New Generation of Sustainable Multifunctional Facilities in Coastal Locations: The Florida Keys Case Study and Design Projects
The main idea is to demonstrate the opportunities that sustainable practices (through the design of facilities that combine hotel, surge hospital, and hurricane shelter functions) can offer in the generation of new strategies that strongly support both community prosperity and the conservation of natural coastal resources in the Florida Keys.
About You
Section 1: About You
First Name
Antonieta
Last Name
Angulo
Website
Organization
Ball State University, College of Architecture and Planning
Country
United States, IN, Delaware County
Section 2: About Your Organization
Organization Name
Las Americas Network
Organization Website
Organization Phone
765- 285 1995
Organization Address
BSU, Architecture Building, Room 426A
Is your organization a
Non‐profit/NGO/citizen sector organization
Organization Country
United States, IN, Delaware County
Your idea
Name Your Project
New Generation of Sustainable Multifunctional Facilities in Coastal Locations: The Florida Keys Case Study and Design Projects
Country your work focuses on
United States, FL, Monroe County
Describe Your Idea
The main idea is to demonstrate the opportunities that sustainable practices (through the design of facilities that combine hotel, surge hospital, and hurricane shelter functions) can offer in the generation of new strategies that strongly support both community prosperity and the conservation of natural coastal resources in the Florida Keys.
Would you like to participate in the MIF Opportunity 2010?
No
Innovation
What makes your idea unique and innovative?
The case study and resulting projects are unique in their ability to conciliate, through design innovation, the traditional conflicts between community aspirations for financial prosperity and long term conservation of natural resources.
The uniqueness of the design briefing is based on the articulation of the following parameters (1) To promote a strategy of cooperation among conservationists, developers, and local government for bartering the use of a portion of a site –located in a wetland, in exchange for the financial responsibility in the restoration and conservation of a similar portion of damaged wetland located in the same county, and take responsibility for the preservation of the undisturbed native natural resources within its own site (2) To design a sustainable facility that will have minimum or no impact in its immediate environment (3) To design considering the possibility of change of use in part of the facilities. Some areas may act as a shelter for hurricane events, a “surge hospital”, and a base-camp for first responders (and their families) (4) To design a facility that is exemplary in regards to sustainable architecture/landscape architecture related to the community character and in support of the community’s sustainable development (5) To design a facility that contributes to a high level of tourist satisfaction and a meaningful experience raising awareness about biodiversity and sustainable tourism practices.
The resulting projects display innovations in a wide variety of sustainable technologies and their creative application. Please refer to projects online for a detailed description of project technologies.
Do you have a patent for this idea?
No
Impact
This Entry is about (Issues)
What impact have you had on your clients and the tourism sector?
To demonstrate to potential clients (hospitality developers) and the tourism sector in general that sustainable practices based on design innovations are financially viable even in the most constrained construction locations (disturbed wetlands in the Florida Keys). As a case study and demonstration projects, clients will be expected to replicate the level of performance achieved by these projects.
Problem
Pervasive conflicts between community aspirations for financial prosperity and long term conservation of natural resources, as it may be evident in the case of the Florida Keys.
Actions
Through the collaboration of design studios of 9 schools of architecture that belong to Las Americas Virtual Design Studio, we are working in the development of more than 115 architectural design projects. All of these studios have made the commitment of working the same design case and contribute with ideas regarding innovative solutions for development of site and building construction. The ideas take also into account the life cycle of the proposed facilities and their adaptation to the local community.
Results
From a large number of projects currently in development, we already have identified two projects from the Ball State University studio that have met the expectations and can be subject of dissemination. The projects of reference can be downloaded from the following URL address: http://aangulo.iweb.bsu.edu/NG_competition/NG_competition-entry.html
What will it take for your project to be successful over the next three years? Please address each year separately, if possible.
Given the magnitude of the problem, we foresee the need for sustained efforts of this kind of project to go beyond the proposed framework of three years. Nevertheless, we believe that significant impact can be achieved through the adoption of the proposed approach by a major hospitality industry player. Therefore our objective is to collect and consolidate case studies during this and next year and to make them available through our institutional alumni in positions of leadership of the hospitality industry during the third year. On an interim basis, isolated projects and case studies holding special merit will be presented at trade and academic conferences such as Hospitality Design.
What would prevent your project from being a success?
Lack of funding for dissemination of results.
How many people will your project serve annually?
More than 10,000
What is the average monthly household income in your target community, in US Dollars?
More than $4000
Does your project seek to have an impact on public policy or introduce models and tools that benefit the tourism sector in general?
Yes
Sustainability
What stage is your project in?
Idea phase
In what country?
United States, FL, Monroe County
Is your initiative connected to an established organization?
Yes
If yes, provide organization name.
Las Americas Network
How long has this organization been operating?
More than 5 years
Does your organization have a Board of Directors or an Advisory Board?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with NGOs?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with businesses?
Yes
Does your organization have any non-monetary partnerships with government?
No
Please tell us more about how these partnerships are critical to the success of your innovation.
As coordinating organization of the Las Americas Network in general and the Las Americas Virtual Design Studio in particular, Ball State University collaborates with 30+ schools of architecture in Latin America and a selected group of professional design offices in the United States. Our partnership with institutions of higher education in Latin America provide an educational dimension that is critical in the development of professionals with a deep understanding of sustainability issues and the potential to become leaders in the introduction of positive change at hemispheric level. The participation of professional design firms in providing review of the students’ projects is critical in making sure that our solutions are viable in a professional context and can truly serve as examples to be followed.N/A
What are the three most important actions needed to grow your initiative or organization?
The three more important actions are: fund raising, project management, and dissemination.
The Story
What was the defining moment that led you to this innovation?
The Las Americas Virtual Design Studio has explored the subject of hospitality design for more than 10 years. In that time we have addressed several case studies that articulated hospitality and healthcare functions but had potential for further intersection with a sustainability agenda. In a 2010 visit to the Florida Keys I was motivated by the evident conflict between sustainable development and preservation efforts to further explore the potential intersection of hospitality, healthcare, disaster relieve, and sustainability agendas.
Tell us about the social innovator behind this idea.
The social innovator is the collective of architecture students that participate every year in the Las Americas Virtual Design Studio. Their multinational diversity is an amazing source of creative energy that can deliver a wealth of innovation when focused on a shared problem
How did you first hear about Changemakers?
Web Search (e.g., Google or Yahoo)
If through another, please provide the name of the organization or company
50 words or fewer
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