Project Details
- Project Name
- Shotgun [remix]
- Location
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LA ,United States
- Client/Owner
- AIA with Make It Right, St. Bernard Project, Architecture for Humanity and Dow Building Solutions
- Project Types
- Single Family
- Project Scope
- New Construction
- Awards
- 2013 AIA - National Awards
- Shared by
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editor,hanley wood, llc
- Project Status
- Concept Proposal
Project Description
FROM THE AIA:
Designed by GOATstudio LLP, the Shotgun [remix] proposal for New Orleans offers a fresh, contemporary take on a familiar local typology. Modern touches like sliding polycarbonate privacy panels, vaulted interior spaces, clean, modern detailing, an open floor plan, and a steel roof that turns and wraps the southern exterior wall for additional sun protection update the historical shotgun form to better accommodate modern lifestyles and increased environmental challenges. To help manage the threat from rising sea levels and increasing yearly rainfall, the finish floor will be elevated 7 feet above the ground plane and filter storm runoff through a perimeter rain garden, alleviating on-site ponding and reducing the load on strained city infrastructure. By employing similar construction methodologies and materials as those that have been thoroughly vetted by Make It Right since 2007, the design will be able to achieve LEED Platinum status and provide 6.25 kWh of solar energy to the owners.
