Greenworks Alto Street Design Competition, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2009

From the COMPETITION WEB SITE:

GreenWORKS challenged designers to:

1) Provide a site design that allows as many as six homes;

2) Determine a realistic development budget that addressed the required affordability program as well as the costs of using cost-effective, sustainable design and building methods;

3) Comply with a “green” building checklist that incorporated Enterprise Green Communities
Criteria and the City of Santa Fe’s proposed Green Building Code;

4) Create a replicable development model to shape future land use policy in Santa Fe regarding infill projects and green-built projects;

5) Integrate the historic character of the neighborhood in the design; and

6) Incorporate community input into the design process.

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