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CLIMATIC ALIGNMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STRATEGIES
THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF NATIVE PLANTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
by
Andrew Lee
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE
August 2008
Copyright 2008 Andrew Lee
Object Description
| Title | Climatic alignment of architectural design strategies through an analysis of native plants in southern California |
| Author | Lee, Andrew C. |
| Author email | andrew.c.lee@gmail.com; leea@usc.edu |
| Degree | Master of Building Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Building Science |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-05-07 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-08-07 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Spiegelhalter, Thomas |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Schiler, Marc Noble, Doug |
| Abstract | This paper presents a method of distilling a climate-specific design approach from the adaptive qualities of native plant communities. The method is demonstrated through the analysis of plants native to Southern California and an application of a selected adaptation to the design of a simulated reference building on a site in Los Angeles. Climate data was analyzed in GIS to select representative plant communities for the reference site based on a comparison of microclimate conditions. The climate analysis concluded that the Desert Scrub plant community was most applicable to the reference site. Field research was conducted to catalog the physiological adaptations of prominent species in desert plant communities. The behavioral adaptations of desert plants were studied in biological texts. CAM photosynthesis was the adaptive trait that was applied to the reference building and analyzed through psychrometric study and energy simulation. |
| Keyword | biomimicry; biomimetics; sustainability; green building; climate design |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1557 |
| Rights | Lee, Andrew C. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Lee-2245 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Lee-2245.pdf |
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| Full text | CLIMATIC ALIGNMENT OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STRATEGIES THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF NATIVE PLANTS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA by Andrew Lee A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE August 2008 Copyright 2008 Andrew Lee |
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