i have the pleasure of analyzing The Southern California Institute of Architecture and the California Institute of Technology = CHIP
Here's where CHIP took it's form!
"CHIP is a real-life application of green design in the modern world created by the Southern California Institute of Architecture and California Institute of Technology for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011. CHIP offers a solution to the challenges of home ownership and energy consumption. While appearing to be a house of the future, this "prototype to product" is ready to be injected into the Los Angeles landscape after it returns from Washington, D.C.
Design Philosophy
California's soaring land costs and urban sprawl are the motivating factors behind CHIP's design. CHIP is an affordable dwelling with a small footprint that can be used as infill or placed in zoning that accommodates shared lots. CHIP features a flexible central space with large apertures that can open for coastal life in Southern California and solar shades and insulation panels that can accommodate a cozy evening in the Sierras.
Features
Unique features of CHIP include:
A geometry that results from lifting the north side to create a car park
A vinyl-coated fabric mesh that protects the house and contains the "outsulation" that envelops the structure
An interior stepped in multiple levels to distinguish one space from another without compartmentalization."
Read More on this article at www.solardecathlon.gov
diagram by Cassandra Brunson
photo and article credit, http://www.solardecathlon.gov/team_sci_arc_caltech.html
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