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ioclimatic expression to design. The Solar Umbrella House, which is distinctly shaped by the sun and wind, illustrates that the building’s resulting quality and experience and its relationship to the site are equally as important as the building’s performance. The relationship between inside and outside is permeable and adaptable, providing opportunities to connect the building’s interior with the landscape throughout the seasons. Great attention is given to the building envelope’s design and detailing, to provide a high degree of transparency while managing solar gains and flexibility to respond to seasonal change. The house’s skin is a dynamic and adaptable threshold that mediates the boundary between inside and outside and enables a fluid interaction between occupants and site. Interior spaces are filled with changing qualities of light and air, exterior views, and garden connections that enhance the experience of place, time, and seasons. The Solar Umbrella House elegantly integrates high-performance standards with a place-based and ecological sense of aesthetics and beauty that is more than skin deep. Solar Umbrella House exterior view Photo by Marvin Rand Solar Umbrella House interior view Photo by Marvin Rand -12-
DESIGNING A NEW FUTURE “The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.” —Bertrand Russell “Architecture is the reaching out for the truth.” —Louis Kahn This selection of recent AIA COTE award–winning projects reveals that the next generation of design thinking has already emerged, and it is one that calls the profession to a more ambitious and inspired level of leadership to meet the urgent ecological issues of our time. Edward Tufte, information designer and author of Beautiful Evidence, suggests that the “...commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly—to develop strategies of seeing and showing.” Today’s design challenge is to meet new standards of sustainable performance and cause a shift in social consciousness that will enable people to “see profoundly” into a new future. Buildings alone can not solve our ecological problems, the way humans live on this Earth also has to change and evolve. Architecture can reveal tangible ways of living more lightly, connecting more deeply with place, and honoring all forms of life. Architecture is a critical means of integrating sustainability into our daily lives and actions; it can help us practice new ways of dwelling on Earth. The greatest lesson from these projects is the vision of a future that solves ecological problems with design integrity and beauty and provides solutions to living more respectfully within our local ecosystems. Architects are called to integrate both the art and science of an architecture of the sun and wind as means to awaken the heart and enable our society to embody a new ecological ethos that is both hopeful and promising. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AIA COTE Whitepapers are supported by corporate sponsorship. This Whitepaper was sponsored by Metro. For more information about our Whitepaper Series or for information on how your company can become a COTE sponsor supporting this or other COTE programs, please contact us at COTE@aia.org. Metro (www.metrofurniture.com) has evolved over the past century as a residential and contract furniture manufacturer to become a leader in creating refined, modern furniture. Today, Metro is a 100-year-old company that continues to reinvent itself to remain relevant—driven by a pioneering spirit and passion that is prevalent throughout the organization. As the world changes, so must our thinking. The ecology of today's changing world gives us cause to rethink our sense of responsibility and commitment to environmental stewardship for the generations that will follow. We believe that in this century, our thinking—and our practices—must continue to move toward that which renews, preserves, and sustains the world we all share. -13-
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