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    Sustainable Architecture: A Solution to a Sustainable Sleep-out Design Brief. Volume 1.: Sustainable Architecture - Sustainable Sleep-out Design Brief, #1
    Sustainable Architecture: A Solution to a Sustainable Sleep-out Design Brief. Volume 1.: Sustainable Architecture - Sustainable Sleep-out Design Brief, #1
    Sustainable Architecture: A Solution to a Sustainable Sleep-out Design Brief. Volume 1.: Sustainable Architecture - Sustainable Sleep-out Design Brief, #1
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    Sustainable Architecture: A Solution to a Sustainable Sleep-out Design Brief. Volume 1.: Sustainable Architecture - Sustainable Sleep-out Design Brief, #1

    By William Van Zyl

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    BOOK DETAILS: Volume 1 : 222 pages in total. 20,000 words in total.

    Volume 2 - second book (not included in this book)

    This book was written with the intent to assist teachers, parents, caregivers, students, architects, designers, and those who are interested in Education for Sustainability, Environmental Education, Eco Education, Sustainable Architecture, and Design and Visual Communication. Sustainable architectural solutions are the focus. Different sustainable sleepout solutions are discussed and illustrated.

    The sleepout briefs and the solutions by 16-year-old students are:

    1. The Egg Sleepout (egg-shaped, floating sleepout)
    2. The Shipping Container Sleepout. (Constructed by using 3 x shipping containers.
    3. The Armadillo and Onion Inspired Sleepout (focus on the biomimetic principles of the onion and the armadillo). Based on a Design and Visual Communication book by the author. Included free in this book.

    BACKGROUND OF THE AUTHOR AND THE BOOK

    As a practising Design and Visual Communication teacher, who has also practised Technical Drawing, 'Ingenieur's Grafika' (Afrikaans), and Graphics, for the past 22 years, the author wanted to give back to students and teachers.

     He has studied extensively over the past 15 to 20 years (education). He is qualified in Design and Visual Communication, Education for Sustainability, Technology Education, Innovations for  STEM (Science, Technology, Environment, and Mathematics), Gifted and Talented, Research Methods and eventually completed a Master's degree in Open Education, Global development Education, Peer-to-Peer collaboration (P2P), Peer Learning (PL), Peer Assisted Learning(PAL), and Peer-to-Peer Learning Technologies. The author has secondary school teaching experience of over 22 years in Technology Education.

     The benefits for reading this book is that the contents focus on informing the reader about sustainable architectural practice, and then continues to give practical examples of how a typical sustainable design brief could be structured and planned. As mentioned, three different sleepouts are included to provide depth to the sustainable features and functions considered for each design brief.

    Several resources are included in the appendices for the reader. The author produced a systematic solution to the design briefs with a range of media and techniques, which the reader will find valuable. The resources include freehand sketches, illustrations, screenshots, drawings, Sketch-up design work, annotations, and YouTube video clips produced by the author specifically for these design brief. The resources will provide a solid starting point for readers either to attempt their own sustainable design projects or to teach sustainable architectural design.

    Armadillo and Onion inspired design brief is included:

    After touching on the first two sustainable sleepout briefs, the author includes the solution to an armadillo and onion inspires sleepout towards the end. The intention is to develop the sleepout design brief to include creativity and innovation for students. This section is taken from a book by the author namely, 'Armadillo and Onion inspired sleep-out design brief: Research, climate, weather, ideation and freehand sketching- Sustainable Architecture.'

    For more details go to https://fivehousepublishing.com/

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFive House Publishing
    Release dateJun 22, 2018
    ISBN9780473438326
    Sustainable Architecture: A Solution to a Sustainable Sleep-out Design Brief. Volume 1.: Sustainable Architecture - Sustainable Sleep-out Design Brief, #1
    Author

    William Van Zyl

    The author had an interesting and unique childhood. Not travelling abroad - as you would expect - but venturing into the fields, bushes, tools sheds and mysterious underground tunnels around his neighbourhood. His happy place was - and still is - tinkering with ideas, science, and new possibilities. Many times while cycling he will get new ideas; he brings the unexpected, the unique, the creative in a flurry on a page or in a sketch. To this day he dreams of vicious wars and sophisticated weaponry in an innocent child's scout cave. He loves diagrams, timelines, cross sections, sketches, and details of sinister and hidden concepts and ideas; always looking for a new mystery to decode and to encode. He investigates and explores extravagant thoughts which he includes in children's books, stories and articles; he loves to include philosopher’s perspectives, articles,  intriguing stories, and poetry in his writing. Academic and research work are also his forte. He always offers a simple but practical explanation within an engaging context. Not your ordinary thinker! A lifelong scholar and teacher. 

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      Sustainable Architecture - William Van Zyl

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      SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE: A SOLUTION TO A SUSTAINABLE SLEEPOUT DESIGN BRIEF (VOLUME 1).

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      By William Van Zyl

      Copyright © 2018 William N. Van Zyl

      SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE: A SOLUTION TO A SUSTAINABLE SLEEPOUT DESIGN BRIEF (VOLUME 1).

      All rights are reserved. This book or any portion thereof

      may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever

      without the express written permission of the publisher

      except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      ISBN: 978-0-473-43832-6 (Volume 1)

      First Publishing, 2018

      Five House Publishing

      https://fivehousepublishing.com/

      Contact: williamvzyl@xtra.co.nz

      Contents

      VOLUME 1

      Preface

      Keywords & Key Phrases:

      Introduction

      Summary:

      Links to primary schools: Sustainability Practice

      Chapter 1: A brief overview of sustainability in primary schools and the links to secondary school – a New Zealand context.

      Chapter 2: A Māori or indigenous perspective on sustainable practice: Looking at the cultural diversity of New Zealand within an educational context.

      Education for Sustainability in New Zealand Schools: Summary Report (2010)

      References:

      Bibliography

      Chapter 3: A quick view of biomimetics and some sustainable features and functions—Sustainable architecture design brief.

      EXPLORING THE ONION (ORGANIC) AND ARMADILLO (ANIMAL) CONCEPTS TO INFORM DESIGN IDEAS FOR A SUSTAINABLE SLEEP-OUT.

      PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN:

      What is PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN?

      Sustainable sleepout design by a 16- year old student: ‘The Egg.’

      PASSIVE VENTILATION: ‘EARTHSHIP’ DIAGRAM

      Chapter 4: The situation, the brief, and the specifications: Sustainable Sleep-out

      Chapter 5:  Sustainable sleep-out design. A Design and Visual Communication approach from a New Zealand perspective (curriculum), including educational research to support this design process and to inform design decisions, educational models, strategies, assessment, and more.

      Software used for design work: Google Sketch-up (free software - SketchupMake)

      Curriculum task alignment

      5.1 Planning for practice:

      5.2 Brief development:

      5.3 Outcome development and evaluation:

      5.4 Technological modelling:

      5.5 Technological products:

      5.6 Technological systems:

      5.7 Characteristics of technology:

      5.8 Characteristics of technology outcomes:

      5.9 Biomimetics:

      Chapter 6: Creative and innovative elements of this task

      Design Competition for students:

      Chapter 7: Why this task?

      Chapter 8: Carbon footprint

      The intention is to explore the multi-media options for this task.

      Chapter 9: A competition with prizes

      Chapter 10. Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK)

      Chapter 11: ‘The living classroom,’ a living example of the application of PCK

      The Living Room

      Wine bottles to insulate the floor

      Chapter 12: How the activities have been chosen and ordered

      Chapter 13:  The planning of student’s learning—Models of learning.

      BEHAVIOURIST LEARNING MODEL- Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936), John B. Watson (1878-1958) & B. F. Skinner (1904-1990):

      DEVELOPMENTAL LEARNING MODEL:

      Cognitive Theory - Jean Piaget (1896-1980):

      The 4 Stages of Cognitive Development as developed by Piaget. Piaget identified four stages of cognitive development:

      Sensorimotor stage (Infancy).

      Pre-operational stage (Toddler and Early Childhood).

      Concrete operational stage (Elementary and Early Adolescence).

      Formal operational stage (Adolescence and adulthood).

      Sustainability.

      Summary of Maturation Learning Model

      Humanistic Learning Model:

      Humanist Theory:

      Sustainability:

      SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVIST:

      Socio-cultural Theory

      ENACTIVIST: LEARNING IS EXPERIMENTAL, REQUIRING PEOPLE TO ACT ON THEIR WORLD.

      Chapter 14: Justification and ordering of tasks chosen.

      Chapter 15: Assessments

      A summary of possible assessments:

      Chapter 16:  Possible extension of work.

      Chapter 17:  The next steps forward

      Chapter 18: Useful websites:

      Great websites to visit (links):

      CHAPTER 19: SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN BRIEF – The Armadillo and Onion Inspired Sustainable Sleep-out.

      Sustainable features and functions phrases:

      Step 1: Doing research: Armadillo and onion inspired sleep-out

      Onion (scientific facts, shape & form)

      Armadillo & onion ideation:

      ‘How To Think Like An Architect: Designing From Organic Form’ -by Barry Berkus:

      THE PINK FAIRY ARMADILLO

      The onion shape and form:

      Freehand sketches that illustrate the concept idea for the solution to the brief:

      Working with shadows and shading in SketchUpMake:

      The 3D Warehouse in Sketch-up. The application of deciduous landscaping (trees).

      Geo-location of your building in SketchUpMake.

      Orientation of the sleep-out on the building site.

      The Sketch-up model: Quick description of the different features and functions: SUSTAINABLE SLEEP-OUT

      ILLUSTRATION OF CONCRETE FORMWORK: See the video and the image below on the traditional method of pouring concrete into a steel shutter boxes (formwork) for a basic wall:

      Green roof areas:

      Living walls (interior):

      Doors (interior and exterior):

      Photovoltaic panels (solar panels):

      LED Lighting:

      Water tanks:

      Sleep-out model in Sketch-up: Shadows and shading

      Link to Sketch-up website:

      END OF VOLUME 1

      PREVIEW: THE CONTENTS OF VOLUME 2

      ABOUT THE RESEARCHER (AUTHOR):

      See more eBooks by the author available at:

      APA REFERENCING AND CITATION:

      Additional resources available related to this book by the author.

      VOLUME 1

      PLEASE NOTE: This Sustainable Architecture book consists of 2 volumes. Volume 1 and 2 make up the full book.

      Preface

      This book is about Design and Visual Communication for secondary school students and teachers. It is very useful for primary school teachers and students who are interested in sustainable architecture. Designers and architects could also find it an interesting read. The software Google Sketch-up, discussed and illustrated in this book, is very user-friendly. The computer-aided drawing program - Sketch-up - is freeware, which can be downloaded from the Internet. The program is very easy to use; very young kids, like primary school students, secondary school students, can use it. It is a great design program and many tertiary students, as well as professional architects and designers, make use of it. Included in the brief is general research (inspiration board, design eras & influential architects), and design activities that include possible solutions to a sustainable architectural design brief.

      Extensive content is included on freehand sketches; Sketch-Up computer-aided drawings, elevations, site plans, diagrams, screenshots, biomimetics, assessments, and more are included. The assessment of the building site is presented, including weather and climate factors. Additionally, the author has included links to his YouTube videos (model/movement). These videos were specifically included to assist the solution to sustainable architectural briefs. Links to published academic work by the author, and much more, are included. See Five House Publishing for more details. Exemplars of secondary school student work (sixteen-year-olds) from a New Zealand Secondary School context are included.

      Keywords & Key Phrases:

      design and visual communication, 16-year-olds, sleep-out, sustainable architecture, sustainable features & functions, secondary school, sleep-out, shipping containers sleep-out, armadillo and onion inspired, biomimetics, ask nature how, passive solar design, the living classroom, model, movement, illustrate sustainable function, design eras, modernism, influential designers, modernist architects, generating design ideas, ideation, freehand sketching, ideation, Sketch-Up, computer-aided software, shadows and shading, passive solar, passive ventilation, clerestory, site assessment, weather, climate, harvesting energy from the sun, harvesting energy from the wind, collecting rainwater, location, retrofitting, creativity, innovation, thermal mass, heatsink, insulation, animal architecture, solar thermal panel, photovoltaic panel, eglass, green roof., heatsink, thermal mass, LED lights, carbon footprint, Māori, New Zealand

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