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Background

Drawing inspiration from past, present and potential future states, we imagine a solution set expressive of contemporary design and construction capabilities, adaptive to the realities of a dynamic climate, and referential to the imprinted memories of place. Rooted in the science of Thermodynamics, our proposal approaches energy performance within the construct of maximizing energy potential rather than minimizing intake and use.

A rigorous approach to understanding the present condition presents a journey across multiple ideas, allowing us opportunity to weigh criteria we established as a means of comparative analysis. Filtering concept iterations through our established criteria set allows us to understand the ways in which our design decision might affect all stakeholders, and we elect to proceed with solutions and processes that add value for everyone. Despite tangential explorations into the idea of climate and user-responsive ferrofluid skin systems and banking precious metals into the façade itself for investment during an increasingly tumultuous economic period, we selected a solution that allows us to push the boundaries of what is possible tomorrow and in the future within the realm of performative design and stretch the understanding of materials, while responding to the constraints of reality today.