Year Round Radiation Simulation
Summer Ventilation
Winter Ventilation
Summer Daylighting
Winter Daylighting
Summer Radiation
Winter Radiation
This studio was held during a month long study abroad through ISU in Berlin, Germany. The studio brought together architecture and urban design students from ISU, City College in New York, and the German University of Technology in Oman to study how computer aided simulations in radiation and daylighting could improve the design of passive heating and cooling strategies particularly in glass facades. The studio brief prompted each group to design an addition to a 19th century horse stable that had recently been converted into an art studio in the heart of Berlin. The addition included new visitor spaces and additional square footage for the studios. Using software simulations in Grasshopper, Ladybug, Diva, MIT Coolvent, and Sefaira we designed and iterated with the goal of minimizing the buildings’ carbon footprint and overall energy intake. We made visits to the site, a glass factory, and numerous architecture firms in Berlin to research and learn about passive techniques that could be used in this context.