Cellophane House | Kieran/Timberlake | 11 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019
The Cellophane House was prefabricated in a factory offsite. It was part of the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition called Home Delivery. The idea is that future homes, such as the Cellophane house, can be delivered right to the client. The Cellophane House is incredibly flexible. As a temporary structure, it can theoretically be placed in any environment. Parts of the home can be easily replaced or upgraded. This house portrays the lesser known fact that the idea of the home is merely a resting place for materials rather than a permanent structure.
Climate | New York has relatively cold winters and cooler summers, with average temperatures ranging from 29.4 to 75.4 degrees Fahrenheit. Rainfall throughout the year usually stays between 4-4.5 inches of rainfall. Wind speed ranges from 4.5 to 15 mph, coming from the West.
According to the Psychometric Chart, the Cellophane House is better off utilizing both active as well as passive solar heating during the winter extreme. During the summer extreme, High Mass Cooling is recommended to cool the structure. The Cellophane House utilizes NextGen SmartWrap as its building envelope. It generates electricity with the help of photo voltaic cells within its membrane. The inner layer is composed of 3M solar heat and UV blocking film so it can let in sunlight without letting in too much heat. Between the inner and outer layer is a cavity, which traps heat in the winter and ventilates in the summer.
Located in between the inner and outer layers of the NextGen SmartWrap is an air cavity which serves two functions for two different seasons. During the summer, air is ventilated through the cavities, exhausting warm air through the top and replacing it with cooler air from below. This is an example of how the Cellophane House utilizes the Stack Effect; air is drawn in from below and is exhausted at the top. During the winter, air is trapped within the air cavity. Solar rays radiate heat onto the exterior wall and as a result heats up the trapped air within the walls, warming the house in this heated envelope.
Inhabitants of the Cellophane house will find that the exterior walls provide radiation for heat as well as cool air.
Sources:
http://kierantimberlake.com/featured_projects/cellophane_house_1.html
http://www.usa.com/new-york-ny-weather.htm
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