Bloom | DOSU

October 22, 2015 by bg-martin

Bloom by DOSU Los Angeles, California | 2012 A sun-tracking instrument indexing time and temperature, “Bloom”, designed by Los Angeles-based DOSU studio architecture, stitches together material experimentation, structural innovation, and computational form/pattern-making into an environmentally responsive installation. Architecture has long been valued for its static nature and sense of permanence but lately that has changed and the focus is on making buildings more responsive to their uses and the climate. Although this has often accomplished through mechanical means, Doris Kim […]

Categories: DESIGNING, Installation • Tags: architecture, design research, DOSU, installations, material, materiality, pavillion

Photovoltaic // duly collecting solar radiation

September 22, 2015 by bg-martin

“In the course of this year, the Sun will shine down onto the Earth four thousand times more energy than we will consume. By duly collecting the solar radiation, we can obtain heat and electricity. Heat is produced by heat collectors, and electricity, by means of photovoltaic surfaces.”

Categories: Architecture, CONSTRUCTION • Tags: Architecture, green architecture, integration, material, photovoltaic, roof, solar energy