WIND + WATER + SUN
+ SHELTER
Oceanic Habitats:
• Development in progress of a complete set of visuals assessing
the mechanisms for developing self sustained floating habitats.
• Concept and architectural elements involve reverse
osmosis, self sustained power generation, wind transformation and solar energy generation.
Experimental Structures:
• Vertical Kinetic Structures
(VKS) incorporating light weight easy to assemble vertical habitats (copyright in progress).
• Horizontal Kinetic
Structures (HKS) incorporating dome structures and mega tents (copyright in progress).
• Wind and liquid Cones
working collectively to harness energy.
• Adaptive use of Wind and Solar elements in medium rise dwellings.
Harnessing natural energy coupled with environmentally
correct kinetic habitats and the full utilization of oceanic habitats for energy harnessing is mainly what this proposal shall
address. 13% of World's Energy needs are currently being provided by Renewable Energy sources. For example, Denmark is able
to handle up to 20% of its electricity needs through Wind whereas China is able to heat 80% of its hot water through Solar
Energy.
Energy Cones:
Flexible Cone: Consists of thin layers of aerodynamic chips connected to sub wires and to a central distribution
point where Wind Energy is harnessed and collected directly into Power Collectors. The inside of the cone
is to consist of an energy distribution rod acting as the initial power distributor to collectors. Elevated
cones should have a Secondary Flexible Arm that should allow the cones to follow in wind’s path and thus collect maximum
energy.
Residential Cone: Similar to Flexible Cone but less kinetic yet equally adjustable and could
be attached to a roof top (pitched or flat), side walk, window and / or backyard. Residential Cones are
flexible in size ranging from 100 Watts to 2000 watts in energy accumulation.
Urban Cone: Designed specifically to fit into an urban context as such on
roof tops and balconies of typical medium to high rise residential and commercial buildings as such. Urban
Cones could be part of the facade design where Wind is at its most strength. Cones and Turbines:
Coal and Oil have been utilized to the utmost
extremes and have harmed the environment to a point of almost no return. Both present health hazards in production and emissions
and have long been labeled as "Dirty Energy". Although Coal is more of a dirty pollutant when it comes to the environment,
Oil is the exclusive grandfather of all international dilemmas and conflicts so far.
Understanding the problem is half the solution but realizing the existence of a
problem is a beginning of the process of acceptance and not the pre-emptive denial of the issues at hand. To that end, man
who understands has wings (proverb).
Political
and economic ramifications of permanent dependency on overseas sources of energy, the present political administrations of
Industrial and Developing Nations (for the exception of a very few) have consistently failed to address creative measures
of alternative sources of energy.
Green
Architecture is a marketing label at best. Recycling, harnessing and redefining a modern vision of transitional habitats that
could be 100% energy efficient is by far a more applicable vision for single and group dwellings in the form of urban and
suburban fabrics. Such vision will affect the way we realize envelopes, partitioning, heating and cooling inside a typical
dwelling. Not only so, but the fact of the matter is the wording "green" should be an extension of nature inside
dwellings both horizontally and vertically.
Carbon
Dioxide emissions have been addressed for the better part of the past 100 years or so and the outcome is not all that healthy
environmentally speaking, economically and politically as well. Harnessing nature in all its applicable forms is possible
yet accomplishing complete energy independency for our dwellings could be the first crucial challenge for the future.
Food, Shelter and Clothing
being the basic three forms of survival have been over marketed, labeled, exploited, challenged, denied, altered for the benefit
of wealth and in its part, political, social and economic uncertainties have risen to a point of utter selfishness to say
the least. On the other hand, Sun Water and Wind as the source of Food Shelter and Clothing have been undermined.
What if our oceans will hold the answer for energy
and food in the form of harnessing natural desalination for the betterment of the environment and the humankind?
What is our wind and oceanic cones will create
50% of clean energy for coastal habitats urban and suburban alike?
What if energy is free for all and what if our personal vehicles of transpiration are dependent on
our ever lasting Sun, Wind and Water and what if our habitats are naturally 100% energy efficient?
What if?
