Task
Our task for this project was to help come up with a design for the new San Marin science building to help us understand architectural engineering. Our design had to be energy efficient and had to meet the same/ or most of the criteria for the architects. We also have taken the teacher's requests into consideration to our design.
Daylighting Design Model
To help lead us into the actual design process of our science building, we were given an introductory assignment to help us understand different daylighting techniques real world architects use to disperse sunlight thoughout houses. We were given 1000 sq ft to plan a house and include daylighting techniqes to make it like an actual house. My group decided to experment with different sizes and shapes of windows. In the end we found that large, wide windows on the South side were best for giving the most light. We also included a white celing to reflect light off of it and disperse light more evenly throughout our house. In our house some key features we included were, 2 bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen room with an open space that leads to the living room and a white ceiling.
Concepts
- Crust- the crust of the earth is it's outermost layer that covers the entire surface, it's the thinnest layer that we as a species live on.
- Moho Discontinuity- Layer Between the crust and mantle
- Mantle- the largest layer of the earth, made of molten rock, very extreme temperatures that reach up to 4000 degrees Celcius.
- Outer Core- consists of melted iron and nickel, entirely liquid
- Inner Core- The exact center of the earth, hottest part of the earth, made of solid iron and nickel
- Apogee- The farthest point (from the object it's orbiting) in an object's orbit, the place with the highest potential energy
- Perigee- The closest point (from the object it's orbiting) in an object's orbit, the place of the highest kinetic energy
- Escape Velocity- The exact velocity needed to escape the gravitational force and launch into space, for our planet it is 11.2 km/s
- Solar Angles- The agles at which the sun hits the earth
- Equator- A line at a latitude of zero degrees where the sun hits the earth directly and creates warm temperatures.
- Molecule- 2 or more atoms bonded together
- Atom- The tiny particles made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons, that make up everything in our universe
- Proton- Positively charged particle usually found in the center of an atom called the nucleus (center of the atom), These particles determine the atom's elements
- Neutron- A particle in the atoms nucleus with neutral charge
- Electron- A particle with a negative charge, not found in nucleus, the number of electrons is usually equal to the number of protons, If the numbers are different it creates an ion.
- Heat- Heat is a type energy created by molecules moving at high speeds.
- Radiation- heat moving through space (as a wave)
- Conduction- Heat moving through a solid
- Convection- Heat circulating through a fluid (liquid or gas)
- Insulation- Resisting Conduction
- Clerestory Window- A window positioned at an angle, designed to let as much light in as possible at all times of the day.
- Light Shelf- A Shelf either painted white or covered with mirrors on one side, that sits at an angle underneath a window to direct sunlight into it.
- Skylight- A large window on the ceiling that lets in direct sunlight
- Sun Tube- A tube directed at an angle with mirrors inside to let sunlight in
Energy Justification Document
As a class, we researched different aspects of energy and created a class document about the different energy sources. Each group was tasked with completing a different part of the document. My group was tasked with answering one of the questions at the bottom. We answered the question of How Climate Change affects our earth, which we answered by researching. Ethan and I worked on the actual answer/ paragraph and Lucy and Jackson researched and provided data for the graph to support and provide evidence for the paragraph.
Science Building
When we were officially given the task of designing the new stem building we had to start off by designing a floor plan. My group decided to go and scout out the area and when we came back we had a lot of ideas to work with. We originally decided to have two level buidling with staggared buildings. Eventually, we decided to get rid of the two level idea but kept the staggared buildings. We brainstormed a list of what we wanted and needed the building to have. One thing we all agreed upon while planning was having a student common room for students to do work and destress in. We decided to have an outdoor student learning area as well. We made every classroom easily accessible and tried out best to include as much storage space as possible. I tried to push our group to inlcude gender neutral restrooms, but was outvoted in the end despite me arguing they would save us space and be more efficient. When we went to make our model we decided to focus on the layout of a single classroom being very specific about where we wanted everything and exactly what we wanted. For our floor we used grey linoleum tile, the ceiling we decided to be sound proof white tiles, off white/ cream drywall for the walls and wooden tables and cabinets to accent it. For our lighting we chose to have light shelves in all of our windows to reflect more light in. We chose to have big open windows in common areas and hallways. For the outside of our building we chose to have cherry wood horizontal patterning accross the entire outside because it is resistant against harsh weather, flexible in an earthquake, and it looks really nice. In the interior of the walls we will have strong metal support beams, that are flexible in earthquakes.
Reflection
In this project I feel that I tried to improve my work ethic but ended up not fixing anything. I feel like I did not make any progress to improve my work ethic. However in this project I feel as though I did improve leadership skills some. I helped assign tasks to my team mates many times and tried my best to divide the work evenly. I helped with creating the blueprint and and planning the student common room, although quite a few of my ideas were scrapped I still felt I helped shape our ideas.
In this project I felt there was a lot of things I could've improved on. For example while I did try to improve my work ethic and leadership, I feel as though my plan backfired and I only ended up attempting to improve my leadership skills while neglecting my work ethic and productivity skills. So while I worked hard to improve leadership,
In this project I felt there was a lot of things I could've improved on. For example while I did try to improve my work ethic and leadership, I feel as though my plan backfired and I only ended up attempting to improve my leadership skills while neglecting my work ethic and productivity skills. So while I worked hard to improve leadership,
Special Thanks to My Awesome Group Members:
Lucy Mogan: lucymogansanmarin.weebly.com/
Ethan Cadaoas: ethancadaoassanmarin.weebly.com/
Jackson Roberts: jacksonrobertssanmarin.weebly.com/
Thank you for being in my group, it was absolutely awesome to work with you guys!
Ethan Cadaoas: ethancadaoassanmarin.weebly.com/
Jackson Roberts: jacksonrobertssanmarin.weebly.com/
Thank you for being in my group, it was absolutely awesome to work with you guys!