SOLAR VILLAGE Longmont, CO A Sustainably-Built Mixed-Use Building at the Entrance to Prospect New Town project location Prospect New Town, Longmont, Colorado Plan by Duany Plater-Zyberk East elevation facing State Highway 287 West facing lofts at courtyard with solar panel roof line PROJECT DATA Project Name: Solar Village Project Type: Built Projects – Architecture Address: 645 Tenacity Drive at Ionosphere Street Prospect New Town Longmont, Colorado Owner / Developer: Solar Village LLC Size: 26,100 sf -17,600 sf residential over 8,500 sf commercial Number of Dwelling Units: 16 Completion Date: April 2006 North Elevation North Elevation facing new main street View from northwest at intersection of two commercial streets NARRATIVE Program Off of a noisy state highway, this is the first to-be-built building at the entrance to the mixed-use main street district of a New Urbanist neighbor- hood designed by Duany Plater-Zyberk. The vision for the project is to poetically meet the urban design challenges of a building that establishes a main street, while also creating solar- powered mixed-use and liveable environment that exemplifies sustainable construction, solar access, energy conservation. Zoning calls for three stories with residential uses over commercial. This privately funded spec development must work economically in a conservative small-town residential real estate market. Aerial View of Model Solution A common problem to New Urban neighborhoods is how front-on and interface with large highways or urban arterials. This project addresses the highway façade as a third front property line -- a deviation from the original town plan. This additional building wing also protects the residential courtyard from the noisy highway. Organized in a ‘U’ configuration, the project has three urban front facades and opens south to the winter sun. As the first residential project in a currently exposed location, the design provides a diverse, poetic, and in some ways ‘complete’ environment that can be inhabited and experienced in many different ways. Aesthetically, the goal is to avoid cliché, and to stimulate curiosity, exploration, experience, and interpretation. Most of the residential units receive passive solar gains from the south, and have south-facing outdoor terraces. Radiant floors and hot water are provided by solar panels on a serrated roof. Photovoltaic panels are used in sunshades over south-facing windows. Buildings are super-insulated, and most materials are low-toxic, durable, and from sustainable sources. All parking is concealed on site, and away from commercial sidewalks. Brick facades provide a sense of weight and color familiar to main streets in Colorado towns, and mitigate highway noise. south facing terrace solar hot water panels townhouses lofts parking courtyard commercial ground floor stacked flats Aerial View View from Southwest (Mixed-Use Entry Street) South-facing U-shaped building for solar access Roofs drain into tree wells Solar overhangs at south- facing windows, typ. Low water landscaping at courtyard (Mixed-Use Main Street)(Mixed-Use Thin building wings for daylighting and cross ventilation Site drainage runs through landscaped areas Site Plan Active Solar Panels for SCALE: 1 : 40 radiant floor heat and domestic hot water View from Northeast View from Southwest View from Northwest Solar Roofline at East Elevation Commercial Suite Commercial Suite Commercial Suite (Restaurant) (Ice Cream Shop) (Yoga Studio) Courtyard & Parking Parking Garage Commercial Suite (Bookstore Cafe) Parking Garage Trash & Parking Parking Recycling Garage Garage Alley Ground Floor SCALE: 0 1 5 10 20 Solar Roofline over Lofts with mezzanines Private terraces Courtyard looking East South facing terraces Deck Kitchen Deck Bedroom Bedroom Kitchen Living/ Dining Kitchen Living/ Dining Bedroom Living/ Dining Kitchen Private Terrace Private Terrace Tree Tree Bedroom Planter Planter Living/ Dining South Facing Terraces Bedroom Living/ Dining Kitchen Bedroom Living/ Dining Parking Courtyard Below Kitchen Bedroom Kitchen Living/ Dining Deck Second Floor SCALE: 0 1 5 10 20 South facing residences with private terraces and PV panel sunshades North elevation View from west: Flats over commercial space Deck Bedroom Deck Bedroom Kitchen Living/ Dining Bedroom Bedroom Kitchen Bedroom Bedroom Living/ Dining South Facing Terraces Below Living/ Dining Kitchen Bedroom Bedroom Parking Courtyard Below Mezzanine Bedroom Kitchen Living/ Dining Deck Third Floor SCALE: 0 1 5 10 20 Sun-trellis over west-facing windows Photovoltaic panels used as sun shades over south facing windows Loft with small windows facing harsh western sun.