Word: ductwork
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...often the case at Harvard, student groups have been up in arms about the plans. Chief among their concerns is privacy; Hilles’ ductwork is built into its cement superstructure and, according to McLoughlin, modifying that system is impossible. As a result, the construction of floor-to-ceiling walls for student offices is unfeasible. The solution settled upon by University Hall is partial walls between offices that create private enclosures without jeopardizing the liveability of the space. The lack of solid walls, groups like the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgendered and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) and The Harvard Salient have complained...
...later designs. Way back in the genetic code of his buildings is a feeling for hangar-like lightness, strength and frugality of consumption that came out brilliantly in such projects as his 1981 design for the airport at Stansted in England. Earlier airports had massive concentrations of ductwork above their ceilings for air conditioning, lighting and electrical services; Foster rethought this completely and realized huge savings in structural mass and energy consumption could be made by shifting the utilities underground, leaving a floating roof and walls that could open to natural daylight. This changed architects' thinking about airport design worldwide...
...this stove flush against a wall -- or even sit on it -- because the housing doesn't get hot) and the chimney crisis (Dove-Tech doesn't need one; you can vent it the same as you would a dryer, or hook it in to your existing ductwork...
Strasser the infrastructure nerd (his Texas Tech degree is in architecture and engineering) finds buildings' guts -- beams, electrical outlets, air conditioning ductwork -- compelling pieces of the interior design puzzle. "I want my interiors to be a little raw, stark, to the point," he says. "Architecture is good -- you don't need to cover it up on the inside. But it's hard to get clients to go raw." The severe Texas recession of the 1980s was his big break: with corporate budgets tight and deluxe froufrous out of the question, it became easier to convince businesses of the merits...
...family can order the air conditioning turned off while they are out of town and restarted three hours before they are due home. Once instructions have been recorded, the system automatically controls the flow of hot and cold air by means of motorized dampers installed in the ductwork behind the walls...