Dameron Street Affordable Housing?Dameron Street Affordable Housing A developer interested in providing affordable housing in the Prescott area asked our students to design for a site in an old mixed neighborhood. Students were required to recommend the unit mix and were asked to provide the maximum site area for food production. It was a challenging project because of the onerous City of Prescott planning requirements for both parking, density and road access. It was a great project in terms of developing an understanding of the effect regulation has on the provision of affordable housing despite City Council statements to the contrary.
A site assessment of the site was prepared prior to presenting alternative plans. This is one of the presentation boards and plans developed by teams of students.
This CAD drawing illustrates another design concept for an affordable housing project in Prescott. The building besides providing housing has an agricultural component that includes permaculture site design and a continuous greenhouse/access way to each unit. A model of the concept selected by the client for the site. Eight studio apartments were selected as the best mix between parking, open space and apartment count. The unit plans were kept as simple as possible but included large roll-up doors to connect inside and the common center garden. Materials and Methods of alternative constructionMaterials and Methods of alternative construction The alternative materials and methods workshop designed and built a small workshop building using earth bag, strawbale and scavenged materials to create a 120 square foot structure.
Pouring foundations for the straw bale and bag walls.
Placing the first straw bale.
Bag walls complete with chicken wire being placed for earth plaster Cinching down the straw bales using cables and turnbuckles.
Placing roof beams made from scavenged materials. Permaculture / Water intensivePermaculture/Water intensive The permaculture/water intensive built a living machine with the input of John Todd biologist and creator of the biological machine using natural systems to treat wastewater. The water from a well that was polluted with runoff from the downtown area was treated through the system.
The living machine team. In the background is the treatment system ready for seeding with local biology. CLICK HERE for EcoMachine video of John Todd with the Ecosa workshop.
Pittman HousePITTMAN HOUSE
A design for a house on a site in Prescott for a consultant interested in maximizing energy efficiency and developing a permaculture landscape for food and fruit tree production.
This Sector analysis is a tool used to define the many natural factors present on a site. A computer rendering of one house design. The roof shapes were defined by the energy requirement, water harvesting, solar access and shading requirements of the building. Vermillion CliffsVERMILLION CLIFFS This project for an existing historic lodge in a spectacular area of Arizona included a mitigation plan for an already impacted area plus a development plan for six small residences on a land swap of 45 acres one of which would house personnel working with the Peregrine Fund to reintroduce condors to Arizona. Read Student Brief
An aerial image of the exiting Lees Ferry lodge
An analysis of the impacted areas of the current lodge site Proposed mitigation, reduction of ancillary buildings and re-vegetation of impacted areas of the Lees Ferry Lodge site. We proposed to the clients that the houses be clustered near the existing building despite having 45 acres to work with. This way we could eliminate the impact that would be inevitable with individual lots scattered across the land. This was the approved location and site layout of the six houses.
The overall concept design was developed by the group as a whole and individual students created specific designs for individual buildings. This board for the peregrine fund cluster was created by Caren an anthropology student. This board shows another approach to the house design in the privately owned cluster of houses. These designs were shaped by the extreme climate conditions and high winds of the area as well as maximizing the spectacular views. More Articles...Page 6 of 7 << Start < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next > End >> |
