Comments on: Emerald Plaza by Emergent Architecture http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/30/emerald-plaza-by-emergent-architecture/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:34:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: surroundingshttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/30/emerald-plaza-by-emergent-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-110038 surroundings Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:37:03 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/30/emerald-plaza-by-emergent-architecture/#comment-110038 I agree with urbanlegend...What is green about millions of gallons of water evaporating in the desert? It is like saying that the Bellagio fountain is a good solution for creating cooler micro-climates in Las Vegas.If the pools were completely shaded, that would reduce the loss to evaporation, but even using water and wind as a cooling mechanism in the desert is irresponsible at this scale. We are located in the southwestern US and our office has been researching the use of a similar idea, but combined with graywater. We are still looking to find data that supports the use of graywater in an airborne setting unless it is fully treated.With such a dominance of hardscape, this design would benefit from more (xeric, of course!) vegetation to create the cooling they seek. I agree with urbanlegend…What is green about millions of gallons of water evaporating in the desert? It is like saying that the Bellagio fountain is a good solution for creating cooler micro-climates in Las Vegas.

If the pools were completely shaded, that would reduce the loss to evaporation, but even using water and wind as a cooling mechanism in the desert is irresponsible at this scale. We are located in the southwestern US and our office has been researching the use of a similar idea, but combined with graywater. We are still looking to find data that supports the use of graywater in an airborne setting unless it is fully treated.

With such a dominance of hardscape, this design would benefit from more (xeric, of course!) vegetation to create the cooling they seek.

]]> By: urbanlegendhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/30/emerald-plaza-by-emergent-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-109795 urbanlegend Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:12:47 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/30/emerald-plaza-by-emergent-architecture/#comment-109795 It looks cool, but not very green, if there was some sort of a bioclimate, then maybe the air that the users would be breathing could be clean...just a green thought It looks cool, but not very green, if there was some sort of a bioclimate, then maybe the air that the users would be breathing could be clean…

just a green thought

]]> By: MonkeyManxhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/30/emerald-plaza-by-emergent-architecture/comment-page-1/#comment-109786 MonkeyManx Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:50:29 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/10/30/emerald-plaza-by-emergent-architecture/#comment-109786 This building looks like a Yatch! This building looks like a Yatch!

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