The Canteen House designed by endemic architecture
is a small agriculture housing concept that saves water in a bladder
skin for use during dry periods. The home’s exterior is split into
quadrants which are lined with a rubberized bladder that can store storm
water runoff during the wet season. Each section can hold 17,000
gallons for use when irrigation water is difficult to come by. The home
is connected to an irrigation system to distribute the water directly
from its storage skin. With a total of 36,000 gallons of storage the
architects estimate that the system can irrigate one acre of land for
six weeks. The distribution of the water as well as type of crop, soil
and weather make the estimate more of an art than science. Using rain
collection to feed its water collection system the structures swelling
and contracting creates a visual representation of the overall
environmental conditions.
The home is passively cooled by scooping prevailing breezes from any
direction. Solar heating is complimented with a ground source heating
system. The home is intended to support immigrant shelter, improving the
lives of agriculture workers while supplying resources for the land
they support.
The design won the Single Family category in the 2011 d3 Housing of Tomorrow competition.
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