Alternative Practices: Design
Tropical Passive House: Biomimicry of a Palm Tree
Mikel Maury
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Global Design Challenge 2019
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Why us?
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Reinventing Passive house System
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Tropical Passive House: Biomimicry of a Palm Tree
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Ventilation & Humidity
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Interior Plan
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Envelope’s Porosity
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Exterior Renders
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Interior Renders
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“Learn how you can use nature-inspired design to make your community and the world a better place.” “The Biomimicry Global Design Challenge is an annual competition that asks teams of students and professionals to address critical global issues with nature-inspired solutions. The challenge is hosted by the Biomimicry Institute, in partnership with the Ray C. Anderson Foundation.”
Target Biomimicry
The Biomimicry Global Design Challenge calls for design concepts addressing any aspect of climate change adaptation, mitigation, and reversal in any sector of the economy. We know that climate change is a complex problem; a hairy knot made up of hundreds, or even thousands, of other problems all woven together. But this diversity means there are also just as many solutions out there waiting to be discovered. Successful teams will define a concrete, well researched area of focus for their design efforts and apply the core concepts and methods of biomimicry in developing a solution. We are especially interested in projects that go beyond familiar approaches to the climate problem by identifying unique leverage points for change, removing barriers to the adoption and spread of existing solutions, and/or clearly demonstrating how biomimicry can lead to new, novel, or more effective solutions.
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Biomimicry Competition
Global Design Challenge 2019
Target
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Competition Rules The implementation of a biomimicry design for a housing project placed in the tropical weather. Passive House System Passive House is a building standard that is truly energy efficient, comfortable and affordable at the same time. Preexistencies
Tropical Location There are basically no passive houses in the tropical area of the world. The design will redefine the passive house system to be able to work in this weather conditions.
Local Circumstances Due to the actual situation in Venezuela, this design will take into consideration local materials and local workers.
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Conditions
Preexistences
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Ethics Manifesto
• We believe that the widespread adoption of nature-inspired solutions will catalyze a new era in design and business that benefits both people and the planet. Ethics
• All our design will try to be truly energy efficient, comfortable and affordable at the same time. • Always seeking for the improvement of the location in all the aspects. Our design will always work with local materials and with the use of local workers.
Values
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Why us?
Ethics
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References
, Zimbabwe. It has no conventional airating, yet stays regulated year round ess energy consumption using design by indigenous Zimbabwean masonry ng mounds of African termites.
Existing Building
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Boca Chica Island
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References Passive House Standart System
Truly energy efficient, comfortable and affordable at the same time.
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Existing Building
Passive house system is based on a swiss design and nowadays they have been trying to implement it in others countries and there have been some problems. With the implementation of the biomimicry design it would be possible to solve those problems worldwide and to have a passive house system that can work everywhere. Also making these buildings more attractive.
Political & Visual Imagination Critique
Trying to work in most needy locations is fundamental. This will help the place and it would be a bigger design challenge. Using Venezuela as an example the design will try to use as much local materials and waste as possible to build it.
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Reinventing Passive House
Political & Visual Imagination
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Mikel Maury
Tropical Passive House: Biomimicry of a Palm Tree
The Project
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Hanging Mesh The metal mesh that covers the space of each panel is based on the leaves of each palm. This are used to protect the interior
Project Biomimicry
Trunk displacement The way the petals of the trunk are arranged works as a base for the outer panels.
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Interior Structure The branches of the palm have an L shape and the new structure is working in the same way with different L steel profiles
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Using the palm to create a new tile that can work against the humidity.
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Panels Dehumidifiers
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Light Controlled by the tiles above the movable panels.
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Ventilation
Ventilation & Humidity
Natural Ventilation is possible the entire day thanks to the movable panels
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Rain The rotationof the panels stop all the water from the rain. And the floor is elevated to prevent floods.
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Humidity
Ventilation & Humidity
Controlled by the tiles above the movable panels.
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Panel Materials
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15ª 1st Panel
2nd Panel
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30ª
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3rd Panel
4th Panel
40ª
Types of Panels
5th Panel
45ª
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Panels 1 Working as an envelope. They can open and close to permit natural ventilation and also works as a dehumidifier. Structural Frame 2 Metal Mesh
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Enclose the space and also works against the mosquitos. Will always hang from the structural frame.
Works as a frame for the panels. Allowing the movement and they are weld to the main structure.
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Glass Walls Main Structure 5 L profiles placed in a radial way with some radial metal profiles in order to give better horizontal stabillity. They will be bent and they will be fix to the floor thanks to some concrete foundations. They will also have all the installations of the house.
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Floor 7 Placed above the ground so the interior will not have problems with floods.
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Placed in the ground floor in order to enclose the house. Letting the natural light to enter and giving nice views to the exterior.
Interior Walls 6 They will help to enclose different interior spaces. They will be placed along the structures axes but distributed acording to the type of space.
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Structure
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Dented Steel
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Ventilation System
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Detailed Section
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Palm Tile Solar Panel Tiles Glass Tiles
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Kitchen/Living Room Entrance(opaque)
Forms of Space
Bedrooms
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Project Envelope’s Porosity
Palm Tile Solar Panel Tiles Glass Tiles
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Entrance(opaque)
Bedrooms
Kitchen/Living Room
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Terrace
Type of Space
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Exterior Renders
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