Check out Historic Green featured in Eco-Structure Magazine here. Historic Green Chair and Co-founder Jeremy Knoll is interviewed about HG discussing why we exists and where we are going.
Some of you were present for the kick-off charrette hosted by the Preservation Resource Center during Historic Green's 2009 March event. We discussed an idea that was already a year and a half in the making. The concept of blending sustainable design with the complete reconstruction of an historic building in an historic district is new and developing field in architecture. Partnerships had formed over the year since HG participated in the deconstruction of what was left of 5200 Dauphine. Those partnerships led to the decision that a reconstructed, sustainable and historically appropriate facility would be constructed to serve as the new home of the Center for Sustainable Engagement and the Holy Cross Neighborhood Association.
RENDERING: Ryan Schmidt, UTSA
Since our first charrette in March a design team composed of preservationists, community leaders, architects, contractors and engineers have been working to design the first LEED Platinum project that has the support of the USGBC, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Prince of Wales Foundation and numerous other groups.
The design will incorporate salvaged materials from the deconstructed structure as well as materials from salvaged from throughout the area and beyond. The building will be heated and cooled by a high efficiency Variable Refirgerant Volume system which has been minimized in scale due to the high performance envelope being developed to serve the building.
Construction is slated to begin this winter with completion anticipated for this spring.
As one of the key projects for Historic Green 2008, green deconstruction of 5200 Dauphine Street began on Monday and continues all week and into next. Once restored, this historic shotgun/camelback will become the new home of Holy Cross's Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development.
This house and deconstruction project was made possible through a partnership with the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans (PRC), a long-time supporter of the neighborhood through their "Operation Comeback" initiative. Leading the deconstruction is Hal Collums of Hal Collums Construction, LLC and Rick Denhart, Director of Mercy Corps Gulf Coast Hurricane Recovery Program. A very, very special thank you to Pam Bryan and Maryann Miller of PRC for their invaluable assistance and project coordination.
