Task 2- c (not completed)

Using the Sustainable Design Principles as outlined below, provide a set of instructions that the resort mangers must adhere to in order to promote sustainable design. The instructions may be supported by explanations (length is open and depends on the depth of research you and your partner decide upon).

Instructions:

1.    There may only be 6 cars on the resort at any time. Guests are required to leave their car on the mainland side of the bridge so that a large car park will not be required. This will also reduce the amount of deadly toxins and gases polluting the air making the resort a much more eco-friendly place with fresh air.

2.    All paper used in management offices is required to be recycled at the local recycling plant. Paper is also a renewable material as can will be recycled and used over and over again.

3.     Resort managers are required to have recycling bins always accessible near any food or drink faculties on the campus of the resort. This will then ensure all bottles, wrappers and boxes are recycled so they then can obtain an ‘afterlife’. Also the only bottled drinks that will be sold at the resort is water, any other drink will be served in a glass so the glass can be reused.

4.    All machines purchased for resort e.g. Dishwashers, ovens, washing machines, dryers, computers, cars, phones, fans, air cons, tv etc. must be of top quality so they are longer-lasting. This then reduces the impact of producing replacements.

5.    Solar panels will be used at all times to produce electricity and is a clean, natural source that will not be using our fossil fuels.

6.    Electricity lines and all electricity devices must be checked after every guest departs the resort to make sure they are of the Work Place Health and Safety requirements.

Task 2- b

Alternative energy generation- Solar Power

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An alternative energy generation system that is going to be used in my resort is solar power. Solar power systems are clean, natural electricity from the sun. This type of energy is the cleanest and greenest source of renewable energy generated electricity available to help power any type of building. Nowadays solar power is the cheapest as well. By using solar panels, my resort will not only be slashing greenhouse gas emissions and its electricity bill, it will be joining Australia’s energy security revolution.

There are two different main types of solar power systems that can be installed on my resort. These types are grid connect and off grid (stand alone/remote power.) For my resort I will be using a grid connect system. A residential grid connect system will be a more efficient way of solar energy for my resort as the buildings will still be connected to the main power supply. This means that battery storage is not required and will also ensure me that I have the electricity I need, whenever I need it regardless of weather conditions.

Solar energy will be utilized in the resort on the roof of the main building. Therefore it is not in the way of anything and does not wreck the resort aesthetically. The solar panels will be on the west side of the resort as that is the side the sun rises on and the side that the sun beams rays down on for majority of the day.

Task 2- a

Louis Kahn

Louis Kahn, known as “One of the most influential architects of the mid-20^th century” (Design Museum) died swiftly of a heart attack in the year of 1974. He was one of the worlds most admired architects and is known for designing and creating many famous buildings, complexes, institutes and museums around the world today.  Louis Isadore Kahn was born in 1901 on the small Island of Osel, his dad taking him to Philadelphia for work in 1904 and starting high school in 1912, Kahn was first known for his talents in art and music, winning many prizes and scholarships. In 1920 Louis Kahn won a scholarship to study architecture under Paul Cret at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Philadelphia. Graduating from university in 1924 with numerous awards, Louis Kahn was employed as a draughtsman by the architect John Moilter and this was when his famous and successful career began. Embarking on a two-year tour of Europe in 1928, Louis Kahn returned in 1930 marrying his wife Esther Iraell, but had a struggle to find work during the economic depression. In 1935 Kahn started his own independent architectural practice in Philadelphia, but struggling to find work in modest local housing projects, he decided to start teaching at Yale. After teaching at Yale he then became a professor of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in 1957. Ancient ruins was what influenced Louis Kahn’s uniqueness throughout his designs. Kahn was passionate about not hiding the weight, materials and process undertaken in the final product of his designs. His work was considered “monumental beyond modernism” meaning historic and innovative. Louis Kahn was also known for his genius use of many different materials. For example, in the Kimbell Museum, Fort Worth Texas, which Kahn designed in 1967, he used reinforced concrete. This museum had an urban park setting and was modern. The museum had vaulted ceilings with integrated day lighting and gave off a dull sheen from its lead covered exterior. Refer to image 1 and 2 for evidence.

Image 1: Interior and vaulted ceilings with integrated day lighting.

Image 2: Lead covered exterior.

 

Louis Kahn did address environmental issues whilst designing the Kimbell Museum. Kahn used vaulted ceilings with intergrated day lighting as shown in image 1. This is an effective way in which Kahn tried to save energy (electricty for lights), that did not affect his uniquess. On a whole, Louis Isadore Kahn will always be known for  his provocative unbuilt proposals, his teaching and has has left a legacy of being known as one of the most influntial architects of the 20^th century.