Friday, November 12, 2010

28 . green ac facade... make that your prime elevation...
















The western facade of a building is commonly regarded as the least desirable elevation. This often leads to the less thought out design proposals for any tower. What if all CUs are concentrated and repeated on this particular face? Would the repetition of the CUs become an aesthetic/elevation on its own? Add some greens and hanging vines to it, would that make the western face the greenest elevation of any tower proposal?

27 . acfacade...









what happens when compressor units start to dictate the looks of all our surroundings? lets start with a silly composition of compressor units lined up to form the title of this blog...

Monday, November 8, 2010

26 . AC Cage

A picture of ac condensers in... ermm... cages taken from a street in Shanghai. Photo courtesy of Manasawinee Vatatiyaporn. Got some interesting photos of acfacade you took recently and would like to share? Send the images to urbanomania@yahoo.com or hinnong@yahoo.com. We will publish and credit you accordingly. Keep the world cool and green!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

25 . Multiplicity




















At AC Facade we consider rooftop as Top Facade, as it is also part of building envelope. It is another territory awaiting the colonisation of ac condensers. If you follow our blog you may already know that one of the main catalysts of ac phenomena is programmatic change. Here we imagine an approx 400% growth of ac consumption of a building.