Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
Box
Case study 1
LV Home
LV HOME SPECIFICATIONS
DETAILS
A small home that includes a master bedroom, master
closet, master bathroom, second bedroom, small closet,
bathroom, kitchen, living room, dining room, utility room
with laundry and water heater. This home can easily be
reconfigured to be a deluxe one bedroom one bathroom
home as well as fully handicap accessible.
SQUARE FOOTAGE
Approximately 1150 sq/ft.
OVERALL DIMENSIONS
48’-6" x 24’-6"
CEILING HEIGHT
9’-1-3/4"
DESIGN LIVE LOADS
SNOWLOAD 50 lbs / sq/ft
WINDLOAD 100 lbs / sq/ft
DEADLOAD 14 lbs / sq/ft
FOUNDATION SYSTEM
Engineered to LA county Engineering Specifications.
Continuous Concrete Stem and Footings along periphery
of building as well as center of building. Concrete piers
evenly spaced out for support of girders in the floor
framing.
STRUCTURAL SYSTEM
Engineered to LA county Engineering Specifications.
All structural wood made of Southern Yellow Pine. For
more information visit
Most hardware connections are Simpson wood to wood
connectors and Simpson wood to concrete connectors.
For more information visit http://www.strongtie.com
Floor Framing: 4 x 6 girders with 2 x 6 floor joist and
blocking. Floor diaphragm sheathed in 5/8" CDX Plywood.
Main Structure: Post (4 x 6) and Beam (Glulam 6 x 12)
construction. Prefabricated Wall Panels made of 2 x 6
studs and OSB board throughout and as infill between
post and beams. Simpson Shear Walls (SW32 x 10-RF
and SW48 x 10-RF) at open extremities. For more
details on GluLam beams used visit
http://www.trusjoist.com/PDFFiles/2060.pdf . For more
details on Simpson Shear Walls visit
http://www.strongtie.com/strongwall/product_raised_fl
oor.html#table.
Roof Framing: TJI-PRO 350 Trusses by TrusJoist with
TrusJoist blocking. Roof diaphragm sheathed in 5/8"
CDX Plywood. For more information regarding the
trusses visit
http://www.trusjoist.com/PDFFiles/2025%20Pro%20Se
ries.pdf.
ROOFING SYSTEM
Firestone EPDM Roofing System. The slope of the roof
is built-up by Firestone Rigid Insulation Boards which
are sold pre-tapered with a ¼" slope. The roof also has a
valley with a ½’ slope that diverts the water into the two
downspouts which are concealed behind the pre-
fabricated faux walls. For more information visit
www.firestonebpco.com.
EXTERIOR FINISHES
Corrugated Galvalume and Galvalume flat sheets. For
more information on Galvalume visit
http://www.galvalume.com.
WINDOWS
Residential aluminum fixed windows, sliding windows, and
sliding doors and aluminum trim.
INTERIOR FINISHES
Drywall painted white interior walls and drop ceiling,
Pergo floors throughout, Floor to Ceiling Tile in
Bathrooms, and Stainless steel Custom furnishings.
ELECTRICAL / MECHANICAL / PLUMBING
Electrical: Dimmable Recessed downlights, Built-In
Speaker/Audio/Video Equipment and Media Closet,
Burglar Alarm, Backup Generator System, and 150’
Underground Electric Line Hookup.
Mechanical: 4-ton commercial Lennox HVAC system.
Entire HVAC unit is housed outside of the LV home, the
supply and return main ducts go through the master
closet space, and all of the ducting for the entire house is
concealed behind the drop ceiling.
Plumbing: The kitchen and bathrooms are all tucked in
the back of the home, consolidating most of the plumbing
lines.
The sun's path
Home
Natural Ventilation
By noon, the warm midday sun strikes The high living room ceilings allow space for
the south face of the building, with transom windows above the glazed doors and
its chamfered corners oriented to the windows that fill walls on three sides. The
view. A long wraparound porch shades bright, open space changes mood as the sun
moves from east to west
the south side on the lower floor,
giving midday protection to a kitchen
window that fills the south-facing wall
and to the French doors that open
from the living room to the porch.
There are both interior and exterior shade options which can be used to protect windows not
otherwise shaded from the sun. In general it is best to block the sun before it reaches the window.
The variety of shading strategies shown below is effective at accomplishing that goal.
Exterior Window Shading Strategy
Exterior shades catch the sun and reflect some of it away from the window. Some exterior shades
are partially transparent, so some of the incident radiation passes through them to the window.
The rest is absorbed by the shade material. Heat absorbed by the exterior shade is largely carried
away from the window by radiation and air borne convection currents.
Some exterior shades are operable, meaning that they can be raised and lowered, or otherwise
altered in their coverage and degree of protection of the window. For otherwise unshaded east-
facing windows, operable shades are a real advantage, because they can be lowered in the
morning when the sun is rising, yet raised when the sun is on the other side of the building,
thereby affording unobstructed views to the east. The same is true of west-facing windows in the
afternoon.
Some exterior shades serve a secondary window protection function. They can be lowered to
fully cover the window and protect it from wind-blown debris or other consequences of adverse
weather.
Interior shades can also be effective, in some situations. They need to be brightly reflecting
toward the outside, so that solar radiation admitted through the glass is reflected by the shade
back out through the window. Thus little of the sun's radiant heat can remain inside the building.
Draperies, Venetian blinds, vertical blinds, roll up shades, and a variety of other interior
attachments are common additions to residential windows. They are used more for aesthetics and
privacy than for solar heat gain prevention, but they can be effective heat blockers just the same.
The key to success in this function is their solar reflectance on the window-facing side. The
higher this reflectance the greater the quantity of solar radiation entering the window that can be
reflected back through that window to the outside. You can have any color and pattern you want
for the room-side of the shade, but it should be quite bright on the other side. White or near-
white is best.