WINES

Are you able to design an ecologically inspired art of building in the Age of Ecology in your present studio?

I feel that I was not encouraged to design an ecological building this quarter however every time I would ask for advice whenever I wanted to integrate an ecological idea into my building I received constructive guidance. One of my goals every quarter is that I will try to correctly combine environmental practices with technology. For this quarter I designed a mid-rise seven story building that has a market on the ground level open to a plaza. The steel frame doors with glass open upward manually, allowing natural light inside the market and proper ventilation. A rooftop that will cut energy cost by providing insulation, also by catching rainwater to be used after it is treated and restoring green space lost to urban development.