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Syncline House Ground Loop Structural Geology Design Strategy

August 25th, 2010

Syncline House Ground Loop Structural Geology Design

The project of building this house as the boundary between the city and mountain parks. This house was designed utilizing the ground loop heat exchange system that touches the runway. The envelope consists of glass and a half percent of the buildings, steel frame structure used as a substitute for traditional stick framing the entire home. Thick walls are steel brace frames that combine vierendeel vertical rolls to resist 120 mile per hour winds down from the mountains.

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