OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY:

Who will read this book?

Adults, teachers, tertiary and secondary school students (15-year-olds and older).

What is covered in this book?

Sustainable architectural design, including a design brief for a sleep-out. This book contains some guidelines and hints for solving the ARMADILLO AND ONION INSPIRED SLEEPOUT DESIGN BRIEF.

Situation: You are an architect who loves designing sleep-outs. You recently became interested in sustainable architecture and biomimetics. You have decided to investigate, explore, and research sustainable architectural practice. You intend to implement the new knowledge, new skills, and new strategies, which you have learned into your sleep-out design brief.

Brief: Design and develop a sustainable solution for a new sleep-out at the back of your section or anywhere in the world. Implement some biomimetic ideas and principles to inform your design decisions and design ideas. Use the armadillo and onion as biomimetic inspiration

What is the focus of this book?

The focus is on developing sustainable architectural techniques, sustainability practice and in-depth exploration of sustainable features and functions. YouTube tutorials are available for the different areas covered in this resource. See the YouTube Channel of the author for details (William Van Zyl's YouTube Channel). The videos touch on Research, Climate and Weather, Geolocation, Shadows and Shading, Passive Solar, Ideation, Freehand Sketching, Sketch-up Modelling, Biomimetics, and Freehand Sketching, and more.

Word count: 5101

Pages: Total of 45 pages with many images, sketches and links included.