MHMag - By MHM Contributing Staff on Wednesday, December 3, 2008 - 0 Comments
Studio 804
Studio 804 is a sustainable build program at the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Planning. In a final semester students get practical hands on experience building a sustainable and affordable building.
Recently the latest Studio 804 project was a response to the horrible tornado that flattened the entire Kansas town called Greensburg (the irony of a town called Greensburg getting a green-build makeover can’t be missed.)
To jump start the towns redevelopment Studio 804 proposed building a sustainable prototype that would be applicable for multiple uses. The city could then have a model to build around as other commercial and residential structures were built. The particular project building though would function as a community center that would also house the towns art gallery as a way to promote sustainability and the arts, the theme of the prototype.
Once completed the city could then have a living building to use as a model for continued re-engineering of their new city. The Studio 804 design includes both passive sustainable energy planning such as cross-ventilation, and active systems such as wind turbines and a geothermal heat pump.
Finished, the building is a great example of how affordability and sustainability can work hand-in-hand. How can we not love this project – after all Modern House Magazine was partly developed to promote this very idea.
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