A Learning Place [IARC 302]

COMMUNITY:
On my image I see the boys look out for each other making sure everyone is protected
and have everything they need. Everyone relies on each other, everyone wears the same
outfit making them feel equal. The oldest take care of the younger and communication is
a really important thing for them.

AUTHENTICITY:
Using natural resources as ways of energy, using natural elements for something that
humans never thought of. The fact of using natural elements to create energy is authentic on a way that the first person that invented it opened the doors for the others generations to come to make it better and build upon that idea.

INNOVATION:
Ways of technology being evolved over the years and man always looking for ways to
improve it. When something is invented, it has to go through a series of tests and improvements 'til the final product reaches its maximum. By comparing the ship to the boat, it makes me thing about the prehistoric times when humans started hunting and always finding new ways to make the hunting more efficient and faster.

STEWARDSHIP:
Although their resources are limited, they take care of what they have and know how to
appreciate it. Preserving what they have and knowing how to and when to use it. For example, in Africa resources are limited and other parts of the world, and people learn how to take advantage of natural resources and know how to appreciate what they have. In other parts of the world like Germany or Italy, people do not know how to appreciate the resources they have because their resources are not the same as in other parts of the world where their resources are limited

Individual Scheme submission for the Solar Decathlon [IARC 301]

This is my individual scheme for the solar decathlon competition, the process that we went through to develop this project was to analyze our own dwelling and imagine ourselves functioning within the spaces to then later develop a scheme that would adapt to our own needs and design the spaces according to how we use those areas. One of the challenges that I faced while working on this project was the ability to break those routines and accommodate a new way of using the spaces and designing the structure of the house from the inside out, rather than from the outside in. I found myself challenged by the fact that our professor suggested us to design our scheme from the inside out because I come from an Architectural program, I have been taught to design from the outside in looking at the roof and wall lines, and working my way in to then worry about the interiors of the building.

The roof line was designed according to the needs that this structure needed to be designed, for the collection of water and for solar panels to be facing south for the collection of passive and solar energy to store or collect solar energy to then distribute it in the form of heat during the winter seasons.

   

Cultural Self Portrait