Page 39 - October 2015 Green Builder Magazine

>>> Functional FORMS

Team: Eduardo Gandara, California State Polytechnic University Pomona
DESIGNER EDUARDO GANDARA centered his design
around the concept of “community living rooms,” intermediate to the pedestrian scale. The design’s layering of elements
which provide places in which to build a community and shadow lines is strong, making for a very textural building. The
connection with others. The building is oriented to building is also porous to the sidewalks, with openings on all sides,
giving the small public courtyards a sense of space. The scheme’s

take advantage of views of Hood Mount, downtown opening at the site’s northeast corner acknowledges Sandy Boulevard

Portland and Forest Park. without being a slave to it. Furthermore, the design’s energy strategy

This building has a nice mix of scales, from the “big move” to the is sound, with reasonable use of a ground source heat pump.

Solar Siting. The center of the Connection Points. The 79
building is rotated six degrees residential units, located on the
clockwise, maximizing heat second through sixth floor, are
gain in the winter. connected by community living
rooms. These create a sense of
porosity through the spaces
and reduce the heaviness of the
building mass.

Mixed Uses. The ground level consists of commercial spaces. On the Strategic Stairways. The vertical circulation was
outer perimeter are office spaces and a bike shop; on the inside core, strategically designed at the main entry points to
a café and lunch area opens out into three different courtyards. promote irresistible stairs, which contributes to
human health and reduces the use of elevator.