Prototropic 0.1: Honolulu and Rio
Journal and media platform for discourse in design, culture, and critical issues of emerging tropical cities in the 21st century.Prologue, New Epicenter(s) | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 6~15 ] Honolulu Hot Tropics | Lindsea K. Wilbur / [ Page 30~47 ] Metrophilia | Kazi Ashraf / [ Page 48~65 ] House is a Decorated Shack | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 66~77 ] Tropical Case Study House | David Rockwood / [ Page 78~99 ] Rio Favela Que Saudade | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 102~115 ] Fluid City | Raul Correa-Smith / [ Page 116~133 ] AAA Forro | Steven Sanchez / [ Page 134~149]
Journal and media platform for discourse in design, culture, and critical issues of emerging tropical cities in the 21st century.Prologue, New Epicenter(s) | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 6~15 ]
Honolulu
Hot Tropics | Lindsea K. Wilbur / [ Page 30~47 ]
Metrophilia | Kazi Ashraf / [ Page 48~65 ]
House is a Decorated Shack | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 66~77 ]
Tropical Case Study House | David Rockwood / [ Page 78~99 ]
Rio
Favela Que Saudade | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 102~115 ]
Fluid City | Raul Correa-Smith / [ Page 116~133 ]
AAA Forro | Steven Sanchez / [ Page 134~149]
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Tropical Case Study House I | <strong>Prototropic</strong> <strong>0.1</strong> / David Rockwood<br />
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The Tropical Case Study House program seeks to reinvent the tropical house, extending the pioneering<br />
work elaborated by Jane Drew <strong>and</strong> Maxwell Fry in their book Tropical Architecture of 1964. The authors cite<br />
specific strategies to provide comfort in dry <strong>and</strong> humid tropical zones, such as siting, typology, shading, <strong>and</strong><br />
ventilation. Little research has since been conducted to extend these basic principles <strong>and</strong> finding solutions<br />
matching current needs for appropriate ways of living in relation to the tropical natural environment. Most<br />
contemporary tropical housing adapts designs used in other climate zones, resulting in the need to use<br />
mechanical space conditioning to provide basic comfort, thus isolating occupants from their surroundings. ><br />
TCSH No. 1 Sketch Study 2
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