CRU3 is a sustainably designed mixed use building with an office below a 450SF studio apartment. Designed as a passive building to collect its own heat, (passive solar) electricity, (roof panels on inverted gable roof) and water. Using the same technique to gather water as a desert beetle, the cool night temperatures year round allow the metal roof to condense water to fill rain barrels for site irrigation.
Windows are carefully proportioned to match historic neighborhood buildings, but with a modern flair.
Designed as MOME Architects