sara ms (sabrams22)

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Email:	sabrams22 [at] gmail.com

Address:	charlotte, North Carolina United States

I Speak:	english danish french hebrew

Member Since:	February 15, 2009

Local Time:	Thu May 24 09:15:43

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I am an architecture masters student. My thesis is to design the envelope for an office building that takes advantage of passive energy- sun and wind for heating and cooling- by mimicking the local plants and animals of the site. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Currently thinking about piloerection/ double envelope with air space or vascular system of solar heated piping.

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vchapin
over 3 years ago

Hi,
What an interesting and inspiring project you are working on. See the new architectural project of the vandusen botanic garden at vancouver. Very interesting building. A presentation is given here : http://cascadiapublic.s3.amazonaws.com/LF09%20Presentations/FriPM/LF09_Biomimicry.pdf

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