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S T. A N D R E W S I N S T I T U T E O F T E C H N O L O G Y A N D
MANAGEMENT – BOYS HOSTEL BLOCK | ZERO ENERGY
DESIGN LAB
• THE USE OF SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY IS PERTINENT TO
THE DESIGN OF THE BRICK JALITHAT CIRCUMSCRIBES THE
BUILDING PROVIDING THERMAL INSULATION AND INGRESS
OF DIFFUSED NATURAL LIGHT.

• THE SIMULATIONS OR THE PARAMETRIC SCRIPTS

DESIGNED USING THE SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY AND
CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM THE ANALYSIS OF CLIMATIC
CONDITIONS DISCUSSED THE EXISTING RADIATION AND
THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF RADIATION THAT SHOULD
ENTER THROUGH THE FAÇADE.

• LATER RUNNING THE SIMULATIONS ON EACH BRICK, WE

DERIVED A COMPOSITION THAT COMPRISES OF
ARRANGEMENTS/LAYERS OF BRICKS ROTATED AND THEN
PLACED AT REGULAR INTERVALS.
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BOYS HOSTEL BLOCK | ZERO ENERGY DESIGN LAB

• THE BOYS’ HOSTEL WAS PROPOSED AS A LINEAR

BUILT MASS, IN THE EXISTING MASTER PLAN OF
THE INSTITUTE WHICH POSED CHALLENGES TO
CREATE SOCIALLY ACTIVE AND
ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE SPACES.

• THE LINEAR BLOCK WAS TWISTED TO

ACCOMMODATE A SHADED ENTRANCE RAMP
(TRANSITIONAL SPACE/SUMMER COURT) AND AN
OPEN TERRACE (WINTER COURT) ON SOUTH
AND NORTH FACADES, RESPECTIVELY.

• A BRICK JALI, CIRCUMSCRIBING THE BUILDING

ACTS AS A SECONDARY SKIN TO THE HOSTEL
AND ADDS A UNIQUE CHARACTER AND TEXTURE
TO THE FAÇADE OF THE BUILDING.
• THE ROTATION ANGLES OF EACH BRICK WERE
STIMULATED USING SOFTWARE (ECOTECT,
GRASSHOPPER) TO MINIMIZE SOLAR
RADIATIONS AND DIRECT HEAT GAIN ON THE
FAÇADE.
• THE BRICK SKIN ALSO ACCOMMODATES
BALCONIES WHICH FURTHER ENRICH STUDENT
INTERACTION.
• THESE BALCONIES ALSO ACT AS A THERMAL
BUFFER BETWEEN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR
SPACES.
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BOYS HOSTEL BLOCK | ZERO ENERGY DESIGN LAB
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BOYS HOSTEL BLOCK | ZERO ENERGY DESIGN LAB
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B R I C K H O U S E B Y I S T U D I O A R C H I T E C T U R E AT
WADA, MUMBAI

• THEBRICKHOUSE, SITUATED AMIDST RURAL SETTLEMENTS

IN WADA, NEAR MUMBAI,INDIA, IS A 2500 SQ.FT.
FARMHOUSE SET WITHIN HILLS AND FARMS.

• THE BRICK HOUSE HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY BOTH THE

PHILOSOPHIES AND THE WORKS OF LAURIE BAKER AND
NARI GANDHI.

• EACH ROOM FLOWS INTO ANOTHER, LEADING INTO A

SEAMLESS SPACE HELD BY THE CENTRAL COURTYARD.
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WA D A , M U M B A I
• CLIMATOLOGY AND THE SOLAR PATH, ALONG WITH JALIS AND ARCHED OPENINGS HAVE PLAYED AN ESSENTIAL ROLE TO
INTRODUCE LIGHT AND WIND INTO EACH INTERIOR SPACE.

• EXPOSED MATERIALS, WHICH GIVE THE ENTIRE HOUSE A VERY EARTHY FEEL AND THE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES USING
RAT-TRAP BOND, FILLER SLABS, ARCHES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE LOW COST OF THE PROJECT.

• THE HOUSE IS CONSTRUCTED USING BRICK IN ITS NAKED FORM, GIVING AN EARTHY FEEL TO THE BUILT UP SPACE. THE
POSITIONS AND SIZES OF THE OPENINGS ARE DICTATED BY CLIMATOLOGY, ENSURING NATURAL LIGHT, CROSS VENTILATION
AND PASSIVE COOLING.

• THE INITIAL LOT OF QUALITY BRICKS WAS CALLED FROM THE NEIGHBOURING STATE OF GUJARAT, AND THEN WE
DISCOVERED A LOCAL BRICK KILN PROVIDING WELL-FINISHED GOOD QUALITY BRICKS.
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• ZONING OF ACTIVITIES RESPONDING TO THE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND VIEWS WAS ACHEIVED WITH THE USE OF LEVELS LEADING TO A SINGLE
YET DISTINCT LIVING ROOM, KITCHEN AND DINING.

• SOUTH-WEST POSITION OF FIRST FLOOR BEDROOM PROVIDES SHADE TO COURTYARD AND KEEPS WATER BODY COOL.

• THE STARK CONTRAST OF A STONE ENTRANCE WALL AGAINST THE EXPOSED BRICK WORK LENDS ITSELF TO THE REALIZATION OF TEXTURE OF
BOTH MATERIALS.

• AS ONE ENTERS INTO THE STRUCTURE, ONE IS GREETED BY THE SOFT SUNLIGHT FALLING TO THE CENTRAL BODY OF WATER AND THE
COOLNESS WITHIN THE STRUCTURE.

• THE INTERIOR SPACE IS DOMINATED BY THE TWO HUGE ARCHES OFBRICKAND STONE, OPENING TO VISTAS OF FARMS AND HILLS.

• THE FURNITURE SEEMS TO RISE AND FALL FROM THE WALLS OR FLOOR DRAMATICALLY LEADING ONE'S EYES TO PLAY OF MATERIALS AGAINST
EACH OTHER.
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• EACH SPACE FLOWS INTO ANOTHER ALONG CURVED LINES, LEADING INTO A SEAMLESS SPACE HELD BY THE CENTRAL
COURTYARD.

• THE OBSERVER BEGINS HIS JOURNEY ALONG THE CURVED JALIBRICKWALL OFFERING TANTALIZING GLIMPSES OF THE
INTERIOR, THUS DRAWING HIM INTO DRAMATIC COMPOSITIONS OF LIGHT AND SHADOWS.

• THE DEPTH OF THE WALL REMAINED THE 9″ SINCE THE BRICK IS PLACED ON ITS 3″ FACIA INSTEAD OF THE USUAL 4″ FACIA.
THE BRICK ARCHES ALLOWED FOR LARGE OPENINGS , WHICH BLENDED INTO THE CIRCULAR PLANNING OF THE
STRUCTURE.

• STRATEGIC USE OF JALIS ALLOWED FOR CROSS VENTILATION WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR A WINDOW OR GLASS SHUTTERS.
THIS TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN ADOPTED FROM THE LOCAL AGE-OLD CUSTOM OF USING JALIS OR SMALL OPENINGS.
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SDU UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK
CAMPUS KOLDING
• WITH ITS TRIANGULAR SHAPE, KOLDING CAMPUS
WILL CREATE A SIGNIFICANT NEW LANDMARK IN
KOLDING.

• THE BUILDING IS LOCATED ON THE GRØNBORG

GROUNDS IN THE CENTRE OF KOLDING CLOSE TO
THE HARBOUR, STATION AND SCENIC ATTRACTION OF
THE RIVER.

• KOLDING CAMPUS WILL CREATE A NEW CENTRAL

PLAZA BY KOLDING RIVER AND WILL THEREBY FORM
A CLOSE INTERACTION WITH THE OTHER
EDUCATIONAL INSTI- TUTIONS OF THE TOWN,
KOLDING DESIGN SCHOOL AND INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS COL- LEGE KOLDING.
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CAMPUS KOLDING
• THE FACADE IS AN INTEGRATED PART OF THE BUILDING AND TOGETHER, THEY CREATE A UNIQUE AND VARYING
EXPRESSION.

• INSIDE IN THE FIVE FLOOR HIGH ATRIUM, THE DIS- PLACED POSITION OF THE STAIRCASES AND ACCESS BALCONIES
CREATES A SPECIAL DY-NAMICS WHERE THE TRIANGULAR SHAPE REPEATS ITS PATTERN IN A CONTINUOUS VA- RIETY OF
POSITIONS UP THROUGH THE DIFFERENT FLOORS.

• THE BUILDING HAS BEEN PART OF A THREE-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHICH EX- AMINES HOW THERMAL PROPERTIES
OF CONCRETE CAN BE INCREASED – AND THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION FOR HEATING AND COOLING THUS REDUCED.

• IN ORDER TO MAKE OPTIMAL USE OF THE THERMAL PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE, THE SLABS ARE EXPOSED WHERE
POSSIBLE. THIS PREVENTS LARGE FLUCTUATIONS IN TEMPERATURE AND IM- PROVES THE INDOOR QUALITY.
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DENMARK CAMPUS KOLDING
• THE DAYLIGHT CHANGES AND VARIES DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY AND YEAR. THUS, KOLDING CAMPUS IS FITTED WITH DYNAMIC SOLAR
SHADING, WHICH ADJUSTS TO THE SPECIFIC CLIMATE CONDITIONS AND USER PATTERNS AND PROVIDES OPTIMAL DAYLIGHT AND A
COMFORTABLE INDOOR CLIMATE SPACES ALONG THE FAÇADE.

• THE SOLAR SHADING SYSTEM CONSISTS OF APPROX. 1,600 TRIANGULAR SHUTTERS OF PERFORATED STEEL.

• THEY ARE MOUNTED ON THE FAÇADE IN A WAY WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO ADJUST TO THE CHANGING DAYLIGHT AND DESIRED INFLOW OF LIGHT.

• WHEN THE SHUTTERS ARE CLOSED, THEY LIE FLAT ALONG THE FAÇADE, WHILE THEY PRO- TRUDE FROM THE FAÇADE WHEN HALF-OPEN OR
ENTIRELY OPEN AND PROVIDE THE BUILDING WITH A VERY EXPRESSIVE APPEARANCE.

• THE SOLAR SHADING SYSTEM IS FITTED WITH SENSORS WHICH CONTINUOUSLY MEASURE LIGHT AND HEAT LEVELS AND REGULATE THE
SHUTTERS MECHANICALLY BY MEANS OF A SMALL MOTOR.
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CAMPUS KOLDING
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KIEFER TECHNIC SHOWROOM BAD GLEICHENBERG, AUSTRIA

ERNST GISELBRECHT + PARTNER

PRESENT THE KIEFER TECHNIC
SHOWROOM, AN OFFICE BUILDING
AND EXHIBITION SPACE WITH A
DYNAMIC FACADE THAT CHANGES TO
OUTDOOR CONDITIONS, OPTIMIZING
INTERNAL CLIMATE, WHILE
ALLOWING USERS TO PERSONALIZE
THEIR OWN SPACES WITH USER
CONTROLS.
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• THE SHELL CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACADE CONSISTS OF SOLID BRICK WALLS, REINFORCED
CONCRETE CEILINGS AND FLOORS, AND STEEL ENCASED CONCRETE COLUMNS.

• THE FACADE CONSIST OF ALUMINUMS POSTS AND TRANSOMS WITH PROTRUDING BRIDGES FOR
MAINTENANCE, WITH AN EIFS-FACADE IN WHITE PLASTER.

• THE SUN SCREEN OPERATES ON ELECTRONIC SHUTTERS OF PERFORMATED ALUMINUM PANELS.

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• THE FAÇADE OF THE KIEFER TECHNIC BUILDING EXPANDS AND
CONTRACTS TO REGULATE THE AMOUNT OF SUNLIGHT PERMITTED TO THE
INTERIOR.

• THIS RESPONSIVE DESIGN MINIMISES THE NECESSITY OF AIR

CONDITIONING BY MAINTAINING A CONSTANTLY MOVING SHIELD AGAINST
EXTERNAL HEAT.

• IT IS A PERTINENT EXAMPLE OF MODERN INTERACTIVE ARCHITECTURE

WITH AN OUTER FRAMEWORK OF 112 TILES THAT SHIFT AND FOLD INTO
ROWS ON COMMAND.

• THE SKELETAL FRAME OF KIEFER TECHNIC SHOWROOM COMPRISES

SOLID BRICK FACES, BOLSTERED CEMENT CEILINGS AND STEEL-ENCASED
COLUMNS.

• THE SHIFTING FAÇADE IS POWERED BY 56 ENGINES THAT ACTIVATE

AUTOMATED SHUTTERS AND FOLDING PANELS OF PERFORATED
ALUMINIUM.
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• STRUCTURAL WORK: BRICK WALLS; REINFORCED CONCRETE FLOORS; STEEL COLUMNS FILLED
WITH CONCRETE ALONG THE FACADE

• FACADES: ALUMINIUM-GLASS FACADE WITH VORGELAGERTEN PUTZSTEGEN RESPECTIVELY

FACADE OF UPGRADED INSULATION, PLASTERED IN WHITE

• SUNSCREENS: FOLDING ELEMENTS MADE OF PERFORATED ALUMINIUM, ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN

• THESE FACADES CHANGE CONTINUOUSLY; EACH DAY, EACH HOUR SHOWS A NEW “FACE” - THE
FACADE IS TURNING INTO A DYNAMIC SCULPTURE.

• WHILE THE DYNAMIC EXTERIOR OF KIEFER TECHNIC SHOWROOM IS EFFECTIVE IN KEEPING THE
BUILDING’S INNER DWELLING AT A COOL TEMPERATURE, IT CANNOT BE HERALDED AS A
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION COMPLETELY, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE BUILDING’S FLEET OF
ENGINES REQUIRES A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY TO OPERATE.

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