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4.3.1 Sand Engine: Introduction

Course subject(s) Module 4: Integrated Building with Nature Design

During the last three modules you have learnt about the Building with Nature Philosophy, the Engineering Design Process and Principles, the Ecological Design Principles and the Building with Nature Integrated Design Process.

In this section, you will learn about the Sand Engine, an iconic case of Building with Nature. This section is broken into 3 parts:

  1. Information about the Sand Engine in general (below)
  2. Detailed information on the Sand Engine as our sample case
  3. Additional materials on the Sand Engine
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAND ENGINE

Below this text you will find a video* that introduces the project.

Under the video, you can find three official fact sheets from the Sand Engine, which, among other materials, you can also access from the official website of the project.

After watching the video and reading the fact sheets, you can move to the following tab. There, you will find more detailed information on the Sand Engine.

*Please note, this supplementary video material is supplied by a 3rd party and is thus only available on YouTube rather than for download.

Introductory video: The Sand Engine/Motor

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