Goal: To maximize building performance by utilizing Ecotect's environmental simulations to help design a passive cooling system and evaluate acoustical properties. The performance analysis offered by Ecotect is important to the future of architecture because it allows for architects to make more simple and effective design solutions, thus creating less new problems with every new solution.
METHOD
-3-D models will be made in Autodesk Revit and then loaded into Ecotect. These design models will be of a cultural center for Abuja, Nigeria which I am currently designing (for a student competition).
-A very basic 3-D model of the outdoor performance space, along with a study of the acoustic properties of a variety of popular concert hall forms (shoebox, fan, vineyard, half- circle amphitheatre {convex vs. concave curves}).
EXPECTED OUTCOME
-Because I am more or less familiar with the acoustical properties of shoebox, half-circle, and fan shaped venues I will be using Ecotect to provide demonstrations of their properties.
-Shoebox=Alot of reverberation. As we were beginning to understand acoustics the shoebox form was denounced. It eventually made a return to popularity because people simply liked how it sounded.
-Fan=Less reverberation than shoebox but still not perfect. Preferred over shoebox but lacking the ambiguous qualities (in reverb and echo properties) that have drawn people to shoebox venues.
-Half-circle ampitheatre= Terrible acoustical quality. Convex curves focus the sound and even steps cause a "picket fence echo". Successive, evenly spaced reflectors (steps) can produce a strong pinging sound whenever there is a loud sound. Ecotect cannot calculate a picket fence echo through geometric analysis.
EXPECTED OUTCOME
-Because I am more or less familiar with the acoustical properties of shoebox, half-circle, and fan shaped venues I will be using Ecotect to provide demonstrations of their properties.
-Shoebox=Alot of reverberation. As we were beginning to understand acoustics the shoebox form was denounced. It eventually made a return to popularity because people simply liked how it sounded.
-Fan=Less reverberation than shoebox but still not perfect. Preferred over shoebox but lacking the ambiguous qualities (in reverb and echo properties) that have drawn people to shoebox venues.
-Half-circle ampitheatre= Terrible acoustical quality. Convex curves focus the sound and even steps cause a "picket fence echo". Successive, evenly spaced reflectors (steps) can produce a strong pinging sound whenever there is a loud sound. Ecotect cannot calculate a picket fence echo through geometric analysis.
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