Frog Up or Down

Weather for the AT Part 1 the Seasons Most if on all our external skin detailing is geared to the weather, ok the look, and feel is massive, but the weather is all-encompassing, get it wrong and the building will fail. So in this series of CPD lectures, I want to outline just what the weather is, the power it can muster and just how we can predict some of the weathers force by good observation looking at the past, and understanding some basic weather law. This first lecture is all about the Solar System, what you ask, why do we have to look at the stars, well its not the stars, just our immediate part of the solar system, our tilt, orbit and the moon. All three form the basis of all-weather. The first point of interest is the tilt, Earth in its formation was hit by another planet, astronomers call it Theo, and the earth at this point in time Proto Earth. The collision between the two planets pushed the earths axis into a tilt of 23.4 degrees away from the Earths orbital Plane and left ...

It's not till you walk through a city by night, do you get the chance to see all sides of a building, from the daylight shadows, and its general use by its occupants. But its a night you see a completely different side to a building, the suns shadows replaced by artificial lighting that competes with the moon and plays tricks on shadows never intended by the Architect. And it was as I walked back from the Hotel of the CIAT presidents ball, that I suddenly noticed this, the cold wind biting through a rather thin dress suite, I stood to look at a grand old building and admire the new  silhouette that now presented its self to me, where hours before I saw something completely different. We spend so long designing for daylight, but so often we ignore the dark and often n=missed opportunity to see a completely different side of Architecture, yet its one that during the winter months presents its self more. For me its a new side to my CPD, looking at shadow, and reflecting on...