This is an interesting way of reducing the total square footage of exposed glazing on the enclosure- reduces solar heat gain.
While I'm not sure what the orientation is, you can bet that there will be a much lower density of dots on the southern facade to minimize direct heat gain.
The only thing though, is this holepunched facade appears to directly abut interior spaces (based on the pictures- I could be wrong). If they had this system on the outside of an existing wall with an air gap in between the two, it would increase its effectiveness tenfold and be a great solar shading device.
@Tomo: And it requires a certain degree of masochism to get involved with. And by that, I mean a lot of it.
But the rewarding thing is that every challenge is completely unique- no one building deals with the same site conditions and design program. #chromehotel
superberg: There *was* nothing wrong with it... until I was about twelve years old and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys. Gizmodo: Hmm... well, why don't you just go by B instead of Bryan? superberg: No way! Why should I change? He's the one who sucks.
@GreyHammer: Agreed. I mean, once a key card is touched, it can NEVER be used again, right? Oh wait it can?
Well, that's besides the point. I'm upset we wasted taxpayer money on this guys salary. Oh wait, you mean it's his own "personal" time, and it made no difference to 99.999999% of the population if he did this or sat on a park bench for the same amount of time?
@met2art: How will this "intentionally ironic self-referential recursive meta-comment" affect the ship and crew Ensign Met2art? Will the shields protect us, or will Dr. Crusher have to enact Level 2 decontamination protocols?
@GitEmSteveDave_HasANewNameToda...: I'm fairly certain we'll have to have Geordi run a level 1 diagnostic on all the context parsers in the LCARS library to make sure the ship's computer doesn't begin giving itself illogical orders that it can't understand.
In pirate-talk, I be fairly certain we`ll be havin' t' be havin' Geordi run a level 1 diagnostic on all th' context parsers in th' LCARS library t' be makin' sure th' ship`s computer dasn't begin givin' itself illogical orders that 't canna understand. Arrr!
"Mr. Berg, would you care for any extra keys for your room?" asked the front desk attendant. "Why, yes I would. Yes I would." stated Mr. Berg with an evil little chuckle.
In order for this to be of much tourist fun, it would have to be part of a destination kind of vacation. Like the air train along the Orient Express or something.
11/03/09
While I'm not sure what the orientation is, you can bet that there will be a much lower density of dots on the southern facade to minimize direct heat gain.
The only thing though, is this holepunched facade appears to directly abut interior spaces (based on the pictures- I could be wrong). If they had this system on the outside of an existing wall with an air gap in between the two, it would increase its effectiveness tenfold and be a great solar shading device.
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But the rewarding thing is that every challenge is completely unique- no one building deals with the same site conditions and design program. #chromehotel
10/26/09
But the structural engineer in me just threw up a little. #villamodagalleriesframehotel
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This Bryan Berg guy is the reason I started writing under a pseudonym.
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superberg: There *was* nothing wrong with it... until I was about twelve years old and that no-talent ass clown became famous and started winning Grammys.
Gizmodo: Hmm... well, why don't you just go by B instead of Bryan?
superberg: No way! Why should I change? He's the one who sucks.
09/19/09
09/19/09
Well, that's besides the point. I'm upset we wasted taxpayer money on this guys salary. Oh wait, you mean it's his own "personal" time, and it made no difference to 99.999999% of the population if he did this or sat on a park bench for the same amount of time?
I'm sorry, what was your point again?
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In pirate-talk, I be fairly certain we`ll be havin' t' be havin' Geordi run a level 1 diagnostic on all th' context parsers in th' LCARS library t' be makin' sure th' ship`s computer dasn't begin givin' itself illogical orders that 't canna understand. Arrr!
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Try stuffing 3-4 stars into this lump of shit.
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