Monthly Archives: September 2012

The Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Sam Weiser

An ecosystem is a complex set of relationships among living and nonliving things. This includes air, water, soil, sunlight, plant, and animals. Ecosystems come in all shapes and sizes from a patch of dirt to the entire Chesapeake Bay watershed. … Continue reading →

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Bay Game (In Class Exercise)

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Sam Weiser

Stakeholders that impact the sustainability of the Chesapeake Bay: Azure Worldwide IBM Chesapeake residents and community Government Non-human factors that impact the sustainability of the Chesapeake Bay Nature- plant life Rainfall Sunlight Temperature Watershed from rivers, streams, creeks Pollution- nitrogen and phosphorus, … Continue reading →

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Assignment 3- Iteration of Global Virtual Water Diagram

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Sam Weiser

  My diagram discribes the gross virtual water import and export of the world regions between 1995 and 1999. I gathered data of the gross virtual water import and export from each region as seen in the chart above. Then … Continue reading →

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The Architecture School as a System

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Sam Weiser

The A-School is a system. Its elements include teachers, students, faculty, Campbell Hall, lecture halls, studios, etc. Its interconnections are the honor code; communication among students, teachers, and faculty; the flows of students, teachers, and faculty throughout the school; etc. … Continue reading →

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Assignment 2- Mapping Global Flows

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Sam Weiser

The water footprint of national consumption means the total amount of fresh water that is used to produce goods and services consumed by the inhabitants of the nation. Two factors influence the water footprint of consumption in a country. The … Continue reading →

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Center Street Plaza, Berkeley

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Sam Weiser

After reading about ecocities this week, I decided to find an example of an architecture project that focused on different aspects of ecology discussed in the reading. This includes water use, air quality, and human scale. The Center Street Plaza … Continue reading →

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Assignment 1- Sun Study Diagrams

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Sam Weiser

On March 21st from 10:15am to 5:30pm, my sight will receive sunlight. It will receive sunlight for 7 hours and 15 minutes that day. Before 10am, the sun will be blocked by trees and after 5:30 it will be below … Continue reading →

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Tropical Update and Hurricane Isaac Reflection

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Sam Weiser

Currently there are three storms being watched in the tropics: Tropical Storm Leslie, Hurricane Michael, and Invest 91-L. Over the course of this hurricane season, there have been 13 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 1 hurricane that was a category … Continue reading →

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The Local City- Energetic Organizations

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Sam Weiser

The local/chthonic city is self-sustaining and scaled to a local level. A push toward cities like this is ever growing. The picture below describes how the world can be a series of discrete, self-sustaining nodes. If the world were to … Continue reading →

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