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D’ABRAVANEL DESIGN
BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW

COMMUNITY PLANNING

COMMUNITY WITH A HEART
Uniting
Environment, Creativity & Equity
Promoting
Community
Preserving
Open Space
Encouraging
Creativity & Sound Economics
BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW

EMERGENCY HOUSING
A Barrel Vault
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composed of 14 4’x4’ Pallets at its Base
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20” PVC Pipes forming the Arched Structure Bubble Wrap as its skin
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Hollow PVC Tubes are wired for lighting
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Galvanized pipes imbedded in the pallets provide radiant heating & cooling
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Beneath the Pallets are I-beams & above them ½” plywood sub-floor


MASTER PLAN
FOR POINT REYES STATION

Maintaining the Community for Residents
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Pedestrian Main Street
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Vehicular Traffic Circumventing
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Down Town
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IMAGINE WORKSHOPS
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Maintaining a Rural Atmosphere

CLUSTER PLAN with ADU’S

A NEW PROTOTYPE FOR COMMUNITY DESIGN
USING AUXILIARY DWELLING UNITS
CLUSTERED AROUND A CENTRAL CORE
INTEGRATING COMMUNITY WITH NATURE

• PROMOTING SENSE OF UNITY, COMMUNITY, SOCIAL INTERACTION
• CONSERVING OPEN SPACE FOR RECREATION
• ENCOURAGING SAFE TRAFFIC FLOW,
PEDESTRIAN & BICYCLE PATHWAYS

RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
Homes built around a Central Courtyard Square


Exterior Courtyard View

Interior Courtyard View


CREATING SACRED SPACE
in CALISTOGA
The remodel of an existing restaurant creates a communal healing environment.
This project was undertaken in order to address the crisis in American society. It is a prototype for sustainable living, in which the natural environment, community, family and the spiritual are addressed as integral parts of the whole.




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