Designing for a warming world and extreme weather conditions doesn’t mean sacrificing beauty or creativity—it means thinking smarter. From strategic orientation to green roofs, cross-ventilation, and even cooling water features, these 10 climate-responsive strategies will help you create buildings that are comfortable, sustainable, and seriously impressive. Whether you're in studio or the field, these tips are essential for any young architect ready to design for the future.
Sustainable Strategies - Louvers and Sun Shading Part 4
One of the most expensive building costs is the mechanical system used for heating and cooling the building. This applies to the cost of the system itself along with the cost of running and maintaining it. One way to lessen these costs is by using smart design and incorporating low tech louver systems to help regulate the amount of heat gain in the summer and take advantage of the sun in the winter. Here, in part 4 of the series you'll learn about different ways to achieve these results.
RECAP: Sustainable strategies in architecture: louvers + sun shading devices - Part 4 Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYsXc9diZyY Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=vUy9GQzCQmE Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HT1cXnG_80 Sustainable Strategies Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYsXc9diZyY&list=PLl2HQpE2TjvJpkjdO-V2-je0DpaUVIg94 One of the most expensive building costs: mechanical system for heating and cooling - installation, running, maintenance Locate shading devices on the outside/exterior of the building's exterior skin/envelope Low-E glazing - blocks solar radiation transmission through glass in warmer months, traps mechanical heat within the building during colder months, and allows daylight transmission through the glass.
Sustainable Strategies - Louvers + Sun Shading Part 3
In Part 3 of the sustainable strategies - louvers and sun shading series, we talk about the 3 main types of louvers/sun shading devices. Here I also talk about many reasons why you would want to control the lighting in your building that you may not have considered. We look at existing examples of buildings that use these louver solutions to control the light in their buildings using low tech, well-thought-out design!
Sustainable strategies in architecture: louvers + sun shading devices - Part 3 // MORE INFO BELOW!! Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYsXc9diZyY Part 2: https://youtu.be/vUy9GQzCQmE Part 4: https://youtu.be/dQ1GYvTDask Sustainable Strategies Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYsXc9diZyY&list=PLl2HQpE2TjvJpkjdO-V2-je0DpaUVIg94 See real examples of these sun shading methods being used!
Sustainable Strategies - Louvers and Sun Shading Part 2
In this video we dig a little deeper into the sun diagram, identifying different effects that lighting can have on your building based on its orientation to the sun. Here we talk about the types of shading you should use based on the direction the sun is coming from.
Sustainable strategies in architecture: louvers + sun shading devices - Part 2 Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYsXc9diZyY Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HT1cXnG_80&feature=iv&src_vid=vUy9GQzCQmE&annotation_id=annotation_1552934085 Sustainable Strategies Playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYsXc9diZyY&list=PLl2HQpE2TjvJpkjdO-V2-je0DpaUVIg94 LOUVERS + SHADING: NORTH - no louvers, it's in shade! SOUTH - Horizontal louvers +/ overhangs EAST/WEST - Vertical louvers SOUTHEAST/SOUTHWEST - Eggcrate (combination of horizontal + vertical louvers) Try to use simpler solutions for heating, cooling, and lighting your building when possible!
Sustainable Strategies - Louvers + Sun Shading Part 1
Sun shading is a crucial aspect of architecture and design. This is the first video of a 4 part series teaching about the techniques for providing shading for your building!
As architects, we have a responsibility to design sustainable buildings. We need to design based on a building's location, orientation, climate, etc. Looking back to traditional, vernacular architecture, is one of the best ways to see low tech ways to accommodate for different conditions.
In this video we look at sun diagrams and talk about building orientation and sun direction. Watch to learn about shading your buildings!
Sustainable strategies in architecture: louvers + sun shading devices - Part 1 Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUy9GQzCQmE Sustainable Strategies Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYsXc9diZyY&list=PLl2HQpE2TjvJpkjdO-V2-je0DpaUVIg94 Utilize solar radiation in colder months. Use overhangs, shading screens, and louvers to shade the building from direct sunlight and heat in the warmer months.
