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Climate Responsive Building Envelops for Museums and Galleries
1. IAMFA 2013
Climate Responsive Building Envelops
for Museums and Galleries
Chris Arkins
Emrah Baki Ulas
STEENSEN VARMING
If a building becomes architecture, then
it is art. Clearly if a building is not
functionally and technically in order,
then it isn’t architecture either, it’s just a
building. Arne Jacobsen
Mechanical Engineering
Lighting Design
Sustainable Design
Electrical Engineering
Copenhagen
London
Sydney
Hong Kong
New York
Level 8, 9 Castlereagh Street
Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
t : +61 / 02 9967 2200
e : info@steensenvarming.com
2. STEENSEN VARMING
Climate Responsive Design
‘Outside the Box’
Varying Climates
New York
Los Angeles
Sydney
Canberra
Hong Kong
Copenhagen
Denmark
‘The Box’
Building Construction
Light / Medium / Heavy Weight
Rate of Change
Building air tightness
Hydroscopic effect of thermal mass
Optimum
Solution
‘Inside the Box’
Industry accepted
Setpoint vs
Rescheduled Setpoints
- The Box
4. STEENSEN VARMING
Our Box
Building Area = 14,577 m² / 160,000 ft²
Gallery Space = 2,929 m²
BOH / Store = 671 m²
Office/Admin = 1,087 m²
Cafe = 249 m²
Entry/Foyer = 756 m²
Auditorium = 513 m²
Car Park / Plnt = 7,873 m²
Other = 552 m²
20%
4%
7%
2%5%
4%
54%
4%
Gallery
BOH
Office
Café
Entry/Foyer
Auditorium and Function
Car Park and Plant
Other
33. STEENSEN VARMING
Canberra
0,003
0,004
0,005
0,006
0,007
0,008
0,009
0,01
0,011
0,012
1 745 1489 2233 2977 3721 4465 5209 5953 6697 7441 8185
Moisturecontent[kg/kgdryair]
Hour in year
Calculated indoor moisture content in each time step
before adjusting to control set-point
Contemporary gallery - Canberra climate
Inactive surface Hygroscopic surface Moisture set-point
34. STEENSEN VARMING
Hong Kong
0,003
0,005
0,007
0,009
0,011
0,013
0,015
0,017
1 745 1489 2233 2977 3721 4465 5209 5953 6697 7441 8185
Moisturecontent[kg/kgdryair]
Hour in year
Calculated indoor moisture content in each time step
before adjusting to control set-point
Contemporary gallery - Hong Kong climate
Inactive surface Hygroscopic surface Moisture set-point
35. STEENSEN VARMING
Los Angeles
0,003
0,004
0,005
0,006
0,007
0,008
0,009
0,01
0,011
0,012
1 745 1489 2233 2977 3721 4465 5209 5953 6697 7441 8185
Moisturecontent[kg/kgdryair]
Hour in year
Calculated indoor moisture content in each time step
before adjusting to control set-point
Contemporary gallery - Los Angeles climate
Inactive surface Hygroscopic surface Moisture set-point
36. STEENSEN VARMING
New York
0,003
0,004
0,005
0,006
0,007
0,008
0,009
0,01
0,011
0,012
0,013
1 745 1489 2233 2977 3721 4465 5209 5953 6697 7441 8185
Moisturecontent[kg/kgdryair]
Hour in year
Calculated indoor moisture content in each time step
before adjusting to control set-point
Contemporary gallery - New York climate
Inactive surface Hygroscopic surface Moisture set-point
37. STEENSEN VARMING
Copenhagen
0,003
0,004
0,005
0,006
0,007
0,008
0,009
0,01
0,011
0,012
1 745 1489 2233 2977 3721 4465 5209 5953 6697 7441 8185
Moisturecontent[kg/kgdryair]
Hour in year
Calculated indoor moisture content in each time step
before adjusting to control set-point
Contemporary gallery - Copenhagen climate
Inactive surface Hygroscopic surface Moisture set-point
38. STEENSEN VARMING
Hydroscopic Effect of Mass
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
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90%
100%
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10000
12000
14000
16000
18000
20000
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Relativeenergysavingonhumiditycontrol
Absoluteenergysavingonhumiditycontrol[kWh/year]
Part of total internal surface area with aerated concrete [%]
Absolut savings Relative savings
30 % corresponding
to total wall area