Need of the hour
Priyanka KotagiriSemester IX (Part 1)
Guided by Ar. Swanand Mahashabde
L.S. Raheja School of architecture, Mumbai
Affiliated to Mumbai University
October,202
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Regenerative Architecture is a mindset for all of our work, where we are particularly sensitive to building design as it affects people, nature and society. This approach results in a positive impact on the local social, ecological and economic spheres. This thesis looks to examine and turn negative aspects of a building into positive results: creating buildings that produce more green energy than they consume.
This dissertation aims to re-examine the currently used green building examining bodies. The study looks into the laws already in place for the same. The intent is To get a thorough understanding of regenerative architecture while examining the further necessaties.
Throughout the writing of this dissertation I have received a great deal of support and assistance. Writing a dissertation is a daunting task, but writing it amidst a global pandemic would have been impossible if it were not for all the support and encouragement I received from the people around me. I would first like to thank my guide , Professor Ar. Swanand Mahashabde, whose expertise was invaluable in formulating the research questions and methodology. This book would have never existed without his constant support and advice. Your insightful feedback pushed me to sharpen my thinking and brought my work to a higher level.
My journey in architecture is incomplete without thanking the faculty of L S Raheja School of Architecture who have taught me everything that I know today.
To my father, Madhukar Kotagiri for his wise counsel and sympathetic ear, my mother, Sudharani Kotagiri for always believing in me and inspiring me, my brother Chakradhar Kotagiri for tolerating my tantrums always, being my constant rock of support.
I would like to acknowledge my friend Nikita Maskar from my college for her constant belief and encouragement and for being with me through every high and low. Wouldn't have been possible without you providing stimulating discussions as well as happy distractions to rest my mind outside of my research. Thanks Nishant Fasate, Vedika, and Neha for all the encouragement and thought-provoking conversations. And to other friends Aashrith ,Divy, Julia and Jeff for all the laughs and quirks, helping me get through some challenging times.
And lastly,A special thanks to Ar.Pankaj Pardeshi for being the most friendly and helpful senior and for directly and indirectly providing me with inspiration and valuable suggestions during the course of this study.
Fig 1: Carbon brief profile
Fig 2 : the use and carbon values of different materials across a single project.
Fig 3 : Embodied and operational carbon
Fig 4 : Words associating regenerative architecture
Fig 5: Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre
Fig 5: Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre
Fig 6 : Wind circulation depiction
Fig 7: 96% construction waste being recycled
Fig 8: Jaali preventing heat gain
Fig 9: Double glazing with argon gas filling
Fig 10: Heavy roof insulation
Fig11: Stone pavers
Fig12: Roof garden cross section
Fig13: Roof garden cross section
Fig14: The Bullitt Center
Fig15: The imperative for high efficiency
Fig16: 7 Petal approach
Fig17: Integrated Design elements of the Bullitt Center (Miller Hull)
Fig18: Integrated Design elements of the Bullitt Center (Miller Hull)
Fig19: Integrated Design elements of the Bullitt Center (Miller Hull)
Fig 20: Bullitt Center integrated systems for power production, daylighting, heating, cooling and ventilation
Fig 21: Net-zero energy use: energy use vs. energy production, and the periods of energy deficit and surplus that balance over the course of the year
Fig 22: comparative pie chart
Fig 23: BedZED Building
Fig 24: Depiction of the strategies followed
Fig 25: Depiction solar heat gain process
Fig 26: weathercocks
Fig 27: M&E systems
Fig 28: Plan demarcation of the site undertaken
Fig 29: Current site conditions
Fig 30: Built part of the proposal
SDG - Sustainable Development Goals.
GHG - Greenhouse Gases.
LEED - Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
IGBC - Indian Green Building Council
GRIHA - Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment
BEE - Bureau of Energy Efficiency
BREEAM - Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method
VFD - variable frequency drive
CFL - compact fluorescent lamp
VOC - Volatile organic compounds
ILFI - International Living Future Institute
PV - Photo Voltic.
EUI - Energy Use Index
CII - Confederation of Indian Industry
The conception of this book and the topic wasn't something that originated by the strike of a moment, it was rather a thinking that has formulated over time since the last 4 years. I've been inclined towards finding sustainable ways of building, construction, or policies at various stages of college. Coming across concepts of Biomimicry in architecture, cradle to cradle, Life cycle assessment, Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), Biophilic design, Parametric designing have helped me gather information regarding existing ways to cope with the current situation of the climate.
Eventually after identifying the specific areas of concern and readings about related topics the meaning and the need for regenerative architecture was understood.
As stated in Collins’s dictionary, to regenerate something means to develop and improve it to make it more active, successful, or important, especially after a period when it has been getting worse.
The word “regenerative” means “to create again”. The principle of renewal via a body or system is referred to as regeneration in general.
When applied to the concept of architecture, regenerative architecture is a holistic framework supporting waste-free systems that utilize renewable resources and energy, seeking a balance between production and consumption while also restoring and revitalizing (regenerating) its own sources of energy and materials.
John T. Lyle, considered to be the founder of the regenerative design discipline, described the process as "replacing the present linear system of throughput flows with cyclical flows at sources, consumption centers, and sinks."
Regenerative and living architecture results in systems that balance societal needs with natural integrity. It is a process that understands that humans are an essential element of nature; the design process acknowledges that a necessary alignment between humans and natural systems must exist in order to attain a state of continuous and healthy evolution. (Littman, 2009).
The construction and operation of buildings contribute to nearly 40% of CO2 emissions which in turn is a huge contribution to climate change.
According to IIPC reports we only have 9 years, until 2030, to take significant steps to reduce carbon emissions and save the earth.
The regenerative design aims to do the opposite of carbon emissions i.e. it aims for the building to be a part of the solution towards climate change. For this, the buildings should not only be constructed and operated without fossil fuels but also the building should act as a carbon sequestration block.
Being aware of the global impact of the built environment on climate change we now know that the built environment no longer has the luxury of just being 'less bad', but with urgency, needs to adopt 'net positive' regenerative thinking to do 'more good'.
For this, we need to envision all built forms to be socially just, and regenerative in nature.
Cities and buildings are often created such that the energy in living substances flows only from nature to human society. Unlike this, the regenerative design enhances human life and natural ecosystems in a coherent manner . Concepts of a circular economy, climate, and health contribute to this step towards achieving a socialist just society.
Using regenerative design strategies right from the stage of site selection, site analysis, and from an early stage in the
ii. What are the determining parameters based on which study must be done for a site to determine its efficacy in regeneration?
iii. How are design and construction interrelated and how do they play a role in creating a living building?
iv. Do the 9 current principles of regenerative architecture do justice? Do they include all required aspects?
‘Regenerative architecture, when applied to a larger context, such as a community or a neighborhood, is more efficient than when applied to the building as a singular entity. ’
i. In what ways are the said principles/parameters of regenerative architecture applicable in a real-life scenario.
ii. What are the means for it to be applied?
iii. What is the applicability of the rating system with reference to regenerative architecture?
iv. To identify the best practices so as to execute parameters available in regenerative architecture.
v. To make a living building - an entity that contributes to its surroundings
vi. To formulate policies(if required) in addition to the existing ones for regenerative architecture.
i. To check what are the negative impacts of a building on its surroundings.
To get a thorough understanding of regenerative architecture while examining the hypothesis
All the strategies/parameters may not be applicable in all the cases.
The case studies taken within this research do not cater to all the principles discussed in chapter 2.
2
Background Sustainable architecture
The New vocabulary
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Climate change is the existential crisis of our time. India is very vulnerable to climate change, notably due to the melting of the Himalayan glaciers and changes to the monsoon.
The building sector emitted more than a third of global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) a record 10 gigatons (Gt) in 2019, the United Nations Environment Programmed said December 16, 2020.
Building operations accounted for 28 per cent global emissions while construction-related industries (cement, glass, etc) added another 10 per cent, according to the 2020 Global Status Report for Building and Construction.
The report also noted that the sector’s decarbonization progress was slowing down.
With India being the world’s fourth largest emitter of CO2, it is important to understand what the country’s emissions are currently and where they might be headed. Given India’s early stage of economic development, low per-capita emissions and its large population, there is significant scope for its emissions to increase. This started off with our country pledging a 33-35% reduction in the “emissions intensity” of its economy by 2030, compared to 2005 levels. Later on the goals have been modified continuously according to the changing situations.
To get on track to net-zero carbon building stock by 2050,the goal now is changed to, the building sector
emissions should fall by around six per cent per year until 2030.
The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement established the necessity of capping global temperature rise to well below 2° Celsius, setting the target at 1.5°. In order to achieve that target, the world needs to get to net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050. According to the 2018 UN Environment Emissions Gap Report, we are not on track to meet this goal . In fact, we must now reduce global emission by 50% by the year 2030 to have even a 50% chance of meeting the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement .
Architecture rarely engages the natural world in which it is placed. There is a vast rift that exists between the environment and architecture. A paradigm that has the potential to influence and dramatically change the way we build is one of inclusion and understanding. It is a paradigm that prescribes a deep understanding of the natural world and the systems that exist within it. We can build using the environment as our model and guide for the architecture that is generated. It is a process that requires the inclusion of all of the natural processes of the natural world.
The current dominant industrial development model is a linear throughput one. When the waste generated exceeds the capacity of the sinks, this process produces waste, resulting in pollution and damage to the environment. This has pretty much always been the case with human consumption patterns, but garbage from our current consumption patterns is currently exceeding Earth's capacity to absorb it. Habitat damage, resource depletion, watershed
deterioration, and garbage creation are all factors to consider.
Nature, on the other hand, displays a radically distinct production and consumption model. It's a closed-loop system in which one organism's effluents are used as the raw material for another. This is a continuous exchange and renewal of material flows.
The main distinction between these two approaches is in their final objectives. Efficiency has been the major goal for much of human consumption and production. Efficiency has been a major focus of efforts even in the current environmental drive. The idea of efficiency is what regenerative thinking aims to deconstruct.
The design and construction industry has responded to the challenge of climate change that were facing, with a wave of green buildings and sustainable design that have reshaped expectations for environmental performance of the built environment, striving to meet increasingly stringent energy codes, rating systems, and greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Kyoto Protocol operationalizes the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by committing industrialized countries and economies in transition to limit and reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions in accordance with agreed individual targets.
The Kyoto Protocol set a long term commitment to maintain global temperature rises below 2°C and the signatory parties agreed to a reduction commitment in CO2 emissions. The European Union’s contribution to this global target was a target to reduce emissions by 8% between 2008 and 2012 (UN 1998).
In 2006, the UK Government introduced the Code for Sustainable Homes (DCLG 2006a) as part of a commitment that all new homes would be zero carbon from 2016.
In 2007, the Government set out its intention in a policy statement to achieve a zero carbon goal in three steps: by 2010 to a 25% improvement in the energy/carbon performance set in Building Regulations; by 2013, to a 44% improvement; then, finally in 2016, to zero carbon. It defined zero carbon as, over a year, the net carbon
emissions from all energy use in the home would be zero (DCLG 2007).
Sustainable or green architecture focuses on achieving a low environmental impact design and puts an emphasis on being able to merely sustain the health of the world's organisms and systems over time, not to provide anything more than stability or continuing and growing benefits to the ecosystem.
Leaders in the architecture and building industry are exploring ways they can make a difference work that has been going on for many years through certification programs like LEED, Energy Star, Passive House, and the Living Building Challenge. And IGBC, GRIHA, BEE, BREEAM being the functional bodies in India. But this still has not helped achieve goals.
The principles of green design that are currently in practice are a step in the right direction however looking into long-term benefits for the natural world, it needs to flourish and expand to consider more than just existing. It is missing the human elements; regenerative design provides a more holistic approach to building design. It aims to connect and create a harmonious working partnership between humanity and nature.
This paradigm of sustainable design has for decades focused on reducing operational energy, with ultimate goals of net zero carbon. This approach has driven energy reduction goals in codes, rating systems, and even carbon mitigation plans.
While reducing operational carbon is a critical component to driving down carbon emissions in the built environment, “net zero” used in this context is a misnomer. The definition of net zero only includes the carbon emissions associated with the use phase of the building, also known as operational carbon, while excluding emissions associated with all other stages of a building’s life cycle, such as up-front carbon emitted during the production of materials and building construction, also referred to as embodied carbon, and emissions associated with end-of-life.
However, we are only solving the problems that we are looking at, and we are not seeing the whole picture. The substantial up-front carbon emissions associated with the production of building materials and construction have gone largely uncounted, as have those associated with demolition but they are no less real and just as significant. New, high-performance buildings are designed to reduce emissions over the life of a building, but when will that payoff
occur? Thirty years from construction? Fifty? Unfortunately, we cannot wait fifty or even twenty years for our new, efficient buildings to save us. Design and construction practices must be dramatically and immediately reshaped to drive down emissions associated with all stages of a building’s life including materials, construction, and demolition in order to meet critical global climate goals.
A “green” building traditionally focuses solely on the first part of the regenerative architecture. It employs technology as the means of reduction and conservation. The problem is that the structure is seeking to reduce its contribution to environmental degradation using methodologies and typologies that have been proven not to be the most intelligent and logical solutions for achieving real sustainability. The method of designing and building structures devoid of natural processes and minimal engagement with the environment is still unnatural.
We can use the term sustainability to associate with something that has less of a harmful approach, a mildly reduced impact on the planet. As Tom Vanderbilt in his book, puts it:
“I don't like the term. It is not evocative enough. You don’t want your marriage to be sustainable, you want to be evolving, nurturing, learning. Efficiency doesn't cut it either, it just means ‘less bad’.”
There is a predefined set of guidelines that relate to the design, construction and operation of buildings which determines whether its performance is creating a harmful impact on the environment or not.
There is a certain mandatory criterion that is predefined which would determine whether a building is certified or not in terms of Green building. They are:
1. Selection of site and its design
2. Energy efficiency
3. Building materials
4. Waste management
5. Water efficiency
6. Quality of indoor air
7. Innovation and other technologies
While the philosophy of regenerative architecture has been gaining steam over the past decade, the idea originated over 40 years ago from a landscape architecture professor named John Lyle. He challenged his students to“envision a community in which daily activities were based on the value of living within the limits of available renewable resources without environmental Degradation”.
Over the next decade, his students and fellow faculty researched and designed ways of creating a community that made use of on-site resources, operated with
Detailed exploration and practical applications of digital tools, resources, and frameworks that guide the building and facilities designs towards a regenerative model are based on Climate - Energy, Water, Air; Ecology, Human Well Being.
These could not only act as frameworks that guide the building and facilities designs but could also be used as a criterion for site selection.
Based on the specifications, a few case studies have been studied to analyze the buildings/communities.
These case studies are chosen such that they cover various building typologies such as office buildings, recreational centers, housing typology, community setup, stand alone buildings,
etc. and also considered various sustainability/regenerative parameters such as energy efficiency, water usage and discharge, materials and resources, disturbance to the site, air quality, etc.
The shortlisted case studies are:-
1. Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre
2. The Bullitt Center
3. ReGen Village, Netherlands
4. Vancouver Convention Centre West
5. Beddington Zero (fossil) Energy Development
Three of these case studies have been discussed in detail below.
Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre is the first LEED Platinum rated green building in India.
The Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre is run by the Confederation of Indian Industry as a showcase for green technologies. It was built in Hyderabad in 2004 and was the first LEED Platinum certified building outside of the US.
The building construction is special because its construction combined ancient practices with modern architecture, reaffirming the applicability of traditional architectural knowledge to today's notions of sustainability.
The green building boasts a 50% saving in overall energy consumption, 35 % reduction in potable water consumption and usage of 80% of recycled / recyclable material.
● Energy Efficiency
● Zero Water Discharge Building
● Minimum Disturbance to the Site
● Materials and Resources
● Renewable Energy
● Indoor Air Quality
The building uses passive design techniques to minimise the use of energy, and is shaped and oriented to capture
The Bullitt Center earned Living Building certification from the International Living Future Institute’s (ILFI) Living Building Challenge.
There are 27 imperatives that must be met to receive certification, including a requirement that the building be built on a previously developed site which includes greyfields and brownfields. The project also has to achieve net-zero water and net-zero energy before it can be certified.
free in the winter, cool and comfortable in the summer, and beautifully day lit year round.
It has a floor area of approximately 48,000 sf, and a photovoltaic (PV) array capable of supplying the annual energy requirements for a building with an energy use index (EUI) of 20 kBTU/sf-year. This was the preliminary energy performance target for the building.
575-panel solar array atop the building. The solar panels generate about 60 percent more electricity than the building uses each year. net positive (in energy consumption).
Rainwater collected on the roof is stored in a 56,000gallon cistern located under the building.
Composting toilet system and all wastewater from sinks, showers, and drains gets filtered through the rain garden.
The award-winning Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZED) in South London is a low-carbon community comprising 100 affordable homes, workspace for 100 people, and communal facilities.
There are various measures and steps taken in order to achieve this zero energy performance, and the status achieved till now is as demonstrated below:
➔ Energy: 81% reduction in energy use for heating 45% reduction in electricity use
➔ Transport 64% reduction in car mileage 2,318km/year
➔ Water: 58% reduction in water use 72 litres/person/day
➔ Waste: 60% waste recycled
➔ Food: 86% of residents buy organic food
○ Buildings are constructed from thermally massive materials that store heat during warm conditions and release heat at cooler times.
○ BedZED walls are thicker than average, with insulation between the bricks to prevent energy loss. The building materials are, where possible, locally produced5 and have used less energy to make.
● Low-impact materials Building materials were selected from renewable or recycled sources within 35 miles of the site, to minimize the energy required for transportation.
Analyzing the same case study based on the regenerative principles
Principle 1: Whole Systems Design Integration
Steps required to be followed:
Step 1: Setting Goals
Step 2: Analyze the Site and Climate
High performance design is about designing with nature. It begins by asking three questions: What is here? What will nature allow us to do here? And what will nature help us do here? This means considering conditions during all 8,760 Hours in a year and includes understanding the day-to-night temperature swings, rainfall, cloud cover, and the hourly availability of sun, wind and light.
The Path to Net Zero Showing the architecture and engineering energy efficiency measures, and the measures that require tenant engagement, to reach the target set by the size of the PV power plant.
Step 3: Design for Reduced Energy Demand The building’s form, envelope, and organization was informed
by the climate, use, and building systems,and rigorously tested, modeled and evaluated to optimize its performance.
Step 4: Use Efficient Equipment Sensors connected to the building’s central nervous system monitor light levels, CO2 levels, temperatures indoors and outdoors, as well as wind and sun, to control and deliver heating, cooling, ventilation and illumination efficiently and effectively.
Step 5: Use Renewable Energy The sunlight that falls on the building, and the energy source or sink of the earth beneath it, are the only sources of sustainable, renewable energy used to operate this building and power the equipment inside.
Step 6: Verify Performance The building’s vital signs will be monitored and its performance analyzed with the goal of continuous improvement in its operational use of energy.
Site
● Air - pollutes | cleans
● Water - pollutes | cleans
● Rainwater - wastes | stores
● Food - consumes | produces
● Rich soil - destroys | creates
● Unused waste - dumps | consumes
● Wildlife habitat - destroys | creates
● Energy - imports | exports
● Transportation - fuel powered - man | powered
● Local weather - intensifies | moderates
● Interdependence of systems
Building
● Daylight - Excludes | uses
● Heating - mechanical | passive
● Cooling - mechanical | passive
● Maintenance - self maintained | needs cleaning and repair
● Human discomfort | human comfort
● Circulation - manpower | human powered
● Indoor air - pollutes | creates pure
● Materials - virgin | reused
● Recycle - can be | can't be
● Serves as an icon for regeneration
● Neighborhood - degrades | doesn't effect | enhances
● Aesthetic?
Broad classification of parameters considering climatic zones and temperatures, this matrix is formulated based on the inferences from the case studies.
This matrix is devoid of the building typology, and is dependent only on the climatic variants
Heating/Cooling
Light shelves
Prismatic panels
Courtyards Courtyards
Large surface area - material with greater thermal mass
Air channels / wind towers
Thermal Mass
High performance glazing
Thicker walls
Photovoltaics - with materiality and orientation being taken care of
Roof gardens
Maintenance self maintained, needs minimum cleaning and repair
Circulation
Indoor Air
Materials used
Perforation
Wind driven
Wind deflectorsnatural / constructed
Human powered
Courtyards
Wind driven + heat recovery
Recycled/upcycled/
Wind deflectorsconstructed
Building Building components are recyclable
Landscape
Minimum disturbance to site
In integration with water system
Spread across the site
Seasonal Garden
Water Rainwater
Rainwater
Site treatment
Perforation
Root Zone treatment
Landscaping
Landscaping
Form And Orientation
Aquaponics
Minimal footprint
Sitting in stilts - minimizes impact on the ground
Circular / Rectangular form - wind load calculation
Integrated functioning Interdependent systems for better management
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Selection criteria
Introduction
Scope for Architectural Intervention
Existing Proposal ----------------------------------
Site
To execute regeneration within the architectural realm, the first basic requirement becomes an urban setting which is either vulnerable in nature or is a developing city and extreme weather conditions would certainly help. Based on this, a site selection criterion was formulated.
It needs to be in an urban setting. This is because cities experience rapid changes and have higher benefits from regeneration, when compared to villages.
Regenerative Design Strategies could be used and applied to any new building and any given city while modifying them with respect to the local climate and surroundings.
The selected site is the campus area of the educational institute IIIT Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The campus area is around 60 acers and is as demarcated below
The campus is partially built currently, only the main block and the girl’s hostel are built. The remaining area of the demarcated site being unbuilt makes it a perfect fit for this
The site holds many untapped potentials, and the current proposals do not do the maximum benefit to it. Its location nearing the outskirts of the city, and the function catering to specific audience but being varied in nature makes it perfect for regeneration and in turn gives a huge scope for the ripple effect to be more beneficial. The site is at a cusp of change. And an existing proposal gives a better understanding in terms of comparative simulative analysis at a later stage,
The design intent initially formed was to create a public space holistic in nature, which would include varied functions, such that the multiplicity in the functions help in better regeneration. It intends to be more than self-sustainable by producing a surplus of resources, while also rejuvenating its immediate surroundings, and in turn creates a ripple effect in regeneration.
Taking ahead the initial design intent the design program finalized is an educational setup, this is done considering various aspects of site.
To achieve the maximum potential, designing such that all the functions are integrated by functions such as mess block, hostel blocks, public areas etc. Creating public spaces along with the ancillary functions such a sports blocks, gathering spaces, wash blocks, etc.
A design which to conclude nourishes the surroundings, and also sets a precedent for the upcoming developments.
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Fig 1: Carbon brief profile (source: The Carbon Brief Profile: India)
Fig 2 : the use and carbon values of different materials across a single project. (source: The new net zero - BSA)
Fig 3 : Embodied and operational carbon(source: The new net zeroBSA)
Fig 4 : Words associating regenerative architecture (source: MDPI)
Fig 5: Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (source: RTF
Fig 5: Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (source:ISSUU)
Fig 6 : Wind circulation depiction (source:ISSUU)
Fig 7: 96% construction waste being recycled (source:ISSUU)
Fig 8: Jaali preventing heat gain (source:ISSUU)
Fig 9: Double glazing with argon gas filling (source:ISSUU)
Fig 10: Heavy roof insulation (source:ISSUU)
Fig11: Stone pavers (source:ISSUU)
Fig12: Roof garden cross section (source:ISSUU)
Fig13: Roof garden cross section (source:ISSUU)
Fig14: The Bullitt Center (source:Archello)
Fig15: The imperative for high effeciency (source:architizer)
Fig16: 7 Petal approach (source:WBDG)
Fig17: Integrated Design elements of the Bullitt Center (Miller Hull) (source:bullitcenter)
Fig18: Integrated Design elements of the Bullitt Center (Miller Hull) (source:bullitcenter)
Fig19: Integrated Design elements of the Bullitt Center (Miller Hull) (source:bullitcenter)
