Comments on: Jean Nouvel’s “Green Blade” Slices LA Skyline http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/05/jean-nouvel-takes-a-green-slice-out-of-la/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:48:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: tgrothhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/05/jean-nouvel-takes-a-green-slice-out-of-la/comment-page-1/#comment-84471 tgroth Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:38:54 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/05/jean-nouvel-takes-a-green-slice-out-of-la/#comment-84471 Great article. Few thoughts: Building is going to have a huge water and energy footprint. - Lush tropical landscape on north side is going to consume a lot of water in a naturally arid environment - Narrow buildings are usually less energy efficient than a more \"cube like\" building due to the heat loss from the large amount of surface area. The fact that most of the building facade is glass doesn\'t help with the heat loss either, since glass is generally a poor insulator. - Solar gain on the building is going to be massive. Plants should offset it, and hopefully it will be incorporated into some form of natural ventilation. Overall a welcomed change to LA\'s concrete jungle-Todd, http://bluevolu.blogspot.com/ Great article. Few thoughts:
Building is going to have a huge water and energy footprint.
– Lush tropical landscape on north side is going to consume a lot of water in a naturally arid environment
– Narrow buildings are usually less energy efficient than a more \”cube like\” building due to the heat loss from the large amount of surface area. The fact that most of the building facade is glass doesn\’t help with the heat loss either, since glass is generally a poor insulator.
– Solar gain on the building is going to be massive. Plants should offset it, and hopefully it will be incorporated into some form of natural ventilation.
Overall a welcomed change to LA\’s concrete jungle

-Todd, http://bluevolu.blogspot.com/

]]> By: hmmarquardhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/05/jean-nouvel-takes-a-green-slice-out-of-la/comment-page-1/#comment-84211 hmmarquard Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:05:54 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/05/jean-nouvel-takes-a-green-slice-out-of-la/#comment-84211 Any development that claims to be green and has housing units *starting* at 3,400 sf and going up to a monstrous 9,400 sf is all about marketing and not about sustainability. I am a big Jean Nouvel fan, but this is a boondoggle I wish he hadn't done. The "green" marketing ploy just makes me sick! Unless you have 10 families living in that 9,400 s.f. mansion, Jean, you're just another part of the problem, not the solution! Any development that claims to be green and has housing units *starting* at 3,400 sf and going up to a monstrous 9,400 sf is all about marketing and not about sustainability. I am a big Jean Nouvel fan, but this is a boondoggle I wish he hadn’t done. The “green” marketing ploy just makes me sick! Unless you have 10 families living in that 9,400 s.f. mansion, Jean, you’re just another part of the problem, not the solution!

]]> By: Archenxhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/05/jean-nouvel-takes-a-green-slice-out-of-la/comment-page-1/#comment-84013 Archenx Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:09:04 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/05/jean-nouvel-takes-a-green-slice-out-of-la/#comment-84013 It looks pretty "green", except for the "green" technology in the building, I would like to know how the green area on the exterior patio (for each level?) could get maintained. And besides for the cactus, what else botany could be concerned? It looks pretty “green”, except for the “green” technology in the building, I would like to know how the green area on the exterior patio (for each level?) could get maintained. And besides for the cactus, what else botany could be concerned?

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