A Love Letter
From the first morning light, Civitas emerges on the banks of the Mississippi River enveloped in the rhythm of light and shadow. The boundary between home and nature dissolves, welcoming in breezes off the water and the sounds of a community awakening. One of the greenest homes in the world, Civitas embraces modern living and community connectivity as the answer to climate change. This is our love letter to the planet, and the community in which our work emerges.
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Getting to Zero
Arising from a family’s desire to create a meaningful experience with each other and the neighborhood, Civitas offers a new perspective on how a home can benefit the many. Members of the design team explore sustainability and resiliency goals for the project such as conservation and reclamation, climate resiliency, onsite renewables, wellness and health, change and adaptability. Civitas is the world’s first dual certified Zero Energy and Zero Carbon building by the International Living Future Institute; has an EUI of -2.6; is certified LEED v4.1 Homes Platinum; and was recognized with the AIA 2021 COTE Top Ten distinction.
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Saving Our Community Corridors
archimania’s studio and surrounding campus reimagines Middle America’s aging commercial corridors as a conduit for 21st century community building. A living lab, this project envisions a locally authentic, resilient and accessible future founded on environmental stewardship. With incremental changes to connectivity, design and sustainability can be woven together to create an accessible path to connected, carbon neutral, and human-centered districts.
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