Final project: Arkwings

Here is my final project for Arkwings.  There is a total of four posters which include plan views, perspectives, and elevations.  This project was intended to help the people at Arkwings in their goal to help promote spiritual, emotional, and physical help in the community of Frayser, Tn.

To learn about Arkwings, check out the following link to their website: http://www.arkwings.com/

Proposed Housing for Arkwings

Here is a bird's-eye perspective as well as an elevation of the large gathering/ housing space for the Arkwings project.  I would like to point out the three Dogtrot style inspired houses. Each house is split into two cabins, housing eight people.  Each cabin contains two composting toilets.  Additionally, the houses utilize solar hot water heaters. Ultimately, the three cabins hold up to 48 people (sixteen in each house), and are equipped with a total of twelve composting toilets.

Composting Toilet

http://www.enviro-loo.com/index.html

Here is the Enviro Loo composting toilet.  It uses no water and safely stores and breaks down human water.  I incorporated these toilets in both the hermitage and houses in the Arkwings project.  These toilets need more attention and should be incorporated in more designs.

Final Hermitage Design

Here are two eye level perspectives of my hermitage, for the Arkwings project.  The dimensions of the hermitage are 12'x14'.  The back deck is 6' in depth.  The hermitage, including the sleeping loft, is just around 200 sq. ft. in space. Also, the hermitage incorporates a composting toilet and solar hot water panels on the roof.  Do you notice similar design cues from some of the previous blogs?

Solar Village Project Poster

Here is the poster that I created for my project on Solar Villages.  I briefly introduced several passive heating and cooling techniques.  Additionally, I showcased two of my case studies: Masdar City in Abu Dhabi and The Solar Village in Freiburg, Germany.

The Solar Village

http://www.thesolarvillage.com/index.cfm?page=Introduction&tab=Village#.Uqihr_RDv-5

This website talks about a solar village located in Freiburg, Germany.  It talks about the design of the buildings and interviews both the designers and the residents of the community.  Upon reading the articles and watching the short videos about this community, it is odd that this hasn't inspired a larger world-wide shift in the way buildings are constructed.
This community was also one of the case studies that I focused on in my paper about Solar Villages.

Additional Passive Heating and Cooling Ideas

http://passivesolar.sustainablesources.com/

Just like my previous post, this website contains valuable information about passive heating and cooling techniques.  This information was helpful to me while writing my paper about Solar Villages.  I will reference this information when designing buildings in the future.