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BIOMIMETIC DESIGN OF THE BUILDING ENVELOPE:
BIOLOGICAL CLIMATE ADAPTATIONS AND THERMAL CONTROLS
IN THE SONORAN DESERT
by
Kimberly Rose Wiebe
______________________________________________
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
May 2009
Copyright 2009 Kimberly Rose Wiebe
Object Description
| Title | Biomimetic design of the building envelope: biological climate adaptations and thermal controls in the Sonoran Desert |
| Author | Wiebe, Kimberly Rose |
| Author email | kimwiebe@gmail.com; kwiebe@usc.edu |
| Degree | Master of Building Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Building Science |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-03-11 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-05-11 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Schiler, Marc |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Kensek, Karen Mazzoleni, Ilaria |
| Abstract | This project selects nature as model in the design of the thermal building envelope. In desert regions the native plant species have developed the Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), a photosynthetic variation with a pronounced environmentally responsive rhythm. A pithy model of the spatial and temporal characteristics of this physiological adaptation is assembled based on theoretical and empirical descriptions.; Drawing a connection between the chemical system of the CAM species and the thermal system of the building envelope, a conceptual conversion factor is constructed that relates the natural model to the artificial product via their respective dynamic processes.; This natural model is translated to a south wall system of the building envelope in terms of the configuration and selection of thermochromic glazing, thermal mass, and thermal resistance materials as a thermal correspondent of a chemical system. SonoranSystems is a computer application created by the author to asses the thermal performance of the proposed wall sections. Conclusions are drawn on thermal efficiency of the layering of wall materials, behavioral resemblance to the natural model, and the correlation between efficiency and biomimicry. |
| Keyword | biomimetics; Crassulacean acid metabolism; materiality; passive solar building |
| Geographic subject | deserts: Sonoran Desert |
| 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-m2226 |
| Rights | Wiebe, Kimberly Rose |
| 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-Wiebe-2811 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Wiebe-2811.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | BIOMIMETIC DESIGN OF THE BUILDING ENVELOPE: BIOLOGICAL CLIMATE ADAPTATIONS AND THERMAL CONTROLS IN THE SONORAN DESERT by Kimberly Rose Wiebe ______________________________________________ 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 May 2009 Copyright 2009 Kimberly Rose Wiebe |
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