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The Passive Solar Primer: Sustainable Architecture
New book by David Wright AIA, (B.Arch1964)
Architect David Wright helped pioneer the concept of passive solar architecture, and his thoughts and experiments have helped shape the evolution of solar design throughout the world. His years of exploration are distilled in this comprehensive book, which provides simple graphics and language to illuminate concepts including greenhouse effect t, heat storage, surface-to-volume ratio, ventilation, and cooling. Tips, rule-of-thumb, regional characteristics, and many other consideration are presented to help readers, from initial site selection to visionary design. Written for architects, designers, and others who seek to tap the free resources offered by earth and sun, this invaluable too will help reduce dependence on outside energy sources. You will be inspired.
David Wright, AIA, is founder of David Wright Associates, a solar environmental architecture group in California. he has 2won numerous awards for his innovative designs, and his work has been featured in may popular and forward thinking magazines.
To purchase this book, visit Shiffer Publications Ltd.
Architecture+Design+Discourse Publication
The first book of student work titled Architecture+Design+Discourse (ADD) can now be purchased on Lulu.com for a modest price of $35.00.
Architecture Graduates “Unleash” Designs
Cal Poly’s fifth-year architecture students presented an exhibition of their thesis projects in a program entitled “Unleashed.” The exhibition's opening reception was held on Friday, May 23, from 3-6PM., in Chumash Auditorium, and continued during Memorial Weekend, May 24-25 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. The exhibit was free and open to the public.
The exhibition, the largest of its kind between Los Angeles and San Francisco, featured the final projects of more than 150 graduating students in a variety of formats, including large-scale models, digital renderings, theory books, and hand drawings. Proposals for residential, mixed use, urban, historic, and cultural structures were presented in settings that range from the Central Coast to the moon.
The student architecture club “Alpha Rho Chi” and a committee of graduating students are organizing the show with guidance from Architecture Department faculty.
Events Sponsors:
- BSA Architects
- CAS Architects
- Henri & Tracee de Hahn
- MBH Architects
- The College of Architecture & Design Foundation
- The Architecture Department, CAED
- Westberg + White Architects
- Barry & Stacy Williams
Major Contributors:
- CCCCAIA
- Cal Poly Career Services
- Maple + Architects
- Laura's Vineyard
- Chumeia Vineyards
- Edna Valley Vineyards
- David Coffaro Winery
- Firestone Brewery
Supporters:
- Townsend Architects
- Fernando J. Sanchez
Advocates:
- Jonathan Reich
- Sandy Stannard
Special Thanks:
- Sandra Swart
- Jane Worthy
- Media Distribution Services
Read more in the News Release or log onto Unleashed web page.
Cal Poly Architecture Department Receives
Largest Pledge In CSU History
The Architecture Department is pleased to have been named the recipient of a pledged bequest of $60,000,000. This announcement was made at a press conference held on Cal Poly’s campus September 26, 2007. It is difficult to measure the implication of such a generous unrestricted gift on the future of the department. How does one start dreaming and planning for a time when we will be implementing some of the wishes we believe could change the lives of generations of students to come?
I hope that as you read the attached Press Release as well as my comments from that event you will feel a sense of pride at your connection with the University, the College, and the Department.
It is important to understand that this is a pledge that will not be realized in the donor’s lifetime. It is my firm belief that this pledge — this extraordinary act of faith on the part of this donor — will inspire other friends and alumni to continue to contribute so that they may participate in the creation of a bright future for the study of architecture, and in particular the study of architecture at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
Thank you,
Henri T. de Hahn
Architecture Department Head
Link to: Department Head Remarks
Link to: Press Release
View a video of the announcement on the Cal Poly News site. Download Quicktime player for free.
Photo from left to right: Cal Poly Vice President for University Advancement Sandra Ogren, CAED Associate Dean Richard Zweifel, CAED Dean R. Thomas Jones, Cal Poly President Warren Baker, Architecture Department Head Henri T. de Hahn, CAED Assistant Dean for Advancement Linda Kristenson, and CAED Dean Emeritus Paul Neel