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Contents The Intrepid Penguin Lodge at Shackleton Station Berkner Island, Antarctica

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Three Branches Dam & Richard M Daley Wetlands Chicago, IL

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Launching Pad Theater Bloomfield Hills, MI

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Houston Meltdown Center Houston, TX

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Screen Crown Hall, Chicago, IL

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Bridgeport Kayak Center Chicago, IL

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White Water Kayak Shed Anywhere, USA

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Espa単a es Opresion Supplemental Works

The Intrepid Penguin Lodge at Shackleton Station Berkner Island, Antarctica

Existing Stations

Average Wind Speed

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Why a hotel in Antarctica?

More Social

More Fresh Food

SUPPLIES ARRIVE

SUPPLIES DEPART

Less Isolation

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Existing Stations Hotel & Station

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Chicago’s New Front Yard - The Richard M Daley Wetlands

Buenos Aires & The Ecological Reserve

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The Three Branches Dam - Lake Michigan’s defense against the asian carp

The city in section - a raised Chicago River

Launching Pad Theater Bloomfield Hills, MI

Houston Meltdown Center Houston, TX

1. Span 2 Ice ce Rinks rvatory & Conservatory

2. Use Arches

3. Reduce Height

4. Stretch Out Over Rinks

5. Compress Like An Accordion

Cooling Strategies - Summer

Cooling/Heating Strategies - Winter

Cooled Spaces Heated Spaces Unconditioned Space CDWR

Hot Water Heaters

CDWR CDWS Ground Loop in River

Condenser

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Water Cooled Chiller

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Compresor Ice Rinks Evaporator

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SA Conditioned RA Spaces

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Air Separator CHWR

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Callout of Curtain Wall 3/4" = 1'-0"

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Curtain Wall Detail 02/26/11

Peter Zumthor 3/4" = 1'-0" ARCH 497 Teer

Wind Catcher - IIT Campus with Tomas Alvarez, Rosika Babakhanian, Migun Choi, Rodrigo Garcia, Jen Lee, Alec Thornton

Mario Botta - Cymbalista Synagogue, Tel Aviv

Dynamic Model - Nicholas Grimshaw - The Eden Project

Dynamic Model - IIT Campus Bridge with Kenta Fujishima

Sheet metal furniture design and assembly

Aluminum casting

Metalsmithing

Travel grant proposal

Sandblasted acrylic

Underwater hockey gear

Web Site Design

Rendering - Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks

USA HOCKEY

UNDERWATER

Logo Design

35mm Photography

Digital Photography

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