windCatcher™ The windCatcher™ faces the reality of encroaching desertification that has come along with global warming.  The modular, expandable system incorporates a number of intermeshed passive systems, such as airflow direction, evaporative cooling, thermal massing,  and selective vegetation that allows for habitation in increasingly harsh environments. Discover more about windCatcher™ by visiting the NYU GLOBAL Design: Elsewhere Envisioned Exhibit which opens May 25th, 2011 at 6pm.  Exhibit Details Here. windCatcher™  © Specht Harpman Rendering by Devin Keyes  Click image for more images

windCatcher™

The windCatcher™ faces the reality of encroaching desertification that has come along with global warming.  The modular, expandable system incorporates a number of intermeshed passive systems, such as airflow direction, evaporative cooling, thermal massing,  and selective vegetation that allows for habitation in increasingly harsh environments.

Discover more about windCatcher™ by visiting the NYU GLOBAL Design: Elsewhere Envisioned Exhibit which opens May 25th, 2011 at 6pm.  Exhibit Details Here.

windCatcher™ 

© Specht Harpman

Rendering by Devin Keyes 

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About:

Brett Wolfe, Assoc. AIA

Brett Wolfe received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was awarded a Design Excellence Award and George Mitchell Award for Academic Excellence for his work on the Blanco Library. He was also the recipient of an Oglesby Fellowship for his entire body of student work.

Before joining his current firm, Specht Harpman, Brett worked for the Los Angeles office of Behnisch Architects, Page Sutherland Page in Austin, and Sauerbruch Hutton in Berlin.

Brett has gained significant experience on a number of Commercial, Institutional and Residential projects, including multiple renovations and adaptive re-use projects in downtown Austin, Texas.

Specht Harpman
1314 Rosewood Ave. Suite 103
Austin, TX 78702
Tel. +1 210.288.8551
Email. brett@spechtharpman.com

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