01. Light
The Soane Museum by Architect Sir John Soane
a. Natural Light
The Soane Museum uses light as a main way to emphasize the art displays found inside each room. The use of natural light is important and to make use of it each room has skylights and windows purposely positioned. Each window or skylight has a certain part of the room that it projects the moving light of the sun. The museum, being covered with sculptures paintings and antique objects, needs light to help its display. Every piece of art in the building is strategically positioned for the light it receives from the windows. The largest room in the building has a glass dome that illuminates the sculptures, statues and the sarcophagus found on the lower level. The lower …show more content…
The water for the residents is supplied from mains by pumps. Each block of flats has stored water tanks with 50 gallons per flat. (Barbican Living) For the tower blocks of the Barbican there are 10.000 gallons of water stored underground. All the water is pumped through the blocks for heights over 100 feet where the mains do not reach. (Barbican Living) Water used of the water garden is not the same one as for the actual buildings. Therefore the outdoor water is not as filtered and contains water from other sources, such as rain.
The diagram above shows how the water for the block of flats is stored underground and how it is transported.
05. Earth
St. Paul’s Cathedral
a. Materials
The main material used for the St. Paul’s Cathedral is Portland stone which has been used for numerous building across London and the UK. Portland stone is a type of limestone and has developed over the last 150 million years. Portland stone is the main material used for the cathedral but there were other additional materials needed for the construction. Other types of stone were needed as well as brick, wood and iron. (St. Paul’s)
Photographs of the dome and façade of St. Paul’s cathedral.
For the structure of the cathedral Portland stone were stacked one over the other like bricks. All the details of the cathedral were sculpted to create appropriate shapes for the
The Soane Museum by Architect Sir John Soane
a. Natural Light
The Soane Museum uses light as a main way to emphasize the art displays found inside each room. The use of natural light is important and to make use of it each room has skylights and windows purposely positioned. Each window or skylight has a certain part of the room that it projects the moving light of the sun. The museum, being covered with sculptures paintings and antique objects, needs light to help its display. Every piece of art in the building is strategically positioned for the light it receives from the windows. The largest room in the building has a glass dome that illuminates the sculptures, statues and the sarcophagus found on the lower level. The lower …show more content…
The water for the residents is supplied from mains by pumps. Each block of flats has stored water tanks with 50 gallons per flat. (Barbican Living) For the tower blocks of the Barbican there are 10.000 gallons of water stored underground. All the water is pumped through the blocks for heights over 100 feet where the mains do not reach. (Barbican Living) Water used of the water garden is not the same one as for the actual buildings. Therefore the outdoor water is not as filtered and contains water from other sources, such as rain.
The diagram above shows how the water for the block of flats is stored underground and how it is transported.
05. Earth
St. Paul’s Cathedral
a. Materials
The main material used for the St. Paul’s Cathedral is Portland stone which has been used for numerous building across London and the UK. Portland stone is a type of limestone and has developed over the last 150 million years. Portland stone is the main material used for the cathedral but there were other additional materials needed for the construction. Other types of stone were needed as well as brick, wood and iron. (St. Paul’s)
Photographs of the dome and façade of St. Paul’s cathedral.
For the structure of the cathedral Portland stone were stacked one over the other like bricks. All the details of the cathedral were sculpted to create appropriate shapes for the