sustainable design/architecture portfolio
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ISAACCHOUKROUN
The Boston Architectural College
Sustainable Design Portfolio
ISAAC CHOUKROUN
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THE BOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE
2 MURDOCK STREET
(617) 515-2469
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| Bachelor of Sustainable Design
BOSTON, MA 02135
Intro to
This course examines the underlying principles of sus-tainable design within the built environment includ-ing resource efficiency, indoor environmental quality, building materials, and land use.
By introducing the different strategies and techniques that sustainable designers use to reach these goals, we also work to develop passive and active strategies to be implemented into the project from the very first part of the design process.
Sustainable Design
FALL
TheNet-Zero Energy Boston| BAC
2014
A net-zero energy building is defined as a building that generates (on-site) as much energy as it consumes.
The development of zero-energy buildings became possible not only thanks to the progress made in new energy and construction technologies, but it was also significantly improved by academic research; which collects precise energy performance data that helps us do ad-vanced computer models that predict the efficacy of the designs.
By taking advantage of the site’s attribution, the design concept is molded and shaped based on the initial site analysis for a mixed-use live/work space in the North end neighbor-hood in Boston.
The North End, Boston, MA.
Site Analysis
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• Restaurants• Parks• Retail/Shopping• Next to the Boston Harbor
SITE ACCESSAMMENITIES
-Within 5 min walking distance of:
LOCATION | | 427 Commercial StreetBoston, Massachusetts02109
-City Bikes (Boston Hubway)-Bus stop right on-site-Parking lot on-site
Design DevelopmentDeliverables:Throught the site analysis I performed on Project 2, I designed the initial concept design for a live/work space that adjusts to its environment while at the same time contributing to the area’s social life.
The concept design involves building massing and orientation, building envelope strategies, and the selection of renewable systems; based on the idea of sustainable strategies that follow an integrated design ap-proach.
This Net-Zero project was made in a conscious approach to energy and ecological conservation in the already built environment, while also taking advantage of the site attributes.
*Wind study diagram
NET-ZERO ENERGY
Program: Mixed-use development, Zero Net Energy.Site: North End, Boston, MA. United States.Area: 200,000 sqft. Building foot print: 58,900 sqft.
PV system area: 16,000 sqft. Total Roof Area: 20,000 sqft.
Energy Use Intensity (EUI)
155.2 - 155.9 = +.7BUILDING’S
EUI DEMANDRENEWABLE
PRODUCTION EUI
BUILDING’SNET EUI
155.2 EUI
*SITE ENERGY USE INDEX (EUI) kBTU/sqft/year
*Based on national (USA) EUI medians
Residential RetailSailing Club
15%35%50%
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Plan View
Main Floor
2nd Floor
3rd & 4rd Floors
-Terrace/Sunspace-Sailhouse Center-Retail
-Retail-Terrace/City View
-Residential Units and Apartments
PV System
Rainwater Collection System
PavementPermeability
Public CirculationDiagram
Energy:
Heating:
Water Re-use:
Heating:
Water Re-use:
-PV System (solar panels)
Passive Strategies:
Active Strategies:
Passive and Active design strategies
-Trombe wall w/ attached sunspace-Dayilighting massing & orientation
-Geothermal system
-PermeabLe pavement-Water runoff cisterns
-Grey water treatment system
This circulation design works by enabling the public to en-gage with the site directly by connecting the people from the North End to the Boston Harbor through a pedestrian accesible port, this will be a great good contribution to the social atmosphere in the North End by allowing people to interact with the waterfront.
Social and Environmental Interaction
*Light study
Daylighting and solar passive strategies
By taking advantage of the building’s massing, and orienting the design into shapes that work to-gether with the site attributes, and takes advantage of them too; I was able to design a self sustained structure that uses the sun’s direct light to illuminate the inside of the structure through its South facing windows.
The program of the building also includes a designated Sunspace which is a very useful passive heating system since it requires little or no effort to operate and they’re ideal spaces where silence and privacy are desired. This space works by facing the room south so it gets maximum sun exposure to help gather the suns heat throughout the day in the thermal mass inside - in this case a concrete floor, walls and roof - and distributing that same heat to warm up other parts of the building.
A successful Sunspace optimizes heat gain and minimizes heat loss during cold times, and avoids excess heat gain in hot times as well.
*Light study
*North End’s stormwater runoff condition
*Rainwater collection and greywater treatment system for re-use
Net-Zero WaterIncreasing populations will place growing demands on the world’s existing water and wastewater infrastructure. The integration of “closed-loop” sys-tems that emphasize water efficiency, and on-site supply, treatment and reuse is becoming incresingly important as communities seek to strengthen the resiliency of their water systems.
By collecting water through the permeable pavement or by catching it from the building’s roof I can redirect it to the cisterns to be re-used in the buildings mixed-use program. By having a building with the combined use of residences, retail and lockerrooms, a good design approach for water effi-ciency is vital to succesfully cover the water demands.
In this case, this project counts with a septic tank that allows us to gather the used water from the building, to pass it through a grey water treatment sys-tem that cleanses the water and stores it in the cisterns for later re-use in the facility.
