The City of La Pine partnered with the University of Oregon’s Architecture and Environmental Science Departments through the Sustainable City Year Program to develop implementation strategies for passive heating and environmentally conscious design. The City asked students to focus on ideas for a City Center, Balcony Sunspaces and a Community Greenhouse. Seven student teams explored the potential for each project type. Two or more groups were assigned to each project type to generate different design options.
The City Center designs were created by two teams; Team One: Jared Dukes, Zoe Walker-Aparicio and Austin Daich; and Team Two: Courtney Cisler, Khiseth Abramvicka and James Li.
The Community Greenhouse designs were generated by two teams; Team One: Gabe Haug, Zach Bradby, Kyomi Tamura and Kai Miyajima; and Team Two: Renee Dobre, Champe Holbeck and Ryan Mark.
The Balcony Sunspace was the only project with three groups, as the teams were groups of two. Spencer Boragine and Josh Rosenthal worked on a shaded version of this project, as did Achyuthan Ramaswamy and Matt Olney. Pippa Bailey and Rowan Atherley designed ideas for an unshaded version of the project.
All seven teams created site analysis documents, discovered optimal glass tilts, thermal goals, designed the building and movable insulation and calculated the thermal mass and glass sizing requirements. This report explains the specific passive heating strategies for each unique project and how they can be applied to other structures in La Pine.
Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.
Sustainable City Year Program Contact Info
Megan Banks
Sustainable City Year Program Manager
mbanks@uoregon.edu
(541) 346-6395
University Faculty Contact
Alexandra Rempel
Architecture
arempel@uoregon.edu
Local Government / Community Contact
Cory Misley
City Manager