Entries: An Environmentally Conscious Machine
ENTRANTBlane Hammerlund
EXPLANATION OF IDEA
To be gentle to our environment is our duty and responsibility. This House or machine utilizes solar energy as its main source of power and collects the rays with solar shingles (located on the roof), mechanical solar fins on the western facade, and mechanical solar panels on the southern facade. Both the western fins and the panels on the southern facade assist the house by doubling as alternative shading and passive heating devices. The floor plan is handicapped accessible and consists of a large corridor which doubles as extra living space. This open floor plan makes moving in and out much easier, and encourages cross-ventilation. The roof also doubles as an aqueduct directing fallen rain water to the built-in reservoir located on the eastern facade, this water can be used to keep the solar shingles, plates, and fins cool, which will increase their performance and longevity. This prototype house is simple to construct and promotes a greener, cleaner environment. An mp should be proud to use this vessel and the tax payers can thank mother nature and technology since their bills should be little to none since the machine is self sufficient.
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posted by Alburt at 1:21 AM
6 Comments:
isn't it very evident that these scheme('s) were created for a different brief not even set in this country...? they don't even use the metric system
That might be true - but there was no specific rule against the reuse of ideas - as long as they dealt with the brief they are valid.
One anonymous early entrant, submitted a few ideas which all basically lifted whole existing building from around the world and relocated them to the UK.
All of this will be part of the judges discussions. What do you guys think - should reusing ideas have been allowed?
See no problem with the reuse of ideas. It is still from the designner's preception.
idea can be re-used but spend some time adopting it to the present requirements, not like this entry.
also it is very clear on the brief that you can only submit maximum 3 sheets A3 size paper.
As designers we are charged with arriving at solutions to problems, those posed both by physical and sociological context as well as those of time. By that I mean the problems we must accommodate are a product of and exclusively relevant to the contemporary. With this in mind it is evident as the information age is in full tilt along with the fluid global market, that problems in this age are ever more issues of global concern rather than isolated incidents as before. To be a "good" designer we must understand this, and the implementation of prototypes is a proven intelligent solution. Efficiency lies in adaptively deployable designs: those that can perform and benefit in a diverse array of scenarios.
With that said, I feel that these designs, done exclusively for this competition or not, obviously address issues that none could contest are of a global scale. To observe a situation and utilize an effective design seems only intelligent where not doing so, given the guidelines do not prohibit it, would be counterproductive.
lack of imagination.. this sort of behavior irritates me
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