Element House: Prototype for Off-the-grid Housing
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Computer filePublication details: UrbanNext, November 6, 2015.Description: 194 wordsISSN: - 2575-5374
- 2015 Award of Merit from the New York State AIA
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Low Density, MOS, Project, Senseable Technologies, Technology and fabrication, Total Singular Housing
Aluminum skin, Energetic Approach, Experimental Fabrications, Experimental housing, Housing, Passive house standars, Passive ventilation, PASSIVHAUS, Prefab housing, Project, Prototype building, Prototype solutions, Singular Housing, Thermal comfort, Total
Commissioned and built by the Museum of Outdoor Arts as the guest house for Star Axis an eleven-story sculptural observatory created by Charles Ross.
The drawings and models of Element House are included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.
Extract from "Total Singular Housing: alternatives to private domain", 2015 -- https://lccn.loc.gov/2015948236
The Element House is a guesthouse and visitor center for Star Axis, a land-art project located in the foothills 120 miles east of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The building acts as a gallery and guesthouse for visitors and as a prototype for off-the-grid housing.
2015 Award of Merit from the New York State AIA
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