ISSUED:                           27 February 2007 – 5:00 pm 
Sketch Model DUE:          27 February 2007 - 6:30 pm
2 Hour Model DUE:          8 March 2007 - 5:00 pm

Exercise 4:

Regarding a
 speculative
 style of 'sketch'
 daylight model

I know that it is short notice but think of this as a challenge (sort of like a scavenger hunt.)  Your charge is to construct a model of Sam Davis' office in Wurster Hall by the end of this class.  Drawings of the space and a couple of photographs are attached to this handout.  You will work in the groups used for the Proof-of Concept exercise.  The model should follow the normal criteria associated with daylighting models (correct surface reflectances, light-tight materials, care with major reflecting surfaces, etc.) though your standards will obviously slip a bit due to time constraints.  The most important criterion for this model is that it be finished at 5:00 pm today.

Don't try to do too much in this limited time, establish a strategy and stick to it. And please take care with your matte knives! 

As we have discussed in class, the Proof-of Concept Exercise provides a gratifying demonstration of the predictive power inherent in daylighting models.  The exercise also required a substantial time commitment.  This exercise will take Sam Davis' office in Wurster Hall and explore what might be learned from sketch models;  'quick and dirty' efforts limited in time and scope.  This exercise has two parts:  1) a sketch model completed by the POC modeling groups and due at the end of class today, and 2) an individual model completed in less than two hours and due next week.

1.  Provide camera ports in both models for photographs from the building interior (the door location works for this).

2. Make a provision for taking illuminance measurements along the longitudinal centerline of the model. As in the warm-up chapel model this involves having a small hatch on the corridor-side wall of the model and the ability to move the table (if the model includes one).

3.  As you build the individual 'two-hour' model make a mental note of the materials/tools that would be handy for impromptu model building.