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SOLAR SURFACE SUSTAINABILITY DIAGRAM

MAKE IT RIGHT: duplex scheme

While it is now required that we build at an increased distance from the ground, this duplex proposal attempts to maintain the familiar connection
between the home and neighborhood. One unit of the strategy is reduced in area and maintained at a closer proximity to the ground, while the second
unit is developed with increased area and is raised at a higher elevation in anticipation of the threat of flood. While a reduced portion of the dwelling
is put at risk attempting to maintain a link to the social network of the street, a larger portion of the dwelling is elevated to provide an added sense of
security and permanence. If the city is again devastated by flood, the lower / reduced portion of the structure may need repair, but the upper compo-
nents of the home are preserved.
The efficiency unit may be utilized as a rentable apartment to aid in the financing of the entire duplex, or as a unit for an ailing family member. It may
also be used as a future extension of the primary 3 bedroom unit. In fact, a young family could initially live upstairs and rent out the lower portion of the
structure; as the family grows, it could expand into the entire structure by simply removing the party wall and converting the duplex into a single family Building with dependence upon an unreliable ground is an oxymoron in New Orleans, but it is a familiar condition. Many of the city’s vernacular types have evolved in
residence. This is already a common condition of New Orleans. The familiar ‘double shotgun’ house type of the region is often passed down from
generation to generation and altered to accommodate fluctuations in changing family lifestyles.
The underside of the scheme’s larger raised component acts primarily as the upper unit’s side entry portal as well as a location for vehicles; however, it may also be used
as a site for the semipublic activities of the home such as ‘play area’ for kids, and shelter for community engagements. In support of the shared urban activities of commu-
nity, priority is given to the visible site of side yard activities rather than the concealed site of rear yard activities.
In addition, upper level components of the proposal are equally developed with connection to the outdoors. The street face of the primary unit houses a second level
porch so that occupants of that home also have a public presence. The rear garden is viewed from a second level Master Bedroom suite and the third level is provided
with a balcony to be used in connection with the laundry room and upper bedrooms. The lower roof of the efficiency unit houses the solar energy system, and is easily
accessible and serviceable via a second level window.
LEVELS 1 + 1.5
response to the limitations of climate and a very specific neighborhood culture, a social culture of the street and garden that is dependent upon an intimate relationship
with the ground. It ‘s important to remember that we are not simply being asked to rebuild homes; rather, we are being asked to rebuild neighborhoods.

GROUND LEVEL

0 4' 12'
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
2' 8'
 COLOR OPTIONS

GALVALUME ROOFING
OVER ICE AND WATER SHIELD
VARIES

WOOD FRAMING

PAINTED PLYWOOD SOFFIT

6-1/4" CEMENTITIOUS FIBER

SOLARR CHIMNEY / BOARD CLAPBOARD OVER
ATTIC TO BE MOSTURE BARRIER AND
NATED WITH
COORDINATED WOOD PANEL SHEATHING
G'S PASSIVE
BUILDING'S
VENTILATION CEMENTITIOUS FIBER
SYSTEM BOARD PANEL OVER
MOISTURE BARRIER AND
WOOD PANEL SHEATHING
3 bedroom toward street efficiency toward rear EL = 29' - 5" OPTION 1: CORRUGATED /
SOUTH SIDE YARD SECTION PERSPECTIVE INTERIOR PERSPECTIVES INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE PERFORATED GALVALUME
SHADE SCREEN

OPTION 2: THIN FILM SOLAR

LAMINATE PANELS

OPTION 1: VERTICAL TREATED

INTERIOR WALLS AND WOOD FRAMING
CEILINGS TO BE PAINTED
1/2" GYPSUM BOARD OPTION 2: METAL FRAME SUBSTRATE
(TYPICAL) TO SUPPORT SOLAR FILM

water permeable driveway

natural privacy screens

social gathering space
METAL BRACING AS REQUIRED

vegetable garden
BEDROOM TREATED WOOD DECK BOARDS
DOOR BETWEEN LAUNDRY OVER TREATED WOOD FRAMING
EGRESS
ROOM AND CLOTHES
DRYING BALCONY

GALVALUME ROOFING (BEYOND)

Q UAL I T I ES

OVER ICE AND WATER SHIELD

EL = 19' - 4" EL = 19 '- 3"

TJI FLOOR / CEILING

JOISTS TYPICAL

laundry porch
operable solar / shade screens
street presence / stoop dwelling

outdoor dining
NOTE: WALL SECTION DEPICTS
A STANDARD WOOD PLATFORM
FRAMING SYSTEM, BUT THESE
STANDARD DIMENSIONS ALSO
WORK WITH A NUMBER OF
AVAILABLE INSULATED PANEL
SYSTEMS

INSULATION SYSTEM TO BE
SPECIFIED BY THE
MAKE IT RIGHT TEAM

EL = 9' -2"

ENTRY TO
EL = 8' - 0" 3 BEDROOM UNIT

SMOOTH CARPORT SOFFIT

TO SATISFY THE REQUIRED
FIRE RATINGS OF THE LOCAL
CITY ORDINANCE

STRUCTURAL LVL SIZED AND

CONNECTED AS REQUIRED STEP 8 EL = 5'-0"

STEP 7
12" X 12" REINFORCED
STEP 6
CONCRETE CONCRETE COLUMN
STEP 5

STEP 4

STEP 3

STEP 2

STEP 1

EL = 0'-0"

0 4' 12' 0 1' 4'

SOUTH ELEVATION 2' 8'
EAST ELEVATION NORTH ELEVATION WEST ELEVATION WALL SECTION
STREET 6" 2'
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