We were quite happy with our final design for RARE. Unfortunately our submitted video did not work completely. The animations just came out blank. We have re-made the video in windows we seems to have worked but it has not yet been posted on You Tube to view. Here's the first version which explains it to the most part.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=GcQRfB4OPDQ
We managed to incorporate most of the ideas we had earlier on. Those Being stack cooling, evaporative cooling and cross ventilation that could easily be controlled. It's a small classroom but that's what we were after, only made out of 1 shipping container, and it includes and shaded outdoor learning spaces with a blackboard up one end.
The roof is made of curved steel frames which fit inside the container, and they are covered by the sprung roofing, which is also to be stored in the container for delivery. The roofing members are curved to allow for stack cooling, with the idea that the hot air will rise and escape through the louvres below them. A gradient to the back of the building allows collection in the water tank there.
Signing Off...
17 years ago
