Monday, September 26, 2011

NUS Digital Design Media

"On the blogs, I came across this project by Lewis Wadsworth. An interesting set of rendering techniques are used, starting with SketchUp, rendering images, and then manipulating these images in photoshop." to find out more...
Passage via https://community.nus.edu.sg/ddm/index.php?q=blog

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Ecotect Spatial Comfort Analysis


A very useful Thermal tutorial in Youtube for your reference. to find out more...
Video via http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxsOPbjjiHs&feature=player_embedded
Related tutorials by Autodesk University class taught by Brian Skripac goes over a variety of tools from the Autodesk portfolio for architectural simulation.
1.Revit Architecture to CFDesign for Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
2.Lighting Analysis with Radiance in Ecotect
3.Solar Radiation Analysis in Ecotect
http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/tutorial/visualizing-architectural-analysis
http://autodeskeducation.mediasite.com:80/Mediasite/Play/e59c0109cbc14320b348103b0fc7724a1d

Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Manitoba Hydro Place

"Canadian firms, KPMB Architects and Smith Carter Architects + Engineers, and German climate engineering experts, Transsolar of Stuttgart, have come together to form an Integrated Design Consortium. Combining award-winning architecture, world-renowned climate engineering and technical expertise, the Consortium will leverage the innovations of Manitoba Hydro Place and lessons of the Integrated Design Process to assist organizations in building climate responsive, green buildings that prioritize human comfort and contribute to building vibrant cities." to find out more...
Image via http://www.manitobahydroplace.com/
Passage via http://www.manitobahydroplace.com/Consortium/