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Hopi Project Description
Hopi Residence Hall is an Eco-Dorm specifically designed as a
living-learning environment for students pursuing ecologically-related fields.
The dorm programming is the result of a desire to cultivate an atmosphere of
‘home’ and ‘community’. Students will live in the dorm, maintain the ecological
systems, and create their own sources of gastronomic and cultural nutrition. We
feel that, through design, we have found a way to advance the adaptation of
cultural change. Our tool is the influence of the built environment.
Programming
Research has shown that integration is facilitated when students are
organized in appropriately sized groups. Further, performance and retention are
directly related to being a ‘member of a group’. Thus, dormitory bedrooms are
grouped into ‘modules’ overseen by one Resident Advisor, with dedicated study
rooms, restrooms, and gathering areas. These modules then create a kit of parts
that are stacked to form the massing of the structure.
The shared and public amenities inhabit the West wing and hug the
courtyards. The East wing is articulated by cantilevered study pods that engage
the campus activated zones.
Green Initiative
Hopi Residence Hall is designed to a net-zero energy standards, meaning
it will create as much or more energy than it expends. The dorm is registered
with LEED and tracking a Platinum Certification. Much of the energy demand is
eliminated by removing the forced-air HVAC system and providing thermal comfort
through passive ventilation, thermal mass, and an efficient chilled beam
system. Energy is produced through a solar thermal system in addition to the
available campus steam energy.
A major ecological issue in the desert is the sourcing and responsible
use of water. Part of the project program is a storm-water detention system
located below the adjacent play fields. This system will service the entire
campus. The residence hall is designed with a dual plumbing system that routs
grey and black water to a bio-digester which cleans and converts the water for
irrigation. Thus, the water needs are met using only water that has fallen on
site during the summer rainy season.
Hopi dorm intends to advance the current research into the use of green
roofs in water-sensitive areas. The design team worked with the Denver Botanic
Gardens to pioneer a ‘Desert Green Roof’ populated with indigenous planting
materials and drought-resistant crops that will provide avian habitat, slow
food source and added thermal mass to the buildings.
Hopi Residence Hall is an Eco-Dorm specifically designed as a
living-learning environment for students pursuing ecologically-related fields.
The dorm programming is the result of a desire to cultivate an atmosphere of
‘home’ and ‘community’. Students will live in the dorm, maintain the ecological
systems, and create their own sources of gastronomic and cultural nutrition. We
feel that, through design, we have found a way to advance the adaptation of
cultural change. Our tool is the influence of the built environment.
Programming
Research has shown that integration is facilitated when students are
organized in appropriately sized groups. Further, performance and retention are
directly related to being a ‘member of a group’. Thus, dormitory bedrooms are
grouped into ‘modules’ overseen by one Resident Advisor, with dedicated study
rooms, restrooms, and gathering areas. These modules then create a kit of parts
that are stacked to form the massing of the structure.
The shared and public amenities inhabit the West wing and hug the
courtyards. The East wing is articulated by cantilevered study pods that engage
the campus activated zones.
Green Initiative
Hopi Residence Hall is designed to a net-zero energy standards, meaning
it will create as much or more energy than it expends. The dorm is registered
with LEED and tracking a Platinum Certification. Much of the energy demand is
eliminated by removing the forced-air HVAC system and providing thermal comfort
through passive ventilation, thermal mass, and an efficient chilled beam
system. Energy is produced through a solar thermal system in addition to the
available campus steam energy.
A major ecological issue in the desert is the sourcing and responsible
use of water. Part of the project program is a storm-water detention system
located below the adjacent play fields. This system will service the entire
campus. The residence hall is designed with a dual plumbing system that routs
grey and black water to a bio-digester which cleans and converts the water for
irrigation. Thus, the water needs are met using only water that has fallen on
site during the summer rainy season.
Hopi dorm intends to advance the current research into the use of green
roofs in water-sensitive areas. The design team worked with the Denver Botanic
Gardens to pioneer a ‘Desert Green Roof’ populated with indigenous planting
materials and drought-resistant crops that will provide avian habitat, slow
food source and added thermal mass to the buildings.
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