as i know that you are not busy with work this week, i do not hesitate to propose an assignment; perhaps you will be comfortable with submitting something we have already done, times 400,000.
habitat redux?

added a search feature to habitat. give it a try and state whether or not you find it valuable enough that it might be useful to add to the other sections, as well.

i am replacing all of the entries and comments to habitat at a pace of about 9 at a (undetermined amount of) time. some of the image links are broken, though, and they will remain so until i can get over to the office warehouse and root out the back up discs. some of the images will need to come from the decatur files; perhaps we can have a personnel conference some time this week to fill the holes.

[update: subsequent site changes may have rendered the information in this post incorrect]

the two (2) online supplement images have been updated. i still have doubts about the competition mongers’ intentions to investigate them.

The house relies on structural insulated panels for both its flexibility and economy. Using the panels as both wall and roof, the cost of the panels is
$17088. The cost of the thermal mass wall system is $7,526.

roof:
panels 1440 sq ft $4.00 $5,760.00
roofing 1440 sq ft $0.44 $633.60

structure:
panels 2832 sq ft $4.00 $11,328.00

mass wall:
cmu 5 $64.00 $320.00
glass 5 $1,152.00 $5,670.00

clerestory: 4 $384.00 $1,536.00

slab: 1440 sq ft $0.92 $1,324.80

doors: 5 $20.00 $100.00

total: $26,672.40
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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

+ plan
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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.