiency and building thick walls. This sketch illustrates a Pennsylvania “bank barn,” which is typically dug into a hillside. The design allows for...
by Charlie Szoradi | Jan 8, 2017 | USA
7.10.USA-3-detail-b Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: We can rethink saving heating fuel by sharing heat between floors. This floor grate allows the heat from the fireplace on the first floor to rise up through the house. The grate has qualities of function...
by Charlie Szoradi | Jan 8, 2017 | USA
7.11.USA-3-detail-c animal tracks Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: Be a good neighbor. Animal tracks on the snow are often worth following. The distance between the tracks, their size, and their depth are all clues to the animal’s weight and shape. I think...
by Charlie Szoradi | Jan 8, 2017 | USA
7.12.USA-4-Horizontal-with-Figure – Christmas tree farm Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: Benefit from engaging in a process, with results that may exceed your expectations. This is an old house on my grandparents’ farm that covers a couple of hundred...
by Charlie Szoradi | Jan 8, 2017 | USA
7.13.USA-4-detail-a southern overhang Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: We can save energy with the sun without having to install solar panels. This sketch includes a shadow study at six different times a day. We can optimize the energy efficiency of homes...
by Charlie Szoradi | Jan 8, 2017 | USA
7.14.USA-4-detail-b Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design: Trees count. Drawing the house and its relation to its immediate environment took much longer than I expected. Identifying the location of the trees rather than cutting them down is the first step toward a...
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