ID353 Sustainable Design

Final Project
The Art Institute of Wisconsin is located in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward, a former warehouse and
manufacturing district that has been revitalized into a vibrant center of urbanism. The Art Institute
occuies the first three floors of the !.H. "#e House $%&' (. )uffalo *t.+, an , stor# mi-ed.use building
constructed in /0&& and listed on 1ational 2egister of Historic !laces.
While the Art Institute should be commended for taking sustainable stes in locating its Milwaukee
camus in such an active and walkable area of the cit# and restoring a local historic landmark rather
than constructing a new building, this class will be resenting a number of additional measures which
have the otential to make the Art Institute of Wisconsin considerabl# more sustainable.
Assignment, Part 1:
Identif# /& different sustainable ractices, roducts or technologies currentl# in use in the Art Institute
building and describe their imact. Additionall#, identif# /& different sustainable ractices, roducts or
technologies that can be imlemented in the Art Institute building to make it more sustainable. "escribe
in deth how these technologies are an imrovement from what is currentl# in lace. "escribe which
3((" credits al# and how #ou are achieving them. Indicate on a floor lan where these interventions
will be located. !resent a detailed, reasonable estimate of the cost of #our intervention and how it will
a# itself off over time or, if the intervention will not a# for itself, wh# it is worth the investment.
!resent images, roduct secification sheets, material safet# data sheets, or other data from the
manufacturer that suorts #our design.
Part 1 is due March 14
th
at 6:00 !"
Assignment, Part 2:
Identif# 4 different holistic sustainable design elements or concet that can be incororated into the
e-isting Art Institute building. (-lain what effect the# would have on the building occuants and how
these effects can be considered 5sustainable6. "escribe an# costs involved and an# anticiated mone#
saved. "escribe the value of holistic sustainable design and how it relates to a more traditional view of
sustainabilit#. !resent research that suorts #our design.
Part # is due March #1
st
at 6:00 !"
7ou will be resenting #our ro8ect to the "ean on March &/
st
. (ach student will have 9 minutes to
resent two sustainable ractices, roducts or technologies and 9 minutes to resent one holistic
sustainable design element or concet. This ro8ect is worth 9': of #our ;inal (-am grade.