Fishing in 3D into 2011
15 years ago
12 May 2009
11 May 2009
House Design Proposal by Larry Kegel
This is the floor plan diagram of the house design proposed by Larry Kegel.
03 May 2009
Building in CapeTown Summary
Hello,
Wow, i learned alot during the study of "building in Capetown". First i didn't realize that the very basic building materials we use in the States every day, are rare in Capetown. we use metal and wood studs to frame homes and in Capetown its mud roofs and concrete walls. we take for granted Central air and insulated windows, while in Capetown, its seems vent systems and more windows are the keys to living comfortable.
During the begin of the design i continued to use products that would last forever such as copper roofing material, thinking that these were ways to build homes that were extremely low maintenance. However, I kept on forgetting that many building materials were not readily available. I believe that I i have learned more about living in a greener environment just by limiting my materials and having to come up with better use for the materials i have to heat and cool spaces.
Larry Kegel
Wow, i learned alot during the study of "building in Capetown". First i didn't realize that the very basic building materials we use in the States every day, are rare in Capetown. we use metal and wood studs to frame homes and in Capetown its mud roofs and concrete walls. we take for granted Central air and insulated windows, while in Capetown, its seems vent systems and more windows are the keys to living comfortable.
During the begin of the design i continued to use products that would last forever such as copper roofing material, thinking that these were ways to build homes that were extremely low maintenance. However, I kept on forgetting that many building materials were not readily available. I believe that I i have learned more about living in a greener environment just by limiting my materials and having to come up with better use for the materials i have to heat and cool spaces.
Larry Kegel
30 April 2009
DESIGING THE HOME
well me being an american kid and all this was a fun and challanging building for an african family home. The way that i went about going on was i did research about the outlying area of cape town such as what were the building materials used and what was the family size, and how green and energy efficent we could make it.
As soon as you walk through the front door you are greeted with the great room and straight ahead you can see the kitchen and dining room because of the half wall. Off to your left you have the two kids bedrooms with their bath in the middle. As for the right side you have the master bedroom and master bath. In the winter time the master, great room, and one kids bedroom gets direct solar gain for easy heating, while in the summer the little roof extension takes off the heat.
Jango Carlucci
As soon as you walk through the front door you are greeted with the great room and straight ahead you can see the kitchen and dining room because of the half wall. Off to your left you have the two kids bedrooms with their bath in the middle. As for the right side you have the master bedroom and master bath. In the winter time the master, great room, and one kids bedroom gets direct solar gain for easy heating, while in the summer the little roof extension takes off the heat.
Jango Carlucci
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