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Qatar Green Building Council Headquarters Didactic Sustainability

samuel krieglerThe Villa that the QGBC has been granted is

desperate for both infrastructural and cosmetic

changes. With this project an attempt to dictate

a message through the new renovations that

would inspire change in new projects throughout

the region. The existing villa is bland and with-

out much to note, however it is teaming with po-

tential.

Sustainability is the driving factor behind

all of the design moves made in this renovation.

The fi rst move to alter the building tears it in two,

creating a North and South wing. This allows for

less building mass to take on heating loads on

the East and West sides of the building, it allows

for natural light to enter the inner rooms of the

building, it creates a large open public space, it

allows for winds to be syphoned into the space,

it allows for evaporative cooling to take effect

when the wind is drawn in, and the new division

of the building also allows for zoning to occur for

day/night use and conditioned spaces.

to direct the wind into the space more appropri-

ately, a second skin is applied to the building.

The skin acts as a heat barrier by taking on

the sun’s rays and not allowing them to enter

the rest of the building directly. The skin wraps

around the building in a manner in which the

northern facade is left open so the mor-e favor-

able indirect light and cool north-western winds

can enter the building. In an attempt to bring

that wind into the core of the building, the skin

fl ares out on the west side to grab the wind and

bring it into the building. The triangulation of the

skin has been developed over a string of itera-

tive models which has ranged in form, however

the underlying idea has remained to have a light

weight skin supported by a regulated truss sys-

tem which reacts to the light and wind.

Between the old and new of the villa, there is

great difference, and in the fi nal moves enacted

on the villa that difference is highlighted through

terracota paneling and through mediary detailing

between those new and old intersections.

Sun and Wind Diagrams to Illustrate the Effect the Renovations will have on opening the building up to winds and light from the north while also diminishing the heating effects of the sun.

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N-W Wind Diagram

Render Taken on Stair Though Public Assembly Area Showing the Naturally Lit Condition

samuel krieglerThe Analytique - In order to emphasize the importance of the split in the building, this drawing focuses on the perspective image while giving secondary importance to the detail which surrounds and frames that per-spective both literally in this image, and in construction, it is the details which allow the space to create the desired atmosphere.

samuel krieglerSite Plan Emphasizing Watering System

Old vs New - Old is illustrated in pink, new is in black. This is to emphasize the small amount of structural change within the villa as well as the small amount of change in the original envelope.

The Stages of Change In Skin Design

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New Vs Old First Floor

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samuel krieglerPhotographs of Models

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