SOLAR ENERGY
CONCEPT
The concept of this project was created from the idea of an organic and efficient structure, a skeleton. Based on that, its shape is the result of a series of squared timber structures twisted around its centre axis, which generated a dynamic space. The shelter's entrance, positioned in the South facade, is made of glass to allow solar energy to get into the shelter and warm its interior. Moreover, in the others facades, plywood boards, with thermal insulation properties, were used to avoid the heat loss due to low temperatures in winter. Therefore, as the thermal comfort was the interviewee's main complain, the group designed the shelter with a combination of two different systems to maintain a comfortable temperature in the shelter's interior. This combination is made of air coming from the ground, in the earth temperature, and the solar energy, which heats water in a tubing. Ultimately, to comply with electric issues, the project counts on solar photovoltaic panels.
COMMUNITY CONSULTATION
Due to geographical distance, we had to utilize social networks to consult the community of Concordia University. Furthermore, to obtain more extensive answers that could provide us with design guidelines, two different groups of people were addressed. The first one was the university's current students, who helped by responding to a questionnaire made with Google Forms. From these answers, we determined how the bus shelter in the Loyola campus is used and how frequently; we were also made aware of specific problems, such as the inefficient bus schedule monitor. The second group was composed of our familiars, who live or have lived in Montreal, which provided us with detailed information about the bus shelter there, as Montreal is a much colder city than any city in Brazil. To contact this second group, we mainly used Facebook and Skype applications. Though, ideally, we would have liked to interview users of the Loyola campus bus shelter personally, the interviews done online were not outdated, therefore, the result can be considered realistic and applicable.
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