Open AccessAnálisis de las estrategias bioclimáticas empleadas por Frank Lloyd Wright en la casa <em>Jacobs</em> I
Author(s) -
Marcos Beltrán-Fernández,
José Alpiniano García-Muñoz,
Emmanuel Dufrasnes
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
informes de la construcción
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.233
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1988-3234
pISSN - 0020-0883
DOI - 10.3989/ic.16.156
Subject(s) - humanities , art , wright , cartography , physics , geography , art history
Frank Lloyd Wright is considered one of the most influential architects of modern architecture due to the spatial and aesthetic qualities of his work. However, the importance of Wright’s construction and environmental solutions has been usually overlooked. In order to evaluate these qualities, the first house that Wright designed for the Jacobs family (Wisconsin, USA, 1937) has been analyzed. This well-known building has been much studied, and its architectural value much celebrated, but without analysing the advantages of the bioclimatic principles over interior environment. But how can the influence of this bioclimatic architecture be measured in terms of thermal comfort? Does the selected orientation improve interior comfort? And what about the natural ventilation or the deep overhangs? In order to assess this, a digital model for energy simulation has been built using Revit and Design Builder