[Greenbuilding] Greenbuilding Digest, Vol 60, Issue 3

[John Salmen]

Not inappropriate for an urban setting but time limited as an aesthetic and yes also very curious about getting around the firecode. I am increasingly of the opinion that buildings are simple, the builders and subsequent occupants are complex. Sprayed SPF framing looks like crap after a few months when every airborne particle sticks to the rough framing – great habitat for spiders. And then the settling, drying, cracks, splits, sap pockets oozing... personally I don’t mind the look having developed many urban ‘loft’ buildings (typically with sprinklers). As for allergen free I don’t really get that given the allergen depository and that the framing can be a contact sensitizer on its own – not to mention the overpainting that is required to render the structure neutral.

 

So at some point some owner will ‘improve’ and drywall the interior and possibly they will add insulation and then what does the envelope consist of? 

 

Building design as a cultural aesthetic at this point is actually engineering in the sense that it is an arrangement of either pre-engineered components or as in the case of custom building – the custom arrangement of pre-engineered solutions. As for the aesthetics involved they typically also follow a general engineering concept of FoS, i.e. factor of safety.

 

Building science is or was building forensics – which is forensic engeering which is part of the process of determining for factors of safety actually mean (FoS)

 

From: Greenbuilding [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Dan Barry
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The House is skinned with steel as is the roof. Even the awnings/shades are steel attached to steel coming from the house frame itself. The design was towards a allergan free, passivehaus design which would work for uban Austin its location.  Buildingscience and its gurus were inspirations for the design.  Its not his first house, and does not seem inappropriate for an urban setting.

Dan 

 

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   1. Re: Interesting wall for hot dry climates (ErgoDesk)


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Matt needs to study these concepts more. Most if not all buildings need
FIRE resistance to be applied on the interiors of the structure, this
example has none. The Perfect wall concept is correct, but the application
of the concept is totally wrong.

Sincerely,
George Hawirko
*http://about.me/StyroHome <http://about.me/StyroHome>*


On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 7:11 AM, Dan Barry <mr.danbarry at gmail.com> wrote:

> not the greenest, but designed for the allergy prone climate of Austin,
> Texas
> https://youtu.be/hTwq-qUnr9I
> example of BuildingScince concepts.
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