This is a model design for the ICOUP Native American NGO for near Passivhaus standard, low cost, handicapped accessible housing. This is one of four model housing designs, construction in strawbale walls and designed to withstand heavy winds, severe cold in winter and in congruence with the Great Plains tribal cultural life-ways of the home.
Status: Unbuilt
Location: For North Dakota, South Dakota and Oklahoma tribes
My Role: Lead Architect, expert and stakeholder charrette facilitator and charrette designer
Additional Credits: other experts: Solar Design Associates, Architect Dagmar Epsten, Building Scientist Terry Brennan, and sustainable specifications Architect Dru Meadows and the nine tribal housing authority staff members of the ICOUP.
