Living Lab Pratt Institute

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Living Lab Pratt Institute

Firm

Fete Nature Architecture

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2010

SIZE

0 sqft - 1000 sqft

BUDGET

$50K - 100K

The Living Lab 1702 project began in Spring 2009 as an interdisciplinary studio course focused on sustainability. The goal: to challenge the students understanding of green design in order to articulate a progressive vision for a new approach to dorm life and urban lifestyle while reducing the carbon footprint. The students and faculty designed all of the furniture and products within the space based on a careful analysis of how students were using existing dorm rooms. The suite includes a kitchen, bathroom, and living area renovated using the core tenets of sustainable design: reinvent, reuse, recycle, and reduce. The materials selected are environmentally friendly and locally sourced. Some highlighted features include energy control systems which allow one turn off all power to the room, outlets that can be switched off to catch vampire loads, new lighting with LED and fluorescent fixtures only, resurfaced cabinets, and new furniture designs built from existing dorm furniture. The Living Lab is ready to be monitored and analyzed so the team can gain information for future green dormitory renovations on campus. This Lab is a model example of Pratt's commitment to innovate & demonstrate a sustainable lifestyle. Pratt Institute signed up as a 2030 Challenge Partner to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2017.Credits for the Project: Instructors: Robert Langhorn, Julie Torres Moskovitz, Corey Yurkovich. Made possible through Pratt's Center for Sustainable Design Studies, Pratt's Office of Operations and Facilities, the Jeffrey Cooke Charitable Trust, the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education of the U.S. Dept of Education, Pratt's Interior and Industrial Design programs, Anita Cooney, Chair of the Inter Design Department, Stephen Brennan, Director of Maintenance & Operations, Chris Kasik Director of Residential Life, Tony Gelber, Director of Administrative Sustainability, Debera Johnson, Academic Director of Sustainability. Students: Spring 2009 Sarah Hill, Laylah Mohammed, Robert Panko, Justyna Kanogowska, Pearl Lee, Rachel Feeser, Helene Kenny, Sara Ebert, Heidi Patterson, Ellen Wu, Yi-Ting Chang, Summer 2009 Samantha Johnson, Jennifer Scher, Quian Wang, Fall 2009 Christian Dobrick, Eve Fisher, Bernardo Urbina, Summer 2010 Kathrine Coburn, Blair Gazza, Edward Hale, James Killinger, Ivey Lian, Sarah von der Luft. Exhibition: Natalya Egon, Minyoung Song, Kim Letven for Fabrica 718Photography: Sean Hemmerle