Vital Signs - The Shipley School

		The Shipley School Authors: Kevin Eaton, Eric Farrell, Lisa Schumacher, and Amee Smith School: Temple University Faculty Advisor: Professor Brooke Harrington
		Brief: The firm of Kieran, Timberlake & Harris Architects of Philadelphia, designed this building for The Shipley School in 1993. The architectural intention was to express how buildings are made, including a special effort to use the rain screen principle in the two major enclosing walls. In their investigations, the students have found that the intended and actual building uses vary in some major ways. The students investigated the acoustic and lighting characteristics within the interior spaces as well as the success of the enclosing wall design. The thermal performance of the exterior wall was investigated quantitatively. Within the classrooms, the lighting levels available, the sound distribution and the stability of the classroom temperatures as the occupancy varies were investigated. The investigative team visited the school several times and interviewed students, teachers and maintenance personnel. They also interviewed James Timberlake and obtained a full set of the contract documents for the building. Questionnaires were used during interviews with students, teachers, building maintenance personnel and the architects. The basic thermal characteristics of the building envelope have been studied and a series of questions developed for further study.
		Background: Professor Harrington received a $5000 Vital Signs teaching grant for the spring 1996 term that helped support the student investigation.

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