BOTSWANA LAB.Building in a hot, dry climate for the future of a nation's agriculture needs careful environmental design. The Botswanan government needed a national food technology research centre to find out how to make the best of To improve to the utmost; to use or dispose of to the greatest advantage. To reduce to the least possible inconvenience; as, to make the best of ill fortune or a bad bargain. - Bacon. See also: Best Best a difficult semi-dry climate. It had to include chemistry and micro-biology units as well as a demonstration kitchen and all the administration and services spaces they needed. The architects were concerned to make a cool building, and one which reflects on nature. Window shading See Phong shading, Gouraud shading, flat shading and programmable shading. excludes year round solar penetration, specially from the north, from where the sun shines in the southern hemisphere. Reflective highly insulated in·su·late tr.v. in·su·lat·ed, in·su·lat·ing, in·su·lates 1. To cause to be in a detached or isolated position. See Synonyms at isolate. 2. roofs further reduce solar gains Solar gain (also known as solar heat gain or passive solar gain) refers to the increase in temperature in a space, object or structure that results from solar radiation. . The jury was impressed with what should be a model for building in the region. Architect Rik Leus |
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