MDID Architects to be

 

G.R.A.S.P.S 

Goal: 

To design a sustainable house on a plot of land in Taichung. 


Role:

You are an architect working at a firm, you and your partner have been assigned to take on a case. 


Audience:

The target audience is Mingdao High School. 


Situation:

You have been asked by the Mingdao High School to design a sustainable house for foreign teachers around the world working for the International Department and the ESL Department. They are looking for a design that is innovative, Eco-architecture, buildings with features which conserve heat and energy and even produce its own energy. But at the same time, it serves as a comfortable living space for the users that will be residing in the building. 


Product/Performance and Purpose:

You will present a digital design as well as a physical model (Site and building). 


Standards

Refer to rubrics. 


Requirements of the project: 

  • House a minimum of 4 occupants 

  • Common spaces to interact 

  • Sustainable building 

  • Minimal impact on the environment (visually and physically) 

  • Comply with local council and regulations



SOI

Building Aesthetics can be influenced by new scientific and technical innovations while form and function are altered in order to make buildings more sustainable.


Main Concept: Aesthetics

Related Concept/s: Sustainability, form, function 

Global Context: Scientific and technical innovation 


Factual Question: What scientific and technical innovations can make a house sustainable? 

Conceptual Question: What is the value of building sustainable houses? 

Debatable Question: Can sustainable houses really save the environment we are living in now?

 
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