e2-design 3.4 Renzo Piano
http://physics.hpa.edu/physics/apenvsci/videos/e2_videos/e2%20design%203/4%20the%20art%20and%20science%20of%20renzo%20piano.m4v
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- Have you ever visited the California Academy of Sciences (CAS)?
- What “story” is Piano telling?
- What environmental ethic went into the energy lab?
- If the earthquake of 1989 had not happened, do you think this would have been built?
- What is our mission here? What was our statement?
- How did the creative process differ from “normal” design processes? Why is this important?
- How is the term "transparency" used here? Do you see it here as well?
- How does this project combine honesty and green building?
- What do they mean by “biomorphic”?
- Look up biophilic building design. How is this relevant?
- This project combines research and education. Why might this be familiar to you?
- What two factors enable native species on the roof to resist invasive species?
- What "what if" would you imagine?
- In the frame with Sutro radio tower (look this up) in the background, what visual flow do you see? (15:21)
- We will soon learn about runoff and something called “water transit time”. How does the roof increase water transit time?
- Note the square white sound panels like the student union-how do these work?
- Piano describes ecology as a “moral duty”. Why?
- On the south lanai of the elab, there are special solar PV panels. Where else have you seen these? Why?
- Darwin traveled around the world collecting specimens that informed society about diversity and evolution. How is this similar at CAS, and why is it important today?
- How is this project empowering? To whom?
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