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e2-design 3.4 Renzo Piano

e2-design 3.4 Renzo Piano

http://physics.hpa.edu/physics/apenvsci/videos/e2_videos/e2%20design%203/4%20the%20art%20and%20science%20of%20renzo%20piano.m4v

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  1. Have you ever visited the California Academy of Sciences (CAS)?
  2. What “story” is Piano telling?
  3. What environmental ethic went into the energy lab?
  4. If the earthquake of 1989 had not happened, do you think this would have been built?
  5. What is our mission here? What was our statement?
  6. How did the creative process in the video differ from “normal” design processes? Why is this important?
  7. How is the term "transparency" used here? Do you see it here as well?
  8. How does this project combine honesty and green building?
  9. What do they mean by “biomorphic”?
  10. Look up biophilic building design. How is this relevant?
  11. This project combines research and education. Why might this be familiar to you?
  12. What two factors enable native species on the roof to resist invasive species?
  13. What "what if" would you imagine?
  14. In the frame with Sutro radio tower (look this up) in the background, what visual flow do you see? (15:21)
  15. We have learned about runoff and something called “water transit time”. How does the roof increase water transit time?
  16. Note the square white sound panels like the student union-how do these work?
  17. Piano describes ecology as a “moral duty”. Why?
  18. On the south lanai of the elab, there are special solar PV panels. Where else have you seen these? Why?
  19. Darwin traveled around the world collecting specimens that informed society about diversity and evolution. How is this similar at CAS, and why is it important today?
  20. How is this project empowering? To whom?