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Posted by Warm Worm on May 6, 2006, 5:24 pm
Kris Krieger wrote:
>
>> "Kris Krieger"
>>> "Frankendrip"
>>>
>>>> "Kris Krieger"
>>>>> "Don"
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Adam Weiss"
>>>>>>> That said, and perhaps because I'm still relatively close to
>>>>>>> school myself (3 years out), I'll address the question.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There are three approaches to water and architecture...
>>>>>> Water evaporation can be used as a cooling effect if it is used on
>>>>>> a large scale such as running off of a roof on a hot day.
>>>>>> Its all in the detailing.
>>>>>> Water is a largely untapped resource.
>>>>>> Its heavy and has other propertys that should be exploited.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Let's not forget that ... (grey water) can also be used for
>>>>> irrigation to enhance the landscaping around a building ;)
>>>>>
>>>> Why stop with just grey? Why the logs, alone, would help to make a
>>>> decorative statement.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> ???
>>>
>>> I suppose they could also be integrated into a log house, but
>>> the best person to ask would prob. be Don because, if I recall
>>> correctly, he was looking into log homes at one point.
>>
>> LOL
>>
>>> My comment was also a bit of a ha-ha on myself because I've blithered
>>> on in the past about xeriscaping, and quite a lot about gardens in general,
>>> and about some of my ideas for a desert house with low environmental
>>> impact.
>>
>>
>> Here in Vancouver, as you may know, Arthur Erikson, Architect (whose
>> work I dislike a fair bit), has water running over some of the glass
>> part of the roof of part of the courthouse, so that, in some areas,
>> when you look up, you can see the water flowing overhead, to create a
>> subtle or vage feeling like you're underwater or it's raining outside.
>> (Admittedly, the shimmering light it casts in the interior can be nice
>> with the right sunlight.)
>
> Actually, I didn't know, aside for thinking "that sounds somehwat
> familiar...", so I did some Googling. I didn't look at a lot of images,
> but the ones I saw didn't reach out and grab me.
He ostensibly appeals to those who can fund his work-- those who may be
less interested in (certain kinds of) aesthetics, and/or motivated more
by money.
> It seemed to me, though, that Vancouver buildings got so much rain already,
> without adding to the look of more rain...
Exactly. You're sharp.
> OTOH sheets of water can definitely be mesmerizing to look through. I
> designed my future pool (start date will prob. be in June) with a water
> feature that's 12 feet (width, not height) of sheeting water coming out of
> a wall 2' above the pool-coping/ground level, and a bench in the pool
> itself, behind the cascade. Not at all practical (although it ought to be
> nice on a hot day, plus it will reflect light into the north-facing MBR)
> (and sound great when it's running).
Sounds delightful. I trust you will invite me over when it's done. ;)
> It's a broad topic, tho', the various uses of water in architecture...it is
> always a statement, that much is true. The only question lies in what kind
> of a statement.
>
>> Your grey water mention gave me an idea-- at first just as a joke-- of
>> some kind of architecture with raw sewage flowing overhead like that,
>> and/or down a transparent roof and/or through a transparent
>> waste-pipe, such as right through the living-room.
>> It could function in part as a kind of social or environmental
>> commentary.
>>
>> That might make one hell of a university architecture project.
>>
>
> Well, you do get people who make huge "art installations", some of which
> are fairly elaborate structures.
True, and apparently, universities put out housing competitions like the
Solar Decathlon.
> But I'd highly doubt you could use raw sewage, because of health
> regulations. The best you could do is have something that had the
> appearance, using silicone "glop" or whatever, and dye. Maybe thicked with
> a bit of inoroganic gel.
That's an idea, however, regulations-approved transparent-plastic
waste-piping running throughout an experimental house should be fine.
Naturally, each visitor would be encouraged to use the facilities.
> The idea doesn't appeal to me personally, but if you even did it, I'm sure
> you'd create a lot of buzz <G!>
Flies, right? :)
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