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Duke To Get DELTA Smart House
EarthVision Environmental News
kjw27612@yahoo.com
03/03/05
DURHAM, NC -- The Duke University Pratt School of Engineering will soon be the proud owners of a “smart” building located on Duke’s Central Campus in Durham, North Carolina. Designed by Frank Harmon, FAIA, associate professor in the School of Architecture at the NCSU College of Design, with architectural intern Erin Sterling, the Duke Engineering Living Technology (DELTA) Smart House will double as a residence and as a testing ground for 11 of Duke’s engineering students, who will monitor the mechanical and electrical systems within the house and conduct their own experiments to develop further innovations in environmental building technologies.
According to Harmon, who is founder and principal of the award-winning firm Frank Harmon Architect, this “living laboratory” will offer students a unique opportunity for hands-on engineering experience outside of the classroom. The house will also demonstrate to the community the potential for living in a “smart” house that is both energy efficient and a harmonious inhabitant of its environment.
The site chosen for the DELTA house greatly determined the form of the building, Harmon explained. It responds to the grid of the neighborhood while still maintaining a southern orientation for ideal solar experimentation. The house is based on a simple form that is flexible and easily changeable, he added, so that students can implement various experiments over time for monitoring the life of the house.
The plan is comprised of open spaces on both floors ideal for public activities including lab stations throughout. These spaces are flanked by the private areas of the house, which surround a functional core containing bathrooms and parts of the kitchen.
According to Harmon, the schematic design phase of the project is wrapping up now. The entire project should be completed by the end of this year.
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Kim Weiss, PR & Marketing coordinator
919-571-8011; 919-272-8615
Images can be seen by clicking on the “current projects” link at:
www.frankharmon.com
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