This month Interiors and Sources ran an article about the recent Design Local competition run by Mannington Commercial, in which our Kristyn Hill participated on the winning team. Interiors and Sources interviewed members of Team D.C. to learn about what inspires them and their process. Hill shared that her favorite element of the competition was that the process “was a design charrette. It kind of pulled back to when we were in school and having these little mini-contests. It gets you excited again about design, and it’s kind of nice and fresh.”
Visit the Interiors and Sources article to hear more from Kristyn, the team and learn more about the winning design. Their design will become a full carpet and LVT collection to be showcased at NeoCon 2013.
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Team D.C. wins Design Local Competition
This Earth Week, we’ll be covering five landmark buildings exemplifying new approaches to building performance and sustainability.
The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Klarman Building is the first hospital in the northeast to implement chilled beams in an inpatient setting. Early energy analysis demonstrated that the use of chilled beams would be the best way to reduce building energy use.
For this strategy to work, however, the peak thermal loads of the façades could not exceed the capacity of the chilled beams. An integrated design approach and in-house modeling allowed for constant tuning of the façade to optimize glazing, solar exposure and massing. The building orients glazing to face true north and south to minimize heat gain and maximize occupant comfort, resulting in a 15% reduction in peak solar load.
Beyond performance, the distinctive serrated terracotta façade reflects the scale and cadence of individual patient rooms, providing a delicate scale and texture to the façade.
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