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SPRING ARCH TOUR FEST: Asteras Kings
May 18 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT
$20.00 – $55.00
Spring ARCH TOUR FEST: Asteras Kings
Information regarding the tour will be emailed directly to registrants 24 hours before the event.
Tour Led by:
Ric Abramson, FAIA
Tour Organizers:
WORKPLAYS studio*architecture + Darmos Architects
Asteras Kings is an eco-responsive high-density housing project that applies creative solutions to the need to increase housing without sacrificing livability and connections with nature.
Building Credits:
General Contractor: RD Olson
Landscape Architect: Aron Nussbaum
Structural Engineer: KPFF
Parking Information:
Street Parking Available
APPROVED – AIA CES: 1.0 LU|HSW
1) Explore how green space and native soil-based landscape solutions can be integrated meaningfully into high-density housing.
2) Learn how passive design strategies such as natural daylighting and cross ventilation can be integrated effectively regardless the project scale.
3) Examine numerous energy reduction strategies that have a positive effect on lowering consumption.
4) Witness how natural thermal exhaust can be effective in highly dense situations.
5) Experience how creative building organization and circulation concepts can have a meaningful impact on balancing social interaction and privacy considerations in high-density living.
