DDBC Residence 1
The first residence built under our newly incorporated non-profit status, DDBC Residence 1 is a rammed earth and steel frame dwelling that houses a family with an annual income below 80% of the mean for Tucson, Arizona. DDBC has partnered with Chicanos Por La Causa to bring a local Hispanic family through CPLC’s homeownership courses and budget counseling into this unique residence designed to reduce utilities and maintenance costs. This design, by professors Mary Hardin and John Folan, was drawn and constructed by students of the School of Architecture at The University of Arizona and serves as an energy-conscious prototype for the long, narrow lots with predominantly east-west solar exposure so commonly found in Tucson.
Donations from several community partners have helped make this project feasible. Steeler, Inc. of Seattle offered an innovative engineering design for the steel framing, and the concrete footings and floor slab were donated by Sundt Construction of Tucson. Except for the concrete floor, plumbing, and mechanical work, all of the construction was done by U of A Architecture students and faculty. The xeriscape landscaping was designed by students in the Landscape Architecture school and implemented by Canyon Del Oro High School National Honor Society students.
