Excellent sources, thank you. It occurs to me that I might want to build an
upper deck over the South windows, where the river view is. I can use this
software to make the deck act as a sun shade in the summer without blocking the
view - and have an upper deck to sit on as well.
Thanks!
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From: Th. Taudin Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, September 4, 2008 3:08:00 PM
Subject: Re: Ideas Sought
Lloyd,
look at http://www.squ1.com/products/ecotect/features/shadingdesign
or http://www.squ1.com/products/solartool
for a good shading design.
Thibaud
At 12:44 04-09-2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Lloyd
Sunlight and shadow can be harnessed to provide warmth in winter and shade in
summer. Solar geometry, i.e. gnomonics, is the name of the game. This is of
course the basis of passive solar architectural design.
In the northern hemisphere a south-facing window can be protected by a canopy
which screens high-angle sun in the summer and permits solar penetration in the
winter. The design of such a canopy is an exercise in applied gnomonics.
North-facing rooms would have smaller well-insulated windows. Rooms on the
north façade would be those occupied only intermittently store-rooms,
wash-rooms, etc. or those which themselves generate heat, e.g. kitchens.
Bedrooms might face east to attract early morning sunlight.
.
I would urge you to consider this approach to architectural design. It would
slash your fuel bills and point the way for others to follow in reducing global
warming. But it may not produce an octagonal building!
John Lynes
--- On Tue, 2/9/08, Lloyd Tackitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Lloyd Tackitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Ideas Sought
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Tuesday, 2 September, 2008, 9:53 PM
> Hello!
>
> I am in the early planning stages of building an Octagon
> house. The house will have a central fireplace. I have no
> building restrcitions and can orient the house any way I
> choose - I do have a great river view directly to the South
> that will be the main focus of the house.
>
> In designing this house it occurred to me that it would be
> interesting to align the house with the 8 points of the
> compass, and then it occurred to me that there are many
> things that I could do with this, if I but had the
> knowledge. Such as, design the house as a live in
> sunddial, or astronomical calendar with shadow line(s)
> falling on solstices marked on the central fireplace,
> equinoxes, eclipses, what have you.
>
> However, I am ignorant on the subjects above and am
> seeking ideas to incorporate into the design. I am about a
> year from starting construction, so now is the time to plan
> this out.
>
> Any and all suggestions are welcomed!Â
>
> Thank you
>
> Lloyd
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