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Sara Saadouni
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Приєднався 27 сер 2023
Hi, my name is Sara. I'm an Architect, Lecturer and Sustainability specialist. In this channel, we discuss Architecture Principles and Design Strategies to help Architects and Designers create a Happier, Healthier, and more Sustainable World.
The Passive Design Combo That Saves 88% Of Energy
The sun is a powerful source of heat and energy, but in regions with frequent cloud cover, relying on solar power for heating can be challenging.
In this video, we explore two passive strategies that tap into the earth's stored energy and take advantage of simple rules of physics to moderate indoor temperatures.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Climate conditions
01:55 The Earth Air Tunnel
03:44 The Volcano
05:10 The combo effect
05:33 Other factors
To learn more about the project, visit:
www.archdaily.com/881833/school-campus-de-vonk-de-pluim-nl-architects
In this video, we explore two passive strategies that tap into the earth's stored energy and take advantage of simple rules of physics to moderate indoor temperatures.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Climate conditions
01:55 The Earth Air Tunnel
03:44 The Volcano
05:10 The combo effect
05:33 Other factors
To learn more about the project, visit:
www.archdaily.com/881833/school-campus-de-vonk-de-pluim-nl-architects
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The 3 Design Strategies Keeping This Building Cool In Scorching Heat
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How can young children study under 35 degree celsius in a school with no air conditioning? Easily, if they're in the Gando School in Burkina Faso designed by Diébédo Francis Kéré. Kéré said once that his people refer to his buildings as big fridges which he takes as a compliment. In this 5 minute video, we go through the three passive strategies that Kéré employs to design a building that does ...
How Do The UN SDGs Apply To The Built Environment?
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The UN Sustainable Development Goals are an ambitious target to make our world a better place by 2030. But how do they practically relate to the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry? This video presents a universal framework that directly relate the work we do as built environment professionals to the SDGs. CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 00:22 Context 02:58 The framework 06:58 Resou...
The Healing Power of Daylight in Buildings and How To Harness It
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In this video, we explore the healing powers of daylight and how we can harness them to improve our physical and mental health. TED Talk by Matt Walker: ua-cam.com/video/5MuIMqhT8DM/v-deo.html CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 00:56 The disconnect from Nature 01:42 Impact of daylight on sleep 03:41 The therapeutic effects of sleep 04:51 Side daylighting strategy explained 05:45 Lightshelves 05:57 Co...
Exploring Alternative Career Paths For Architects
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Architects are in a way the Swiss knives of the built environment! 😅 We can get so wrapped up in this identity and forget to ask ourselves if we really like it or if we could add value in different ways. However, our training allows us to develop a great set of skills that are transferrable to many other professions. In this video, I give some examples of alternatives careers for Architects spl...
How To Save Time With These FREE Architecture AI Tools
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The most valuable resource for us humans is Time! And I am all for ways I can save it! These FREE AI tools are a great start for Architects and Designers: LINKS: - Chat GPT: chat.openai.com/ - Perplexity: www.perplexity.ai/ - PromeAI: www.promeai.pro/ - Pixelcut: www.pixelcut.ai/ CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 01:57 Chat GPT 04:34 Perplexity 07:51 PromeAI 10:30 Conclusion
These 3 Architects Are Pushing the Boundaries of Sustainable Architecture
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Behind every woman in sustainability is a story of care, creativity and breaking ground. These three Architects are absolutely amazing and an inspiration to us all. - Watch Anna Heringer's TED talk here: ua-cam.com/video/x7I5BWW-0c8/v-deo.html - Watch Marina Tabassum's lecture here: ua-cam.com/video/UkKKvodQ4kU/v-deo.html - Watch a talk by Mariam Kamara here: ua-cam.com/video/cMluHvtuEIg/v-deo....
10 Tips For Overseas Architects To Land A Job In The UK!
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I know from experience how hard it is to break into the Architecture job market in the UK if you have qualified as an Architect overseas. In this video, I give you my top 10 tips if you are looking for a job. These are the things I learned from 8 years of experience working in Architecture practices in the UK. I hope you find them useful.
Analyzing Solar and Energy Performance with Formit Pro (Tutorial and Review)
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Formit Pro is the equivalent of Sketchup in the Autodesk environment. It feels less rigid than Revit and allows more design freedom. But how about its Solar and Energy Performance capabilities? Are they useful in the first stages of the design process. In this video, I explore just that through a tutorial where I model a simple form. Then I give my opinion on the energy modelling capabilities o...
How To Design A Career You Love As An Architect
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Are you doing a job you genuinely love? Do you feel energised by the work you're doing everyday or do you feel drained and overwhelmed at the end of the day? We can get so caught up in fitting a job description which can result in losing ourselves and mainly doing the tasks that we don't enjoy. In this video, I encourage you to think about what brings you joy as an Architect? What do you enjoy ...
The 4 Game-changing AI Tools Shaping Architecture In 2024
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2023 was the year Artificial Intelligence tools entered the global mainstream. 2024 will surely be the year where they become part of ours workflow, in many industries, including Architecture. In this video, I talk about the 4 AI tools I am keeping an eye on. I also give my honest opinion on the question that is on everybody's mind: is AI going to take our jobs? CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 02:...
This FREE Tool Can Help You Design Sustainable Buildings In Any Climate!
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The psychrometric chart is a simple yet powerful tool that forms the basis of understanding the weather and coming up with the best passive design strategies for sustainable buildings. In this video, I walk you through my process of using it in the early design stages. Links to the resources: ☁️ Psychrometric chart: drajmarsh.bitbucket.io/psychro-chart2d.html ☀️ Where to download weather files:...
ARB Prescribed Exam Interview: What To Expect
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There is little online about the oral part of the ARB Prescribed Examination so in this video, I want to walk you step by step through the process. Hopefully, this will help you be more prepared on the day and to ace your interview! Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:25 The two phases of the exam 01:38 What does the oral examination entail 02:41 Tips to give good verbal answers 04:05 What happens ...
4 Reasons to register as an Architect in the UK
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In this video, I explain the four reasons I believe it is worthwhile to register as an Architect with the Architect's Registration Board in the UK if you wish to operate as an Architect. This is purely my opinion from the point of view of an international architect working in the building industry in the UK. Let me know your reasons! 🔗 Links: - The RIBA salary scales 2023: recruiters.architectu...
These 3 mistakes could make you FAIL the ARB Prescribed Exam
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During the ARB Prescribed Exam workshop we organised in September 2023 in Nottingham, a former ARB Prescribed Exam examiner gave a talk to the attendees and explained the most common mistakes he saw during the 7 years he sat on the jury. These were also mistakes I made and caused me in part to fail the ARB Prescribed Exam back in 2018. In this video, I summarise them for you so that you can avo...
How these 3 Architecture LEGENDS were influenced by Fine Art
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How these 3 Architecture LEGENDS were influenced by Fine Art
The International Architect's guide to register in the UK (2023)
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The International Architect's guide to register in the UK (2023)
How to present your thesis project in your ARB Prescribed Exam portfolio
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How to present your thesis project in your ARB Prescribed Exam portfolio
What are the examiners looking for in terms of Cultural Context?
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What are the examiners looking for in terms of Cultural Context?
5 steps to fill the gaps in your ARB Prescribed Exam portfolio
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5 steps to fill the gaps in your ARB Prescribed Exam portfolio
How to choose your projects? A dive into the comparative matrix
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How to choose your projects? A dive into the comparative matrix
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So in winter the air is pumped in from the earth pipes, and exhausted where from the building?
It's hotter in Arizona
Do tbe air pipes present a mold. Issue? Great video More please your a great communicator
Hi, I would like to know, are you using an app to do the drawing you show in this video? If yes, which one? Best regards 😊
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I thought u we’re going to say that the stored heat from the day that’s in the walls is slowly released both to the outside but also released to the interior slowly providing warmth to the inside in cold nights
Excellent future
Earth sheltering information would be really useful, especially in the simple way you explain things
This is a naturally smart building!
@4:13 Belgium and the Netherlands always had summers in which it can get really hot. This is normal for that latitude all over the world. There is no need to bring climate change into this.
I've never said this before but Pizza Hut is positioned for success.
Hope this building met the budget constraints. If so it could be rolled out across the area. Assume major cost is the roof.
You must make certain the underground pipes do not build up mold or you'll be spreading spores throughout the building.
We get 100% of our heat and energy from the sun!
you didnt say how cool the classroom is, in this new building, during the heat of the day?Please tell us the Inside vs outside temp?
I'd also love to see content on passive temperature management
I'd love to see more passive cooling content!
Take a look into radiative cooling (paint). That together with a traditional dome I think can be a good solution without increasing the budget too much. Also the buildings don’t need to be air tight what modern solutions often ask for.
This is a cool design, but I would like to point out that 101.1° C is hotter than boiling water. I don’t think even this building could protect you from those temperatures.
Is the "volcano stack" more efficient than a solar chimney? How is excessive heat loss though the volcano stack prevented in winter?
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May I recommend that at 0:07 in the diagram you change the word "isolation" with insulation so it makes sense. There is no "Isolation" in construction however insulation is used for temperature and sound control. Great presentation.
Loved that it was designed by a local architect who understood the requirements and built and affordable, functional building
95 degrees fahrenheit is hot? For equatorial Africa, and in a dry climate, I'm surprised the high temperature is that low. You're telling me that Colorado beats the hell out of their high temperatures???
Aren't these just wind catchers? Like from Mesopotamia?
Not the same, as a Badgir typically ends with an opening low in the building. Here they are focussing on the hot air in the top. But yeah there are similarities and in Iran it was also typically combined with some level of earth sheltering.
How long does it take before the soil surrounding the horizontal pipe gets saturated?
I'd be really impressed is someone could design a Passivhaus for hot climates like Phoenix, Arizona because hot city dwelling is in our near future, not cold, wet places.
Look at Middle Eastern designs, specifically Iran/Persian designs with Badgirs. But the biggest problem in cities is not enough trees / grass / green roofs
Very interesting! Does this building designee work in 40 to 46 degrees C?
Yes. Please produca a video on the subject.
Easy and relatively simple way to build the school and keep it temperature controlled,without using electricity or other power sources, in a very hot location! This is a brilliant solution to an increasingly overheated world! Bravo!!
Capitalizing future energy costs is the best bet. When has electricity gone down in price?
So pretty much what is common at least with the double shading having a roof over a roof or a canopy to take the most direct heat of the sun. But pretty ingenious design itself. I bet even common jars of water near the ceiling may be employed to reduce the heat by evaporated water
How resistant is this to flooding? Seems like added risk of flooding by having the floor lower than ground-level.
Definitely won't work where im at because we get high winds and rain
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the earth tube might be not in use in the coldest days. i wonder how they would deal with condensation inside the tube and how they prevent molds growing!
As someone mentioned, what about condensation in the air pipe? Bacteria, mold? It does have an access hole, and condensation can drain down, but I assume it's pretty hard to inspect and clean it. Do you have any long term data about earth air tunnels in similar climate? Like continental Europe?
I don't know why but I hated this chick the whole time
I mean we have ac but is anyone else laughing at 95°
From sustainability to architectural know hows, I am really enjoying your personality and videos, you have a very, very underrated channel. I do believe your quality videos will be mainstream soon! Keep up the good work ❤
Thank you so much!
How would you stop legionnaires' bacteria from growing in the air tunnels?
These aren't a problem, I assume, since these like warmer temperatures like in warmwater pipes. BUT what about mold? The Eastgate Centre implements similar strategies, but it is lokated in a mostly dry region, and buffers not only temperature but also humidity.
Update: Apparently the air intake filters as well as the condensation drain are supposed to minimize the risk of mold growth. Regular inspections and cleaning are still advised. These cooling solutions are still not recommended for hot and humid environments (as shown in the video). The risk of radon entering the tubes is to be considered as well 😅 For my climate I would prefer a heatpump with ground-pipes for cooling and heating, instead of directly using air.
As the other commenter said, legionella bacteria are not of any concern here. How did you even get the idea?
@@anniestumpy9918 Legionnaires can be spread through air conditioning systems.
@@mike_w-tw6jdnot through the system, by the system. The outdoor unit was growing legionella in its water supply, and that was traveling down the outside of the building to the entrance of the hotel. It was never spread through the conditioned air.
44c outside the ground is 65c . the 20 kmh wind is 46c the walls are the same mildura australia will work till dusk and start early tomorrow not the shops the men go look
I'm so glad I discovered your channel!
Wonderful! Welcome to the community 😍
..in my own simple term, its a solid tarp-awning roof....
Great video. More like this video please!
The "volcano" of the building uses similar principles to the stereotypical African mud hut/rural home. Conical thatched roof to maximise the stack effect plus the permeable thatch to help the heat dissipate easily without needing to compromise on weather proofing. For the earth sheltering, some people "sink" their buildings 1-2 standard step heights (<50cm) below ground to maximise cooling. Also, seating in these buildings is usually built into the walls and is made of the same clay as the flooring. So when you sit down your body cools down thanks to thermal massing from having your feet touch the cool clay floor, your body sitting on the cool clay "seat" and your back leaning against the mud/clay walls!! If you want to use similar principles to the building shown in the video for cheap, look to African round huts/rondavels (esp. layouts used for kitchens and gazebo/entertainment areas). Its heartening to know that architectural styles that have been viewed as backward and uncivilised for so long can teach us something and be adapted for modern times to help us deal with climactic issues of the day:) Thanks for the video!!
Thank you for your comment! Totally agree 🙏🏽
Engineering is engineering no matter the time period. Solving problems, practically.
This kind of architecture should be required in California
Good video. I don’t think those charts are psychometric though.
Left out the 4th, and most important strategy, which is to be located in a low-humidity area. Humidity makes ALL the difference in the world. Get in the shade in a hot arid location and you're good to go.