Make the Design to be Meaningful !!!

Indeed, the model generated by me last week, with the environmental data is nothing relationship. Therefore, I began to try in another way, to make the relationship between the building facade and the environmental data. One of them is combining the concept i got, such as louver system; as well as photo-chromic coating glass like tree shadow images.
At the same time, my research focused on the interior lighting and shading effects. I had put the testing model into DIALux software and simulate the original interior of the light and shade; and also simulate interior light and shade effects after add the new facade outside the building.

Use the False Color to see the differerence between day and night.

And then put the new facade into analysis.

In my opinion from the current view, this kind of design could solve the environmental problems.

Grasshopper

I try to use the grasshopper to help me design. First, I set up a grid structure as a basic system of the new facade, then translate the numbers of humidity, temperature, carbon dioxide concentrations, respectively, as x, y, z axises in Rhino/Grasshopper, each node of the grid is defined as data on different time points. Input the average difference of temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration to each time point. Then the model had been generated.

Midterm Presentation

The Midterm Presentation, 1st March 2009
We have briefly introduce the hypothesis and related design problem we are working on. Focus on updating the instructors on the state of our work, then what we intend to do to complete the work.
So I made a overall review of the design development for the past 5 weeks, from the initial idea, the feedback from instructor and research tutor, to the proposals till now, as well as the direction of future work.
Here’s a link to my presentation :
Midterm Presentation 1st March 2009

Design Development

After viewing the environmental measurement data of the lab, I confirmed my design direction.
Originally, in my opinion, the most serious problems were the temperature and humidity, but by the measurement data, it seems not the greatest impact. In contrast, the most serious problem is the ventilation; and shading problem is serious as well, but could be resolved in many ways.
Therefore, the design is for me the two main questions; proposed solutions.
I have proposed five different options to address these issues (the following 6 sketch)