Green Rascal Design

Greetings Earthlings. It's only August, and yet it is back-to-school. I am currently taking a break from my multitude of tasks to prepare for my class which starts tomorrow. I am pretty darn excited about it, let me tell you. I have recently spoken with a few friends in the architecture business who are also embarking on the teaching journey. While I'm not a big academic, far from it some might say, I am big on design technologies and helping people. So helping these 11 students learn more about architectural modeling is right up my alley. I'm really looking forward to seeing their progress.

Why would a green architect want to teach fanciful things such as advanced modeling to students, you might ask? Well, contrary to one article I read recently, I believe that sustainable architecture doesn't have to be homely. It can be designed with NURBS, and whats even better is that the designer can approximate how the design will react in the site with respect to light. There are even tools to study how air will move around, and how effective the heating and cooling systems will be, but I won't get into that part of it. No, I'd just like to say that 3D tools for architecture are invaluable, no matter what kind you're using. One can ALWAYS learn something new from one tool versus another. And I'm convinced that is a good thing for the built environment.

Carry on.