GREENROOFS

Dia Vivo desires to create a greenroof allowing space to make and view art. What's the slope of your roof? What type of waterproofing layer did you use? We want to hear about your greenroof! Post your thoughts and photos.

1. Raymond Jungles, Florida
2. Kari Elwell Katzander of Mingo Design, New York

jonson

The painting posted here uses an old piece of sail as the ground, a piece of coral washed up on the beach is used to form the sand in the composition. Brilliant colors of the boats against the grays and soft blues work to create a feeling of what was observed. In selection of materials, structuring of the solar panels and gardens or wind mills, what ever we do for energy for the Dia Vivo building, I hope we can find most of what we need from the environment in and around La Romana.

We do need everyone's ideas for the roof of the future 2nd floor. I will be adding a couple studies for the blending of solar panels and gardens.

Someone asked me if the idea of wind power would work on this building. There is a huge 3-story building next door towering over our building which may block the wind source.
What do you know about harnessing the wind currents?

The Dia Vivo building has electricity and water from the city. What real life experience can you offer in engineering the transfer and storage of this valuable electric energy? We are considering charging a set of heavy duty batteries (Inversol System) to give light through the black outs each day. Can you give some thought to this?

Thank you!

SUSTAINABLE VILLAGE

Sunday, May 20, 2007

SUSTAINABLE VILLAGE

Here is the information about the sustainable village, Giovatas in Columbia:
http://www.dharma-haven.org/five-havens/gaviotas.htm#Gaviotas%20Web
NPR documentary:
http://www.dharma-haven.org/five-havens/weisman.htm
WEISMAN: Its design has since been copied from Central America to Chile. In one corner, Gonsalo shows me stacks of solar panels that can heat water with diffused sunlight in rainy climates, then he leads me across the factory floor to a machine resembling a stationary bicycle, which uses pedal power to strip stalks of posada. Gonsalo and factory foreman Juan Navoa next take me outside to what they call Gaviotas most significant achievement. All I see is a yellow pump handle attached to a covered well.

http://www.pcdf.org/meadows/living_on_sun.htm

Beth A.

SOLAR PANELS

Friday, May 18, 2007

SOLAR PANELS

Architect: KNTA Architects, Singapore

Patty P.

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