LIVING BUILDING AT GEORGIA TECH - architects: The Miller Hull Partnership (arch. of the Bullitt Center) + Lord Aeck Sargent
a 42,000 sq.ft. building oriented north-south, with a wide porch on its western side. glulam structure with a central atrium wrapped in glass
A clear view of the south's greenest college building emerges from its schematic design. Here's a close look at the Living Building at Georg
Mechanical system: Radiant pipes embedded in concrete floors will heat and cool most of the building. In the summer, a custom-made dedicated outdoor air system, or DOAS, will dehumidify the building by running outside air over cooler coils that condense out moisture as the air enters the building. And photovoltaic panels on the upper roof are expected to generate nearly 300 kilowatts of electricity.
Brune says his team spent a fair amount of time modeling screening options being considered by the design team to allow natural light into the building while reducing the cooling. To supplement shade trees, the architects settled on strategically placed, external, horizontal shades on east and west windows. The collage of energy solutions offers a tantalizing example of how the building itself might advance one of the project’s larger goals: To serve as a model for regenerative building across the Southeast and in similar climates around the world.
“Our aspiration is that the systems being employed on this project, and the mechanical solutions in particular, will serve as an example to be replicated by others in high humidity climates.”
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