{"id":33615,"date":"2018-07-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/building-design-by-alumni-team-is-competition-finalist\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T09:49:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T13:49:04","slug":"building-design-by-alumni-team-is-competition-finalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/news\/building-design-alumni-team-competition-finalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Design by Alumni Team is Competition Finalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>A project by a team of UNC Charlotte architecture alumni at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.littleonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Little Diversified Architectural Consulting <\/a>was named a finalist in the <a href=\"https:\/\/metalsinconstruction.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Metals in Construction<\/em><\/a> Magazine 2018 Design Challenge. The purpose of the competition was to generate concepts for building fa\u00e7ades that contribute to the health and well-being of a building\u2019s occupants. The sepcific challenge was to design a curtain-wall system for a hypothetical 30-story building on a 2.65-acre riverfront site in Brooklyn, NY.<\/p>\n<p>The Little project, <a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/807\/2024\/06\/Little-Living-in-the-Wall-Competiton.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Living in the Wall<\/em><\/a>, increases well-being by incorporating elements of active design (encouraging occupants to move throughout and engage with the building), biophilia (an appreciation of nature, with ubiquitous views of the outside, garden roofs, and garden rooms), circadian rhythm (broad access to natural daylight), and community (multiple indoor and outdoor gathering spaces). 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