KEEPING THE MOON

Summary

Luna Community College is located at the top of a hill in Las Vegas, NM. Though the landscape was not physically damaged by the Hermit’s Peak Calf Canyon wildfire of last year the campus was in proximity to the flames. The college would like to look at more fire resilient and low water options for the any future infrastructure or landscape design projects. The proximity to the mountains and plains that cover the region can offer a guide of how to incorporate this resiliency into the landscape. The practice of creating half-moon retention basins and full retention basins can be mimicked to slow runoff stormwater water and keep it on site to increase infiltration rates into the soil. LCC is made of many large buildings with roofs that can be used to incorporate water catchment systems that could provide water for any necessary irrigation and reduce the dependency on the city’s water.

The design for LCC focuses on providing connectivity between the students, to nature, and to the rest of the community while providing some natural resiliency to the landscape and beauty as well.

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