Comment on A Balancing Act: Early designs of the OSC by Steve
Is there a possibility to include the Harrison Court Apartments in the project? If the project included low income to mid income apartments, it would seem like a more robust example of a living...
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We are currently working on a blog post that will describe in greater detail the plaza and urban design. I think you have actually hit on two very key components to the design. In one way it serves...
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That’s a great question. We found in our early massing studies and energy calculations that there is a sweet spot where we are able to generate all energy loads on site by balancing a myriad of...
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Thank you for all the great questions, we like to keep this dialog going. The Harrison Court Apartments are under separate ownership and the building is in the National Historic Register and will...
View ArticleComment on Keeping Urban Design Wild by The Path to Net Zero Energy « Oregon...
[...] After all energy conservation measures have been included, the nearly final push for the building’s net zero strategy will be the incorporation of photovoltaics (PVs). For the building’s energy...
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[...] to the building’s strategy for net zero energy, the design team added water conservation measures first, incorporating into the basis of design [...]
View ArticleComment on Keeping Urban Design Wild by Achieving Water Independence « Oregon...
[...] zero water, the building will collect rainwater for potable uses from the rooftops. As described in earlier posts, a 6,200 square foot bifacial photovoltaic (PV) array on the 4th floor of the...
View ArticleComment on Digging In: OSC’s research team takes its first steps by OSC...
[...] students helped the OSC research group with several items on their 90-day agenda, which aimed to answer the questions most pertinent to the feasibility [...]
View ArticleComment on Achieving Water Independence by Justin Cloyd
On the north side of the building, you might consider green walls as panels in your curtainwall system if you’re having a hard time with the cementitous spandrel panels following the Living Building...
View ArticleComment on Keeping Urban Design Wild by Justin Cloyd
After looking at the ground floor plan at the open house last night, I have one small design consideration to add to an otherwise great project. The bike storage entry stair has ramps so that people...
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