LEARNING CURVE

摘要

Lawrence, Kan., is home to Jayhawks football, the Douglas County fairgrounds, and just shy of 88,000 people. It's also home to a disproportionate number of super green buildings. That last factoid is largely thanks to Studio 804 at the University of Kansas (which also is in Lawrence). Led by Dan Rockhill,the 20-year-old institution is a design/build class for fourth- and fifth-year architecture students. Each year, the group designs (sometimes with the help of Rockhill's firm, Rockhill & Associates) and constructs a structure somewhere in or around town. They have focused on commercial structures in recent years (including an addition to the architecture school that was completed in 2014). But this year, the studio is getting back to designing houses. Specifically, a 1,812-square-foot house in East Lawrence slated to meet both LEED and Passive House standards-the third house to come out of Studio 804 over the years.