S U B V E R T [ere] + S U B : under or beneath + V E R T [ere] : to turn over As a 2070 community created in the protected South Mountain Preserves, Subvert[ere] challenges the current perceptions on preservation and exploitation. Constructed of sunken units and perfected geometry, the community is an effort to respectfully inhabit the protected space as a refuge and alternative from the over densified city of Phoenix.
2018
2070
Current Summer Average: 86.7 F Current Arizona Population: 7 Million
Predicted Summer Average: 97 F Predicted Arizona Population: 12.48 Million o
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S H A R E D
Shared resources include public dining halls, public storage, reflection spaces, and gathering spaces.
LIVING
Each unit provides thermal cooling temperatures nearly 40 degrees lower than the surface. When violent storms occur, each housing unit collects runoff water.
FARMING
For every 3 units there is a farming unit below, and is supported by disused (or grey) housing unit water drained from above.
With a runoff water conservation system and farming strategy for ample food, the community makes an immense impact inside South Mountain while preserving a romanticized aesthetic surface native to the Arizona Landscape.
SHARED
LIVING FARMING
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HOUSING
FARMING
THE UNIT PROVIDES SHELTER
UNIT ACTS AS A GREENHOUSE
FROM
TO
HIGH
TEMPERATURES
PROVIDE
FOOD
AND DOUBLES AS A WATER
TYPICALLY
COLLECTION SYSTEM
HARSH SUN OF ARIZONA
ADE 421: Fall 2018 Architecture Studio III
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IN
NOT THE
Student: Brandon Powell Instructor: Bryan Maddock