Washington, DC
Janet Conroy, Student Affiliate Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ; Andrew Haskell, Student Affiliate Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ; Julie Melear, Affiliate Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ; Mary Sper, Student Affiliate Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ | Graduate | Faculty Advisors: Adele Ashkar, Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ; Joan Honeyman, Ë¿¹ÏÊÓÆµ; Lauren Wheeler
Client: Wounded Warrior Homes
The future of sustainable residential design requires a paradigm shift from ‘greenwashing’ to fusing function, aesthetics, and sound regenerative ecological principles that nurture the environment and the human spirit. Harvest Home, a 2013 Solar Decathlon entry, showcased an affordable zero-energy house that harvests sun, water and wind to promote experiential healing for a military veteran battling physical and emotional trauma. Each landscape element interacts with the architecture to foster reconnection to family, community, and Earth.