Friday, February 19, 2010

Solar Town - Krofa Project


Here's a preliminary view of site in revit

The Krofa Project is a town development plan that uses a virgin 10 million sq. ft. area to develop a sustainable suburb that is home to workers at a pre-fabricated house factory nearby. The project is inspired by the K.N.U.S.T campus plan in Kumasi, Ghana. Krofa is unique, however, because in addition to smart transportation plan of the area , the domestic energy base is served by passive sustainable design that optimizes natural light and cooling/heating. In addition there is design to optimize rainwater use during rainy season.

The structural/architectural work-flow is as follows:

(i) Preliminary Google Earth surface/image use in AutoCAD Civil 3D
(ii) Road alignment creation and profile and corridor/corridor surface creation in C3D
(iii)Integration of C3D with Revit Structure
(iv)Road/Street Layout in Revit
(v)Solar/Light/Shadow studies of house layout on residential site with conceptual house models inAutodesk Ecotect
(vi)Architectural design of factory and homes
(v)Structural design of all structural components

To be continued... I'm quite hungry. lol

Below:  A house begging for a tropical landscape.

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