Program/ Multifamily Variable Environments
Concept/ Sytems Calibration
Materials/ Wood, metal, glass, concrete
Location/ Los Angeles, California
Constuction/ Calculated Organic
Multiplicity /melte plisedē/ having the quality, or state of
1. being multiple or various
2. the number of components in a system
In physics, the term multiplicity refers to numbers of energy levels at the atomic scale. This term also refers to variations, which is the core concept of this project. We've shaped our original design to shape change based on the relationship between the health of the habitants and their surroundings.
The louver system on surrounding the exterior facade calibrates the heat, light, privacy, acoustics, and many other environmental aspects of the atmosphere of Multiplicity. Knowing that there is no formula universal formula for environmental quality, and that we each experience and respond to our surroundings differently, this louver system relates to and is controlled by all the habitants in different ways.
This results in universal calibration of the building, balancing the building environment for the entire community of habitants at once. One unit may close their louvers while others open them, depending on the time of day and how the people feel over time relative to eachother and their surroundings. People can tune their own environment, with their own Instrument.
• Environmental balancing
• Passive and active solar
• Natural air circulation
• Integration with nature
• Systems calibration