November 2009
2 posts
[FALL 2009 BT LECTURE SERIES]
Monday, November 23 12:30-2PM, AVT 7-431 ROGER CHANG Westlake Reed Leskosky Sustainable Design: A Collaborative Approach Roger Chang will present several case studies of projects where a collaborative approach was used to achieve innovative design solutions. This includes the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA, a set of buildings on the National Register of Historic Buildings, and a new...
[FALL 2009 BT LECTURE SERIES]
Monday, November 16 12:30-2PM, AVT 7-431 SIMON GREENWOLD Software Developer, MathWorks
Structural Sketches: From ActiveStatics to StaticsPad Too often the processes of design and analysis are separated. The tools and techniques of form-making are very different from those of structural analysis. Structures may first be modeled in the forceless vacuum of CAD and then subsequently...
October 2009
1 post
[Fall 2009 BT Lecture Series]
Monday, November 2 12:30-2PM ROOM 1-190 PLEASE NOTE ROOM LOCATION ABOVE Erik Olsen, PE Managing Director, Transsolar Inc. Inside the Shoebox: Using physics-rich performance simulations to provide meaningful design guidance Contemporary high-performance design practice often focuses on detailed simulation of whole-building performance and mechanical systems. This talk by MIT Architecture alumnus...
September 2009
4 posts
[FALL 2009 BT LECTURE SERIES]
Monday, October 5 12:30-2PM AVT 7-431 BRENT GABBY Senior Principal, Building Technology Division Simpson Gumphertz & Heger Building Science for Historic Buildings Most Historic buildings, especially those with mass masonry walls, manage heat, air and moisture very differently from modern buildings. The push to make historic buildings more energy efficient can lead to setbacks, as efforts to...
[Fall 2009 BT Lecture Series]
Monday, September 28 12:30-2PM AVT 7-431
CHRISTOPH REINHART Associate Professor of Architectural Technology, Harvard Design School
The Role of Building Performance Simulation in Architectural Education and Practice This presentation will discuss recent experiences and research results gathered at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design related to the topic of teaching building...
RESCHEDULED: Byron Stigge
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[RESCHEDULED TO] Monday, October 19 2009 12:30-2PM ROOM TBA
BYRON STIGGE Associate Principal, Buro Happold
Costs and benefits of Double Skin Facades
A case study of the...
About the Building Technology Program at MIT
The building industry represents one of the largest enterprises in the country. For example, roughly one quarter of the assets of large U.S. corporations are tied up in buildings and land. About one third of all investment in the U.S. is for construction of commercial and residential buildings and more than one third of the total energy consumed in the U.S. is used in the building sector. Many of...