The document discusses several case studies of sustainable and climate responsive architecture projects: 1) The New Artist Residency in Senegal by Toshiko Mori uses local materials like bamboo and compressed earth blocks and is designed for natural ventilation and rainwater collection. 2) The Friendship Center in Bangladesh by Kashif Mahboob Chowdhury relies on local brick construction, green roofs, and passive design for cooling to respond to the local climate. 3) Park Royal Collection Pickering in Singapore, designed by WOHA, features extensive green walls and sky gardens to bring nature indoors and reduce energy usage.

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NAME
CMS ID
SEMESTER
PRESENTATION
SUBMITTED TO
KASHIF WAHID
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6TH
ARTIST RESIDENCY / CLIMATE RESPONSIVE
ARCHITECTURE
AR.MASKA KHAN
AR.ZAKIR BALOCH
AR.SHEROZ KHAN
•“Architecture should speak of its time and
place, but yearn for timelessness” - Frank
Gehry.

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New Artist Residency In Senegal / Toshiko
Mori
 ARTIST RESIDENCO
AND CULTURAL
CENTER
 SINTHIAN, SENEGAL
 Architects: Toshiko
Mori
 Year : 2015

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Credits
City Sinthian, Senegal
Client Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
Completion Date 02/2015
Gross Floor Area (mq) 1.022
Costs ($) 227715
Architects Toshiko Mori
Design team Jordan MacTavish
Main Contractor Dr. Magueye Ba
Consultants Schlaich Bergermann and
Partners
Suppliers entirely locally sourced
materials

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Materials, Construction and Technology:
Relying exclusively on local materials
and construction techniques, the
building’s traditional structure is
formed primarily of large bamboo
members sourced locally and
compressed earth blocks made on
site. Climatic considerations figure
prominently in the building’s form and
specify the orientation of the studios
and covered gallery areas. Climatic
comfort is reinforced through multiple
overhangs and spaced-brick walls
that absorb heat and allow for airflow
through the building interior.

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In the design, a parametric transformation of the traditional pitched roof is achieved through a
process of inversion, inscribing a series of courtyards within the plan of the building and
simultaneously creating shaded studio areas around the perimeter of the courtyard. The
inversion of the roof through its particular geometry enables an optimal amount of runoff rain
water to be collected through a series of pitched canals and two reservoirs.

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INSPIRED
Inspired by Senegalese
building typologies and in
an effort to save
resources, regional
materials and the skills of
local laborers were
utilized during the
construction of Thread.
This approach has and
will simplify efforts to
maintain the compound. It
also provides the
community with a further
sense of ownership, as
opposed to Thread being
viewed as a foreign
construction.

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The rural village of Sinthian in south-eastern Senegal
will be the setting for an exciting new cultural centre,
conceived and funded by the Josef and Anni Albers
Foundation in Connecticut in collaboration with a
local leader in Sinthian. Opening on 4 March 2015,
THREAD will offer artist residencies alongside a
diverse range of programs that will provide the people
of Sinthian and the surrounding region with the
opportunity to discover new forms of creativity and
cultivate their skills. A venue for markets, education,
performances and meetings, the centre will be a hub
for the local community and a place where the
resident artists can have a truly meaningful
experience of Sinthian society.

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Painters, sculptors, photographers,
writers, choreographers, musicians and
dancers from around the world will be
invited to live and work at THREAD but
the centre will particularly welcome and
encourage the participation of local and
Senegalese artists. With this rarely-visited
area of the world as their muse, these
artists can inspire a greater international
appreciation for this part of West Africa.
The first steps towards this spirit of
cultural exchange were made in 2013,
when gifted dancers from Wayne
McGregor’s Random Dance ran a series
of workshops in Sinthian.

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Acclaimed New York-based architect
Toshiko Mori has worked on this project
pro-bono, designing a building that has
already won an AIA New York Chapter
award and was selected for the 2014
Venice Architecture Biennale.The
building is constructed using local
materials and local builders have
shared their sophisticated knowledge of
working with bamboo, brick, and thatch.
These traditional techniques are
combined with design innovations by
Mori. The customary pitched roof is
inverted and will be capable of
collecting approximately 40% of the
villagers’ domestic water usage in fresh
rainfall.

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Nicholas Fox Weber, Director of
the Josef and Anni Albers
Foundation comments on the
ethos of THREAD, “When Josef and
Anni Albers created the
Foundation that bears their names,
they stated its purpose to be "the
revelation and evocation of vision
through art". They regarded the
act of creation and the pleasures of
seeing as the greatest means to
combat hardship and provide
balance and hope. Anni Albers
often spoke about "starting at
zero" as essential in life and Josef
often extolled the wonders of
experimentation.” THREAD has
been built in accord with these

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HORMONY WITH NATURE
In 2009, the United Nations General
Assembly proclaimed 22 April as
International Mother Earth Day. In so
doing, Member States acknowledged
that the Earth and its ecosystems are
our common home, and expressed
their conviction that it is necessary to
promote Harmony with Nature in order
to achieve a just balance among the
economic, social and environmental
needs of present and future
generations. The same year, the
General Assembly adopted its first
resolution on Harmony with Nature.
CASE STUDY 02

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Friendship Center
Bangladesh
Technical Information
Award Cycle: 2014-2016 Cycle
Status: Award Recipient
Country of origin: Bangladesh
Location: Gaibandha, Bangladesh
Client: Friendship NGO
Architect: Kashif Mahboob
Chowdhury/Urbana
Design: 2008-2010
Size: Site area: 9'210 m2; Built area: 2’897
m2
Completed: 2011

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ENERGY EFFICIENCY
SMALL IS GOOD
HIGH LEVELS OF INSULATION
EFFICIENT HEATING OF AIR & WATER -THERMAL MASS
VENTILATION
EFFICIENT LIGHTING
THROUGH DESIGNING IN MODULES
RECYCLING WHILE BUILDING
GREY WATER SYSTEMS
LOW FLOW TAPS & SHOWERS
BUILDING MATERIALS
USE OF RECYCLABLE/RECYCLED MATERIALS -LOCALLY SOURCED TO REDUCE
TRANSPORT HOW TO ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN.

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How CLIMATE RESPONSIVE Friendship center:
Green roof/ Green space
It improves thinking ability.
Children also benefits from being
in the presence of green spaces
Or residential greenery, can
promote mental and physical
health providing psychological
relaxation and stress alleviation,
stimulating social cohesion,
supporting physical activity, and
reducing exposure to air

17. Materials
BRICK:
The local hand-made brick
construction has been inspired
by the monastic aesthetic of the
3rd century BC ruins of
Mahasthangahr, the earliest
urban archaeological site yet
found in Bangladesh. Structural
elements are of reinforced
concrete and finishes also
include timber and stone

18. PLAN
ELEVATION
SECTION

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Isometri

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Facilities
Friendship
center is
located in rural
Gaibandha
where
agriculture is
predominant,
the project’s
roofscape
merges with its
environment.

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The ‘ka’ block
contains the
reception pavilion,
offices, library,
training/conferenc
e rooms
and pavilions, a
prayer space
and small shop.

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The access to the building from the earthen bundh is organized via two
entrance stairs at opposite ends. The programmed is then organized
around a series of pavilions, courtyards and reflecting pools

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The friendship center gets more beautiful because it impacts
so many lives and brings so much dignity to those who had
forgotten to hope.

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The design relies on natural ventilation and cooling,
being facilitated by courtyards and pools and the
earth covering on roofs.

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Between the two blocks are large tanks to collect
rainwater.

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View of reception space in the open pavilion.

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Classrooms can be used by Friendship organization to train
their staff, to hold meetings. They can also be used as
conference rooms and are kept cool by natural cross
ventilation.

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Through training locals, Friendship’s goal is enabling these
vulnerable communities to improve their living conditions in many
aspects: health, nutrition, education, disaster management,
infrastructure development, good governance, and sustainable
economic development

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Top view at dusk. The square shaped mosque is rotated to
obtain the Qibla direction, its roof is covered in green so it
merges with the surround landscape

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The inspiration for the building came from the Buddhist
monasteries in the area, and the exposed brickwork, stark
character and quadrilateral layout are clearly the architectural
influence

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Constructed and finished primarily of local
hand-made bricks, the concept of simplicity
reflects a monastic feel.

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Dinning room, another space that brings people together.

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Cross-ventilation is taken advantage of right through
building from the layout of rooms and courtyards, to the
detailing of the doors and windows, the building is kept
cool with passive airflow

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 Park royal Collection Pickering,
Singapore is a luxury hotel located
in the Central
Area of Singapore. The building's
"hotel-in-a-garden" design has
been lauded for its unique
architecture that incorporates
15,000 m2 (160,000 sq. ft.) of
elevated terraced gardens.
PARK ROYAL COLLECTION

35.  The hotel was designed by WOHA,
a Singaporean architecture firm
known for incorporating extensive
greenery in their
buildings. Designed to be a "hotel-
in-a-garden", Park royal on
Pickering features extensive
greenery, including green
walls, water features and 15,000
square meters of tiered "sky
gardens".

36. Architectural Style: Contemporary modern
Architecture Firm: WOHA
Location: Downtown Core, Singapore
Height: 89m (292 ft.)
Floor Count: 16
Floor Area: 29,812 m2 (320,890 sq. ft.)
Elevators: 15
Rooms: 367
Restaurants: 1
Parking: 104

37.  The hotel's sky gardens are designed to be self-sustaining and consume minimal energy
through the usage of solar cells, motion sensors, rainwater harvesting and reclaimed
water.
 Park royal on Pickering has 367 rooms and suits. The fifth floor of the hotel is a dedicated
wellness floor that features a day spa, fitness center, infinity pool and garden. The hotel
offers a restaurant and bar called LIME.

38.  The most exciting sustainable
features at the hotel are the
zero-energy sky gardens and
green corridors – attractive
garden spaces that bring lush
greenery into the guest rooms
and internal spaces,
enhancing the quality of life
and reinforcing Singapore’s
tropical image.

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 The Pixel Building project is a
modest four-level building in
Melbourne, Australia with an
impressive array of sustainable
design technology and innovation.
 Location: Carlton, VIC Australia
 Architects: Studio 505
Pixel building, Melbourne, Australia

40.  The client had an ambitious goal for
Pixel Building to become Australia’s
first carbon-neutral office building.
The solution supported the building
generating its own power and water
through onsite wind turbines and a
green roof which uses
evapotranspiration of greywater
from the building. Designed to be
water-balanced, Pixel Building
could, if required, disconnect from
the mains supply and be self-
sufficient for all its amenity needs,
excluding occupant drinking.

41.  To reduce the Pixel Building’s
embodied carbon, the design
employed low carbon concrete and
recycled sustainably-sourced
building material.
 The Pixel Building achieved 105
LEED points and scored a perfect 6
Star Green Star – Office Design v3
rating of 105 points, making it the
highest possible and highest ever
awarded rating from the Green
Building Council of Australia.

42.  “The Pixel Building demonstrates
how excellence and innovation can
push the boundaries of sustainable
design, and while it may be only a
small building, its impact will be felt
on the design of other office
buildings here and around the
world.” Shane Esmore, Principal
and Sustainability Lead, Melbourne

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APPLE PARK
LOCATION: CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA
ARCHITECT: NORMAN FOSTER
AREA: 175-acre

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 APPLE PARK IS APPLE'S NEW, 175-ACRE CORPORATE CAMPUS. ITS 2.8 MILLION-
SQUARE-FOOT MAIN BUILDING, OR "SPACESHIP," IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF
THE MOST ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS ON EARTH.
Energy source
• The solar panels installed on the roof of the campus can
generate 17 megawatts of power, sufficient to power
75% during peak daytime,[49] and making it one of
the Biggest Solar roofs of the world
• The air flows freely between the inside and
outside of the building, providing natural
ventilation and obviating the need
for HVAC systems during nine months of the
year.[2]

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Apple co-founder Steve Jobs wanted the campus
to look less like a business park and more like a
nature refuge
Eighty percent of the site consists of green space
planted with drought-resistant trees and plants
indigenous to the Cupertino area, and the center
courtyard of the main building features an artificial

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LOCATION PLAN AREA

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MASTER PLAN ELEVATION

48. z Design and Construction
• The ring-shaped building, advertised as "a perfect
circle," was not originally planned as such.
• It is four stories above the ground and three
stories underground
• The campus uses only glass for its walls and
views of the inner courtyard as well as of the
landscape facing the exterior of the
building.[35][36] Around 83,000 square feet
(7,700 m2) of space is for meetings and breakout
spaces in the building