30X40 Design Workshop
Architectural Design Process | Form, Orientation and Sunlight Learn how you can use sunlight to locate, orient, shape, and inspire the details for your architectural design.
| Length | 09:53 |
| Price | Free of charge |
| Subject | Architecture |
| Languages | English |
| Video Transcripts | English |
About the video
In this video, I walk you through the design process for a project whose form, orientation, and details were all developed by carefully analyzing the solar path on the building site.
Meet the instructors
Eric Reinholdt is a founder of Thirty by Forty Design Workshop which was established in June 2013 in a home he designed overlooking Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island. In 2016, he designed and constructed the Long Studio to complement the Longhouse and serve as a full-scale model of his design principles and the latest in building science; this is the home for 30X40.
“My work celebrates humble materials, subtle contrasts and finely-crafted details. I have a strong interest in modern regionalist design, local materials and familiar building forms juxtaposed against modern, open floor plans. I employ a minimalist, Shaker-like palette of details inspired by the site and natural surroundings.”
Video syllabus
– how to read a solar chart (and where to download one)
– what app I prefer to use for solar planning
– passive heating and cooling
– daylighting concepts
– alternate ways to use the sun
– solar aspect, solar noon, azimuth, and altitude
– how to design for competing site agendas