Aiming at designing a distributed energy-network enabled campus on the outskirts of Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, architecture house ik-Studio looks to set a benchmark for the creation of green and sustainable architectural example in the earthquake ravaged nation. The FPM GAP Academy campus would provide connected yet individual areas that would cater to various needs of the residents including academic facilities as well as more self-sustainable facilities like farms, low-cost housing for students and faculty, business areas for the public as well as medical facilities that can be used by anyone.
The design team that created the master plan consists of designers Valmik Vyas, Michael Wetmore, Ben Brady, Hanna Tulis, Shulei Weng Qiyao Li, Teresa McWalters, Ying Xu and Cara Liberatore. The basic aim of the design is to create a facility that is not only completely self-sufficient but also completely independent from the grid.
The site for the academy itself sits at an elevation of 90m from the Bay and covers around 50 hectare of rural land. The network of sustainable power used in the campus will be comprised of wind and water harvesting, and will feature the use of photovoltaics as well as a network of strategically placed water features and biofuel producing orchards to create clean power.
By freeing an important social facility like a university or an academy from relying on power generated via coal or other means, the concept could provide a worthy, planet-friendly and cost-effective model for the future of other public developments.
Via: Arch Daily
