these drawings investigate the relationship of lateral full height walls that allow tempered air to pass northward through the house from a series of programmed south-oriented radiant floor slabs/thermal masses

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please take a look at these interior views and provide some insight on which is the most effective representation. also, any tips that you have on colour/textures are welcome.

some quick views of the plan you sent last week. not all are touched up; i just wanted to get them ‘out there’ this morning. look for more notes on these in the p.m.

“incontinent mother plan”
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here are some new models; they are based on the plan that you sent yesterday. the views correspond to the similarly numbered views in the previous post. (serves02.jpg is same view as sevresB-02.jpg).
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ashley workgroup (10:20:29 PM): are you online?
john workgroup (10:20:33 PM): yes
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john workgroup (00:59:30): command: mirror

+ plan doodle from aim
this is a rather conventional configuration of the plan. it does however illustrate the vocabulary of panels, block walls, large glazing zones, and punched openings.

+ bangolet field

here are some details of the possibilities within the scheme mentioned in a previous missive. each chambre has it own mass wall, built according to the insulspan s.i.p. grid (here 4′x12′ and 4′x4′ panels are pictured). the locations of the chambres � as determined by the habitants � are along an east-west boulevard whose program is open for interpretation, but it would be expected to host ‘part time’ occupations such as meals or folding clothes as well as serve circulation (human and hvac) needs. depending on the planning of the habitants, the spaces between the chambres can be left as residual private alleys, allowing indirect light into the chambers, or the space can be large enough to operate as a public court (indoor or outdoor). perhaps with the rhythmic attributes of the s.i.p. the decisions can be more free with regards to cost, as changes will not necessitate costly planning or reconfiguration.
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do not feel that we are not interested to hear from the general publick, be ye gentry or rabble, concerning the work engendered and presented here; the philistine herd should take heed that they/you are free to leave their/your unschooled comments throughout this site.

i think this piece has to be accessible for the handicapable.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/

perhaps this system will work better towards your ends of establishing ‘courts’, as i do not think that the other system (thermal mass floor) will function without enclosing the floor area with glazing.

here, you may use solid walls along the south face, and they will passively control the temperature within any chambres you place them. windows can now be added with indifference to the angle or louvres or flooring, but keep in mind that every addition of window surface is more heat lost gained.

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1 room thick house w/ wall section as seen in next image.

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some more minor site updates, equivalent to the changes made to 2002c last week:
links to home page and missive posting added to bottom of all entries.
an effort without struggle has gained for us a master archive list, also linked at bottom of all pages: full archive list.

[update: subsequent site changes may render above information incorrect]

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