Hello Everyone,
I just completed a rough week of school work capped by a midterm review, which marks the halfway point of my last year at UC! It's also a good time to give a quick description of the thesis project I'm working on.
While I was Germany, I noticed a great deal of high-rise buildings with sophisticated glass facades. Many of which consisted of two walls of glass separated by about 3 feet. As I dug a little deeper, I noticed how often this method of construction occurred in Europe, and how scarce it was in the U.S. They call it the "double-skin facade," which incidentally was the subject of much of my design work in Germany. Now, my thesis project involves this kind of application to an existing high-rise in downtown Cincinnati. My proposal is to transform this giant, striped box of a building (seen above) into an energy-efficient glass gem, making it a piece of architecture the people of Cincinnati, as well as the people inside the building, can be proud of. The double-skin facade will enhance the quality of interior space by bringing in more fresh air, allowing better control over sunlight and temperature, and retaining the breathtaking views of the Cincinnati skyline. "How," might you ask? Well, I guess that's my job to figure out!
