STUDY GUIDE 1
Click here for excerpts from our Course Reader relevant to these sites
Green Building Across Cultures
see Blackboard site for the associated ppt presentation
- vernacular
- greenhouse gas
- carbon sink
- green architecture
- orientation
- passive solar techniques
- ventilation strategies
- wind catcher
- insulation
- thatch
- evaporative cooling
- thermal mass/time-lag effect
- locally sourced materials
- embodied energy
- import reliance
- renewable
- recycled
- spoliation
- site sensitivity/integration with landscape
- site reclamation
Union of Concerned Scientists Global Warming FAQ
Architecture 2030 website:
- "The 2030 Challenge Stimulus Plan" to stimulate the economy while reducing carbon emissions
- The Building Sector: Hidden Culprit and Historic Opportunity
Inhabitat website
Greenhouse gases defined, EPA Climate Change website
Malcom Wells website, proponent of "Gentle Architecture
What do architects know about climate change? (U.N. Climate Conference, Copenhagen, 12/09)
Environmental advantages of white roofs from POPSCI, 7/21/2010
SACRED SPACE
Housing Statues in Early Japan and Ancient Greece
Map of contemporary Asia , Topographic Map of contemporary Asia
Thermal conductivity comparison, common materials
Thermal resistance (R-value) comparison, common building materials
Map of Europe, Map of Ancient Greece
Secrets of the Parthenon, Nova program January 29, 2008
Should the Elgin marbles be repatriated? NYT June 24, 2009
Athena at the Nashville Parthenon
Official webiste of the New Acropolis Museum
Arcspace overview, drawings of Tschumi's New Acropolis MuseumLight is the Theme
Amiens (France): Cathedral Notre Dame, 1220-69
- Evrard de Fouilly, Geoffrey d'Eu
- Robert de Luzarches, Thomas de Cormont, Regnault de Cormont
- Arch
- keystone
- lateral thrust
- groin vault, ribbed groin vault
- pointed arch
- flying buttress
- clerestory windows
- nave
- side aisles
- apse
- ambulatory
- radiating chapels
- time-lag effect of thermal mass: stone
Click here for a period map of Europe
http://www.learn.columbia.edu/Mcahweb/Amiens.html
