In the fall of my third year I had the pleasure of having
Dale Brentrup as my Studio instructor. Dale Brentrup
runs the Day lighting Lab at the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte. Through his studio I learned
through the power of design one truly has the capability
of making a building environmentally efficient as well as
respectful to the region in which it is being designed.

Through this design studio I gained tremendous knowledge
of passive systems such as: natural ventilation,
day lighting as well as how structural systems become
instrumental in building design. The concept of regionalism
became very important when considering materiality
as well deciding how the vernacular architecture would
inform the student’s designs.