A student-led design-build venture, combining hands-on architectural schooling with sustainability, has been accomplished by the College of Kansas College of Structure. The venture marks the 18th consecutive LEED Platinum-certified residence accomplished by way of the college’s Studio 804 program and is the second to be supported by product donations from S-5!
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Studio 804 is a novel, hands-on design-build program throughout the College of Kansas’ Grasp of Structure curriculum. Based by Dan Rockhill, it gives graduate college students of their remaining 12 months with an immersive expertise, difficult them to design, supply supplies for and assemble a totally realized constructing inside simply 9 months — offering a sensible basis for sustainable architectural follow.
The 1040 New York Road Home contains a 2,000-sq-ft main residence alongside a 1,000-sq-ft accent dwelling unit, housing a storage and extra residing area. The outside is clad in white composite metallic and complemented by a 22-gauge matte black standing seam metallic roof. The house is located on a beforehand vacant infill lot in East Lawrence, a historic neighborhood close to the Kansas “KAW” River and downtown Lawrence.
To assist obtain LEED Platinum certification, the venture integrated a photo voltaic PV system. S-5! donated its PVKIT® DirectAttach photo voltaic mounting system, making it a penetration-free set up of an 8.8-kW photo voltaic array utilizing Navitas 550 W Bifacial 144 Half Minimize Mono modules. The photo voltaic array is predicted to offset most, if not all, of the house’s vitality consumption.
As well as, S-5! contributed its ColorGard snow retention system, engineered to match the roof’s aesthetics and supply snow administration by way of the tough winter months, defending each the roof and occupants.
“We’re honored to assist a program like Studio 804 that mixes high-level design, hands-on studying, and real-world sustainability,” stated Rob Haddock, S-5! CEO and founder. “These college students are studying to construct smarter and higher — and that begins with high quality supplies and streamlined set up practices.”
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