Attending next month’s ArchitectureBoston Expo (ABX)? Be sure to check out the topic Natural Ventilation Design on Wednesday, 11/20.
Architects, engineers and building owners will be introduced to the need for and benefits of natural ventilation in buildings. This workshop will outline the basic physical principles of wind- and buoyancy-driven natural ventilation in buildings, and will then cover common problems encountered when a natural ventilation system fails to perform, leading to the design of an unsuccessful, costly and inefficient system. Each aspect will be discussed in detail, using real life examples of successful and unsuccessful systems. Design/operational suggestions will be provided.
Details
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Speakers
Alejandra Menchaca, Building Scientist; PAYETTE
Peter Papesch, Architect; Papesch Associates
The 2025 OpenLAB Boston studio work will be exhibited at Virginia Tech Monday, March 2nd through Wednesday, March 4th.
Please join us for the following events on Monday, March 2nd:
11:00am - Lecture with Parke MacDowell
1:00pm Lobby talk with Kevin Sullivan
This year’s studio identifies seven sites along the frayed edges of Boston’s Greenway. The Greenway is a one-mile-long linear park running through the heart of the city, reconnecting downtown Boston with its waterfront. Many of the parcels along its edges remain undeveloped and present mute, blank facades to the public realm. Addressing and repairing these edges through acts of infilling, layering, grafting, framing, and placemaking is the core focus of the studio—SUTURE.