Surabhi Dhopeshwarkar

Passive House Prototype

Design & Working

drawings

M.Arch 

UB

Fall 2018

The Small Built Works Program produced comprehensive design-build work in the Buffalo community.

We began working on Affordable Prototypes in an investigation called SUN_FOOD_WATER.

Five small House Prototypes were developed -- ranging in size from 250sqft to 1,226sqft -- to 90% permit-ready Construction Documents.

This Passive House collaboration with PUSH Buffalo demanded working drawings.

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Association in the spring of 2019 with more initializations planned for 2020. In May of 2017, at the request of Dean Robert Shibley, Small Built Works began working on Affordable Prototypes in an investigation called SUN_FOOD_WATER. Five small House Prototypes were developed -- ranging in size from 250sqft to 1,226sqft -- to 90% permit-ready Construction Documents. Of these, 91 Fuller House granted a permit in the spring of 2019 and is scheduled to be built by the Buffalo Erie Niagara Land Improvement Corporation (BENLEC) in 2020. This Passive House collaboration with Professor Rajkovich and PUSH Buffalo begins an exciting and much-needed new chapter in the evolution of Small Built Works.