Standard announces Honorable Mention for Co-op Canyon

June 24, 2009 - PRLog -- For this competition, a regional initiative to create the prototype for an innovative, sustainable urban community through a series of design
competitions, Standard proposed Co-op Canyon, a sustainable, zero carbon, no waste water community of modern, terraced urban dwellings overlooking a lush urban
canyon. This natural design draws inspiration from the cliffside villages of the
Anasazi Indians. Per Standard’s modernized design, vertical gardens comprised of
front yard green allotments of native landscape and backyard green allotments of
edible gardens punctuate a louvered facade, adding texture and greenery. Interstitial
spaces such as the canyon floor, skip-stop lobbies, and the community kitchen
encourage interaction and community connectivity. Food is the common thread that
connects members of the community, with a community farm and individual back
yard gardens growing food for the modern village’s inhabitants.
This radical and holistic design was meant to offer Re:Vision Dallas an alternative
development idea this would not just be sustainable, but also restorative. Check out
Standard’s website [www.standard-la.com] or Facebook page [www.facebook.com/
pages/Standard/83927341949] for more images of Co-op Canyon.
For additional information and images, contact:
Haily Zaki
+1 323 712 0298
haily@secretagentpr.com

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Standard is the Los Angeles based architecture and design partnership of Jeffrey Allsbrook and Silvia Kuhle. Building on the partners' international experience in a wide variety of project types, Standard is developing an outstanding body of contemporary work that pursues an aesthetic of minimal clarity with designs that tranform their settings. Completed projects include residential, retail, educational, office and manufacturing spaces for a diverse clientele of artists, writers, filmmakers, clothing designers, educators and entrepreneurs in California, New York, Las Vegas, Paris and Mexico. While Standard continues to grow, its partners insist upon maintaining a practice that is rigorous and attentive. Direct accessibility and sustained dialogue between clients and the firm’s partners are viewed as essential to project success.