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Emerging Green Builders Natural Talent Design Competition: 2009 Bay Area Winners |
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The USGBC Natural Talent 2009 Design Competition provides an applied learning experience in the principles of integrated design, sustainability, innovation, and social consciousness, all of which are components of LEED. Participants compete in local competitions, and the top winner of each will move on to compete as a national finalist at Greenbuild Phoenix in November 2009. See the 2009 Bay Area Natural Talent Design Competition Winners.
The USGBC Natural Talent 2009 Design Competition provides
an applied learning experience in the principles of integrated design,
sustainability, innovation, and social consciousness, all of which are
components of LEED. Participants compete in local competitions, and the
top winner of each will move on to compete as a national finalist at
Greenbuild Phoenix in November 2009.
San Francisco's 2009 Design Challenge was to design housing units and a public space in the new Pier 70 area of San Francisco. First place winning team The Think Tank was made up of team members Ian Ashcroft-Williams, Matthew Bernstine, Miguel Boa, and LeeLee Brown. The Think Tank's design Teaching Green was
chosen as this year's EGB San Francisco Natural Talent Design
Competition winning design because of its holistic approach to the Pier
70 neighborhood, which engages the site at community and commercial
levels in addition to environmental sustainability. The design's
strength is in seeking to improve not only the environmental quality of
the surrounding neighborhood but also the social and economic
livelihood, by teaching the community about the importance of natural
resources. The team took an innovative approach to using renewable
energy and resources by taking advantage of the site's access to sun,
wind, and rainwater. By incorporating a variety of community parks and
gardens, the team connected to nature in an urban environment.
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Sacramento's 2009 Design Challenge is
located on the campus of Cosumnes River College. Entrants designed a
36,000 square foot building known as the Winn Center for Construction
and Architecture. The building will be used as both a model and a
living laboratory to celebrate sustainable environmental design.
Through
the use of natural and sustainable materials, the new Winn center
strives to be that "breath of fresh air" as a bright, glassy, welcoming
presence on the east entrance of campus. The emphasis placed on the
community center, raised up over the berm, shows its importance, and
makes it an iconic symbol for the community, which the college is a
center of. The center courtyard serves as a place of gathering, as well
as a vent to bring in fresh air and release hot air. Every space is lit
by natural daylighting, and is self regulating - bringing in cool air
from below and venting it from above.
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Learn more about the Natural Talent Design Competition and see the runner up team boards.
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