A microscopic virus is changing the world, upending the workplace, morphing family dynamics, and shuffling the routines of our lives. Dealing with all of this change puts new pressure on the four walls we call home. This building is being asked to stretch to provide work space for adults, classrooms for children and living space …
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The bar-tailed godwit, on her epic annual migration, leaves her nest every spring. After over 7,500 miles on the wing, she needs to find a place to land. Any decent, dry nest will do the job admirably the first night, she is exhausted. But soon enough, she will want to feather her nest 'just so' …
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In the small city of Santa Monica, the severity of the region's housing crisis is pushing policy. Our city must prove to the State Department of Housing and Community Development, by the deadline of October 2021, that there is enough capacity within it's jurisdictional boundaries of 16 square miles to accommodate the cyclical RHNA targets. …
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PostFab wants to bring freedom, through responsive design, to everyone.
A 'good building', according to the first century Roman Architect Vitruvius, embodies utilitas, firmitas, and venustas (commodity, firmness and delight). The Modern Architect, through the practice of Responsive Design, is also bound by conscientia (awareness). A building, new or already built, can no longer exist unaware of the impact it has on it's occupants, the …
The PostFab development model leads and assists partners in public benefit micro-development, led by architects. PostFab develops properties with existing built resources throughout the southern California region, using the guiding principles of efficiency, modernism and net-zero energy use, to deliver housing options to the 'average American'. Working with partners, or serving as owner/developer/architect in one, …
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