PENDARIES DUPLEX HOUSING

(Left) The project is designed to fit the different site conditions presented by the Pendaries community. There are options for flat ground, options for a moderate slope and options for a highly sloped site with roofs to fit the buildings ranging from sawtooth to shed roofs to regular pitched roofs. Roof design depends on the site conditions: eg: the pitched roof should only ever be used on a flat site condition and the full shed roof should be used on a moderate slope for ember and fire considerations.

The duplex is designed to allow in substantial amounts of natural lighting taking advantage of large windows on the east and west of the project using the rising and setting sun not only to light the project but during winter months harvesting that natural sunlight to heat the space when possible.

Duplex Elevation Alternatives

This project’s goal is to provide fire resilient smallerscale housing to a rural community. Wildfires are bound to happen in this area. They are a natural part of the forest ecosystem and with climate change they are bound to happen more often. This project is not going to turn back climate change but with quality planning and design hopefully we can prevent the people of Pendaries from having to rebuild when the next wildfire hits.