
Student housing for Prescott
College
This project for a liberal arts college whose focus is the environment required
that the maximum level of sustainable practices are employed. The client
also challenged the students to produce a sustainable building at the same
cost as a standard building.
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Student Brief
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This project began with a series of meetings with students faculty and administration staff. The program was developed as a result of these dialogs. |
The brief developed for this is project required a high level of sustainability and a low budget. Located in a residential neighborhood with one frontage facing a residential street it was required to fit in with the scale of the housing |
Designed to create a secluded courtyard incorporating a wetland pre-treatment system the single story residential blocks are passively heated and cooled and feature both water catchment areas and living roof systems. |
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Skylights enable passive solar heating to all rooms. Lofts for sleeping or storage are a feature of individual rooms here the shared areas show light penetration to the back of each building |
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