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SUN PATH & WIND PATTERNS

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NORTH SOUTH SITE SECTION 1/8” = 1’

FACADE STRATEGY DOUBLE SKIN FACADE

windward side - positive pressure

leeward side - negative pressure

prevailing winter wind from south east

USE PREVAILING WINDS TO FACILITATE NATURAL VENTILATION

Cavity within double skin facade becomes equalized pressure ring

Air is exhausted through centralized points

Direct ventilation of facade in summer

Floor Plenum - Cool air enters space through diffusers in floor

Air is heated in space via occupants, lighting and other internal loads and rises

Heated air exits space through ceiling plenum

UNDERFLOOR AIR DISTRIBUTIONTypical Library Section 1/2”=1’

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This thesis proposes that the segmentof I-5 that runs along Portland Oregon’sWillamette River is there for the foreseeablefuture so we as humans needto find ways to modify what we createand to reclaim space beneath the soaringroadways of I-5.

I am proposing a science education resource center for Oregon teachers on current parking 50 feet below I-5 and directly adjacent to the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry.

It will greatly expand upon theircurrent continuing education programsand architecturally debunk the idea thatbuilding around our own infrastructure isan effective way to create denser urbancores disrupted by elevated freeways

SCIENCE EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTERMARIAH MARSHALL SPRING 2011

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