Departure

Exhibit & Farewell Dinner

Studio Hours

Field Day 3

Field Day 2

looks like fun!

konichiwa,

my name is yumiko virant and i am a japanese-american architect living in north carolina. i've very much enjoyed looking at everyone's posts and especially the pictures of the festivities that have been going on this week. my husband and i design and build sustainable homes. i'm sorry that i cannot participate in the vermont activities as we are in virginia working on a small (1000 sf !) and beautiful house. our website is www.virantdesign.com if anyone is interested and i would be happy to help with specific questions that might come up. my email address is yumiko@virantdesign.com. hope that everyone has a wonderful time and hope to hear from some of you.

matta ne,

yumiko

Field Day 1

Welcome Dinner: Mount Abraham Union High School

Hi from Vermont

Hi Everyone,
I'm an architect working for myself in Cornwall, VT, near Middlebury. I design green homes as well as additions and renovations like new kitchens and screen porches. I like the thought being put into these projects and will comment individually. If you would like to see some of the work I do you can look at my website: www.jeanterwilliger.com. I'm looking forward to meeting the Mt. Abe group next week!
Jean Terwilliger

Weather & Matsuri

Hello again,

Tonight I was looking back at the early messages. Ayumi asked about the weather. Kyou: hare, 13 degrees celsius. Raishuu: yuki. Bring clothes for all kinds of weather!

Yukihiro asked about festivals. Every two years there is a Matsuri (Japanese cultural festival) in Burlington. It is sponsored by the Japan-America Society of Vermont and is held at St Michael's College. If you like Japanese food, martial arts, bonsai, flower arranging, music, etc, you should go. There is also a Burlington Taiko group. You can find 2 videos of them performing at Matsuri on YouTube.

Paul H

My program statement

←This is a rough sketch of my dream house.









☆My ideas☆
1　Double window...
(we can keep the house warm in winter, and cool in summer)
Let us suppose we use heater 15 hours a day during winter (5months)
We can reduse kerosene consumption by 60 % if we adopt the double window.
This means, we are able to cut down heating and lighting expenses greatly.
Also, it prevents the dewfall which cause the house going moldy.

2 Exterior thermal insulation...
It keeps the house warm. / It prevents the dewfall.
It prevents the deterioration caused by strong sunlight, ao the house lasts long.

3 Double door...
It prevents the air come into the house directly. It is useful to keep the temperature inside the house comfortable.

4 No snow avalanche roof...
It prevents the the damage of snow avalanche.
We can collect the melted snow on the roof through the pipe inside the house and use it to flush toilet, wash clothes, and so on. (We can also use this water to melt the snow around the house. This is popular in Hokkaido lately.)
Hoever, we have to make the roof very strong in order to put up with weight of heavy snow.


・We can grow plants in the porch.
・We can trail kind of ivy by the window facing the west in order to prevent the strong 　sunlight comes into the house during summer.

My Design

Hi! This is my statement.

1.Building a small and black house. I've seen such as this,but it was very cute. The reason why I chose small is that it enables the family to warm the air in the house easily and black is that it absorbs a lot of solar heat.

2.Having a kitchen garden. It enables the family to bring food without going shopping.

3.Planting trees in the house. It's good to clean the air in the house. Also it plevent the house from drying up thanks to steam transpired from leaves. I want to plant trees next to the Living room,Dining room and kitchen because these place are easy to polute the air.

Solar Decathlon

Hello  Eco-tects,

I forget to say in my last posting that architecture students from several universities are now competing in the Solar Decathlon, where they design and build energy-efficient houses. The finished houses will be on display in Washington, DC. Here is the website address:               http://www.solardecathlon.gov/. You can find more information from Wikipedia. There are also some good videos on YouTube - just search for Solar Decathlon. Check it out!

Paul H

Greetings from Vermont

Hello Everyone,

     My name is Paul Hanke. I volunteered to be one of the architect/mentors for the project. I teach house design classes at Yestermorrow Design/Build School here in the Mad River Valley. I used to teach carpentry at YouthBuild in Burlington. I was assigned to work with Noa, Takoda, Madoka, Naoya and Ayaka, but since there is a shortage of mentors, I have volunteered to work with all the Harwood groups, so send me your designs and questions if you want feedback.

     My wife and I have one son who was home-schooled. He was in the Vermont Youth Orchestra and participated in many musical events at Harwood. He graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. 

     For 15 years I have practiced the Japanese martial art of Aikido. If anyone is interested (and if there is time in the schedule) I would be glad to teach an introduction to Aikido class at Harwood after school or in the evening for you all (and host families). I love everything Japanese (except wasabi!), so I am happy to be part of this project. I understand that Tottori is famous for its dunes. My favorite Japanese movie is Suna no Onna (Woman in the Dunes). Maybe it was filmed in Tottori?

Konnichi wa,

     Watashi no namae wa Paul Hanke desu. Kenchikuka to Aikidoka to Zen Bukyouto wa desu. Nihon no bunka to tabemono to kenchiku-youshiki wa suki desu. Watashi no Nihongo wa sukoshi desu. Wakari masuka.

     I look forward to seeing your projects and to meeting you in Vermont soon.

Paul H yori

     

Japanese old house

This is my grand mather's house.
It is very old Japanese house.
The house is surrounded by a lot of nature.
It has tradetional japanese design"ENGAWA" and"TOKOMOMA".

my conceptual design

Hello!
This is my 1st draft design.(I'm improving this now...)
As you look, there are many windows face to South.
So we can get sun light and warm.

And top of roof, set up solar panels.
It can do photovoltaic generation, I think.

I heard that winter in Vermont is so cold as you feel some tired and insulation is a problem.

so I choose pair glasses for windows(of course, it doesn't means "Microsoft":).

I want to hear your ideas and answer your questions.
anything is Ok!

Best regard.

Rough Idea

-I've done a floor plan and a 3-veiw sketch, I tried to make this house small, as smaller houses use less materials to make, thus costing less money to build, and are generally more energy efficient than large houses.

-In the little inlet of the house, I apologize for it not being bigger, I have directed the rooftops to pool rain water which can be harvested through a drain, it's too small to be seen

clearly, I apologize again. I also have designed the roof to provide space for 23, maybe 24, 3-by-5 Feet solar panels.

-Also I am considering integrating a green switch into every room. It basically cuts off power to idling electronic devices, it can save alot of energy.

-Something that I know alot of Vermonters do is using compost to fertilize soil, so I will also incoperate that.

-In addition to passive solar heating methods, I intend to incorperate a pellet stove.

I'd really appreciate any comments or suggestions. See you all soon

★MY PROGRAM STATEMENT★

I noted a lot of points.
They are the skylight, solar system,greenery, the big pair glass, the small house, the big living room, and the square house.

1.The skylight can take in the sunlight. And the house is getting warmer and brighter. So, cut down the light and heat consumption.

2.The solar system keep saving electricity.

3.Greenery make clean and cool air. It cut down the air conditioner consumption.

4.The bi pair glass take in the cool wind, and it is been well ventilated. Also it can change the air. This big pair glass take in the wind, circulate it in the house, and skylight emit it.

5.Also, if you build too large house, nearby houses don't shine the sunlight. So, I thought the small house.

6.Construction of the room is big living room. If we spend there almost time, we can cut down various energy.

7.As soon as you can built it square. Because, if you build it circle, probably you make it difficult, and lumber is so useless that it is straight line.

That's all.

Can you understand my English?
If you read my program statement, please contribute your estimation and question.

Thank you :)

Eco House

This is the eco-house that I propose here. Now I’ll explain inventions with some examples.
① Double doors
② Solar panels
③ Insulating material
④ Utilizing of the geothermal enegy
⑤ Windows

① Double doors are not for the entering the cool air.
The advantages of double wall are not to let the warm air come out of the room and not let the cool air come into the room.
And we make ways for air in the whole room to circulate, with which we can make progress of performance of insulation.
② Solar panels are used to make energy with sunlight. And we can supply with electricity.
③ Insulating material is used to let it hard for the heat for insulation and keeping the humidity to convey through. That enables us to decrease the amount of electricity we use in our houses.
④ Regulation of the temperature both in winter and in summer can be made by opening and closing the device attached underneath the window. Easily speaking, we make air well ventilate indoor.
⑤ I set a little more windows at the directions of east, west, and south, which enable us to use less electric light during the day.

Of coure it is valuable to generate electricity, but it is also important to reduce the amount of electricity used.
These efforts enable us to create our own future, I’m sure

My Dream House☆

Sorry：（

It is not easy for you to see this picture.

I want the house that long time can be used.

My idea will not be able to be told in this picture.

Please tell me if you haze some questions.

Hello everyone♪

Hi, nice to meet you! I'm Nana Fujimoto. I live in Tottori.

My hobby is playing badminton, talking with friends, singing, reading comic books. My favorite singer is Ringo Shena. She is beautiful and makes good songs!(ж＾ω＾ж)

If you want to know Japanese culture, feel flee to ask me. I like to study and talk about cultures.

I can't speak English fluently, but I want to enjoy talking with you!

One of activities in high school☆

Our school has some clubs.

I belong to a club.It is baton twirling.

This picture when we participate in a cultural festival of the high school students in Japan.

To Nick and all of Vermont student

I made a question at march 7.

"I have a question! Is there the season event in Vermont? What kind of event is there in Vermont?"

I want to know all a season affecting things. It is not only a festival.
For example… If, it snowed. What you should do by life after snowed. etc…What you can do? What you should do? Please teach me a lot of things in Vermont.

Tottori Viewpoint Part 1

This is a picture of Japanese food"SOBA".

This is a picture that "Tottori Sakyu(Dune)" light up.

It's held during winter.