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Issue 00 — The House After the Grid

An original visual issue exploring how shade, air paths, courtyards, material depth and careful verification can shape architecture before mechanical cooling begins.

Original Courtyard Wind House concept used for the architecture magazine Issue 00 cover

Contents

  1. The House After the Grid

    Five passive-cooling moves are tested through an original courtyard-house concept, a plan and section, an environmental axonometric and an explicit evidence boundary.

Courtyard Wind House concept interior opening onto a shaded planted court
04—05 · The House After the Grid — A deep veranda and a shaded courtyard turn the threshold into inhabitable climatic space. Original concept visualisation.
Exploded axonometric showing five passive cooling ideas
06—07 · Five Moves, One Spatial System — Shade, a complete air path, stack exhaust, thermal mass and night purge are separated for inspection. Performance not yet simulated.
Concept plan and longitudinal section of Courtyard Wind House
08—09 · Reading the Climate Through the Drawing — The paired drawing shows the continuous shaded route, planted courts and the proposed high-level exhaust path. Not for construction; not to scale.
Earthen wall, stone threshold, timber opening and terracotta screen detail
10—11 · Depth, Porosity and Shadow — A mineral and timber palette is studied as an environmental assembly, not surface decoration. Final build-ups require local verification.