Tag: SUSTAINABILITY
Updated project rendering – MOSS
Here is the progress of the design for the Museum of Science and Sustainability. We are anticipating a dome-shaped shell with a green roof. The shape will be staggered to allow for a relatively easy installation of the prefab green roof palette containers, and will provide for a very interesting […]
A Place to Sleep
This organization is focused on trying to solve the housing problem in a way that is certainly more sustainable, but sure to incite. By using shipping containers that are left in ports (it is cheaper to build new ones than to ship them back), they are re purposing the containers […]
GCC – Initial design strategies
Here are some progress images of the beginnings of the design for the cycle / brew pub project in Strawberry. We are working today on making some changes after our conversation with the Owners, but I thought these might be interesting to post, and we can watch the design progress […]
Alternative Energy Center – Rendering
Here is the rendering that we just finished for the Alternative Energy Center in San Jose, CA. This is a really exciting project, and we are anxious to start the next phase after a fund raising period that will hopefully be a short one thanks to images like this one.
Alternative Energy Center – San Jose, CA
RESET, through the 1% program at Public Architecture in San Francisco, has started design on a new 50,000 sf facility for Going EverGreen. The building program contains many classrooms and offices, large labs on the second floor (each devoted to a specific area of study), and a small general administration area. […]
Sustainability Myths
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=top-10-myths-about-sustainability Here is a link to an excellent article from Scientific American. It is a great read and reminds me that to properly solve a problem (any problem), it needs first to be properly framed. My favorites are: Myth #2: “Sustainability is all about the environment.” Myth #6: “Sustainability means […]
