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Course Information: ARCH 4621
Department of Architecture, Cornell University


In-class presentation: Case study of a "green" building

Assigned: March 16, 2021
Due: May 4, 2021

Topic: Choose a "green" building* that has already been constructed. Describe its sustainable features in the following areas: location and site, water and waste, energy, atmosphere, materials, indoor environmental quality, and any other "green" categories that apply. Comment on whether the building is successful as green architecture, based on (1) your own definition of "success," and (2) what "success" means within other contexts (e.g., the LEED rating system, legal codes and standards, critiques of LEED, etc.).

Requirements:

* excluding Milstein Hall at Cornell


Selected buildings

Muse Museum

Muse Museum (Renzo Piano): Lai Ching

Taikoo Place

One Taikoo Place (Wong & Ouyang/Arup): Anne and Myka

Hearst building

Hearst Tower (Norman Foster): Roy, Carol, Nancy

Syracuse Center of Excellence building

Syracuse Center of Excellence (Toshiko Mori): Karisma, Felix

Bordeaux housing estate

Grand Parc Bordeaux (Lacaton & Vassal): Theo

Vancouver convention center

Vancouver Convention Center (LMN Architects): Alexa

Pixel building

Pixel Building (studio505): Julia
 

The Crystal in London

The Crystal (Perkins+Will, Wilkinson Eyre, Arup): Akanksha

King Addulah Center

King Abdullah Center (Hadid): Devon, Tanya, Ruixin

Sequis Tower

Sequis Tower (KPF): Young Jae
 

EcoBuilding

EcoBuiding (Axelrod Grobman,
et al.): Christine

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TBD
 



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