Mosman 5: Domus Refined

Mosman 5: Refine

After conducting all the suitable testings, we found out that the original domus design worked very well in terms of cooling, heating and ventilation. And so, we decided to refine on details as well respond to the design feedback of the current design scheme. We also refined the set of drawings which previously have mistakes.

Mosman 5: Test - Water Analysis

As calculated, the roof area is around 459 m square which can collect around 270000 litres annually at Djillimabardi. The current design has 4 tanks able to collect around 80000 litres which are sufficient to collect all the water during the month of highest rainfall.

Mosman 5: Test - Fluid mapping

The fluid map shows the pods have good ventilation and benefits from winds of 4 direction. There are however a few pods which can benefit every direction of the wind.

Mosman 5: Test - Heat loss calculations

The heat calculations show the annual heating load of total 13 pods are 469.27 Wh which means the annual heating load for one pod is only 36.1Wh, an impressive figure. Given that only one person per pod, the heat generated by the body alone can heat up the whole pod. Approximate heat given out by the body during sleep is 66kW per hour.

Mosman 5: Test - Cooling calculations

The calculations show the building envelope worked so well that the required cooling load per pod is only 0.231 kW which means natural ventilation alone can cool down the pods when the temperature usuallys falls to around 25 degrees during summer night. Projected use of the pod is 2-3 hours + sleeping hours per day when most of the activities are carried out in the semi open communal space. Total cooling load for 13 pods are only around 3kW

Mosman 5: Test - Ecotect & sun shadow diagrams

As tested, the diagrams show that the roof worked well by giving effective shadings on all sides during the year. The tilted position to the northeast contributed as well