Master of Science in Architecture (MS. Arch) Design and Energy Conservation. PORTFOLIO COMPETITION 2015 ABA Arizona Builders Alliance
Waterfall to create microclimate
Historic Carnegie Library adapted to the new Children’s Museum.
See-through top lighting
Building-climbing roof garden Master of Science in Architecture (MS. Arch) Design and Energy Conservation. Children’s Museum Tucson
Shading device with PV system
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DRAWING PLANS Master of Science in Architecture (MS. Arch) Design and Energy Conservation. Children’s Museum Tucson
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VISION STATEMENT
SOUTH FACADE
This Children’s Museum evokes the mountains of Tucson, having a unique identity with the city context.. It is fully shaded with a multi-purpose shading device, so children play and learn under it, protected from the sun radiation. This shading device also allows natural ventilation, gives natural light, and generates electricity with PV systems.
WEST FACADE
CHILDREN PLAY AROUND, INSIDE AND WITH THE BUILDINGS. We wanted to design a museum that was a WAYFINDING place in which children are encouraged to learn about energy efficiency and performance. The historic buildings remains in its place and is integrated to the museum with an urban, recreative vision for the future.
EAST FACADE
NORTH FACADE
Master of Science in Architecture (MS. Arch) Design and Energy Conservation. Children’s Museum Tucson
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WATERFALL COURTYARD
MAIN FACADE
UNDER BRIDGE WITH FAN MISTERS
MAIN LOBBY
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- Public Space. This museum is respectful with the neighborhood and with the city, In order create a high energy efficiency building, we use several strategies to because it shares a public plaza and the amphitheater. In summary, this reduce significantly the use of energy and be an excellent example to the building . encourages the use of the public and open space, promoting new generations of a sustainable building. the socialization with . the neighborhood. - Water harvesting. In Tucson there are two raining season, which are very The building has the next strategies: brief, but they give several gallons of water that the building can use to -Thermal mass with slopes. Apply this strategy in south and west walls to irrigate the gardens during the dry seasons. reduce the sun direct gain, thus we can reduce the use of HAVC systems. - Shading device. This is the most important device of the project, it gives -Living machine. Since the building is located in the desert, the living machine shade to the central courtyard keeping a cool temperature in the materials is a natural process to convert gray water to irrigation water. In this way, we taking advantage of the thermal inertia. In addition, as the cover of the may have some vegetated spaces without using the potable water. shading device, there are implemented 744 solar panels. Whit this -Roof Garden. The main goal of this strategy is to reduce the direct sun gain of integration, we can generate from 30-40% (depends of the month) of the the roof and to reduce the use of cooling systems. energy use needed in the building. It also allows the natural ventilation and illumination. And in the night It Master of Science in Architecture (MS. Arch) Design and Energy Conservation. Project allows made the by: . black body radiation as well PORTFOLIO COMPETITION 2015 7/9 Children’s Museum Tucson Ivan Gaxiola, Paola Moreno, Osvaldo Solorio ABA Arizona Builders Alliance
A SUSTAINABLE BUILDING.
LEED PLATINO CERTIFICATION. A LEED platinum is the highest level of certification to a sustainable building given by USGBC. That means that our building is not only friendly with the environment by reducing the use of energy and water consumption, but also it encourages the use of open spaces, and the recycling of garbage. In the same way, it reduces the owner’s energy and water bills monthly. Plus, it also reduces the energy generation in electrical plants, being respectful of the energy sources.
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Developed in team by: Paola Moreno (Designer #1) Ivan Gaxiola (Designer #2) Osvaldo Solorio (Designer #3) Class: Region Studio 601. Instructors: Nader Chalfoun Raymond Barnes. Semester: Fall 2014
Master of Science in Architecture (MS. Arch) Design and Energy Conservation. Children’s Museum Tucson
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PORTFOLIO COMPETITION 2015 ABA Arizona Builders Alliance