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Team Members: ing market has made transitioning from homelessness to homeownresources necessary for those who want a space to call their own butvides micro apartments with communal kitchens, dining, laundry, and up opportunities for tenants. ists, and the façade serves as canvas space for street art and includes volunteers and sourced from the soil neighborhood residents provide.

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Average annual rainfall

74,880- 133,120 gal atrium window acts as a collection surface to harvest rainwater, which is funneled to and held in an underground cistern. Municipal water will provide potable water while the cistern will provide water for showers, laundry, toilet system which once used will be

Annual PV energy potential

192,284 KWh allow passive solar heating to warm the building reducing heating loads. have a high R-value, increasing insulation and reducing heating and cooling loads throughout the year. Electricity demands will be met by the PV panel system on site.

Natural stack ventilation reduces cooling loads. Coupled with indoor vegetation creating oxygen, these passive strategies reduce the demand for active air exchange. Vines grown on custom hydroponic tracts will suspend downwards across the atrium window doubling as shading during the summer.

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