JOPLIN IS AN ADDRESS ON ROUTE 66, MAIN STREET USAJOPLIN

STREET ELEVATION (EAST)

CHICAGOLOS ANGELES

CORE is an architectural solution that allows the people of Joplin to sustain their American Dream. At its essence, the ethos of The American Dream is that all men are created equal. “Home” is a fundamental component of The Dream and is indicative of family values, hard work, success, and a sense of pride. The tornado is a regional phenomenon that is a result of climatic conditions. It destroys without any care for equality. A Dream home in this region requires unique design considerations and construction details. The CORE design offsets this unequal condition of climate by providing disaster resilience.

...the ethos of The American Dream is that all men are created equal.

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A tornado emerges with little warning.

CORE sustains “home” so that everything is not lost.

CORE maintains a home for its residents during a tornado event and through post-disaster. A typical wood-framed home cannot withstand the power of a tornado. In just four seconds, homes are demolished and in minutes, the community and landscape are scarred. Without disaster-resilient structures, residents are forced to salvage belongings and move to alternative communities. CORE provides a high-performance, sustainable, affordable home that supports a healthy community, and provides security for everyone. CORE is a structure that is based on the following design principles:

1. A safe shelter that provides disaster-resilience especially through a tornado event. 2. Will sustain living through the post-disaster period. 3. Balances FEMA safety standards with an aesthetically comfort, enhancing the lives of its occupants. 4. Whose architecture lends itself to the vernacular of Joplin, Missouri. 5. Prioritizes necessities to achieve an affordable living environment. 6. A good neighbor. 7. Regionally friendly. 8. Easily constructed by volunteers.

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In just four seconds, homes are demolished... in minutes, the community and landscape are scarred.

SAFE HOUSE

PERIMETER HOUSE

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CORE is a formal translation of the Ernhaus, a traditional rural and small town Missouri vernacular. The Ernhaus Is a single-cell home with the hearth at the center. CORE is the intersection of two single-cell homes: a Safe House and a Perimeter House. Like the hearth, the Safe House is centrally located, constructed of masonry and therefore conveys permanence. The Safe House divides the Perimeter House, functionally, into public and private wings. These wings are connected by a breezeway that faces South and supports passive solar concepts to reduce heat loads in the home. This translation, contextually appropriate to the community of Joplin, allows for a clear expression of the Safe House from the street and creates an identity for homeowner pride and family values.

The CORE concept provides flexibility and could be used for other building types. CORE could be an architectural solution to sustain the functionality of the community of Joplin through post-disaster recovery.

REGIONAL PRECEDENTS

SINGLE-CELL HOUSE 1

SINGLE-CELL HOUSE 2

FORMAL TRANSLATION

CORE LENDS ITSELF TO REGIONAL VERNACULAR

4CORE AFFORDABILITY PHASING: Homeowners have the option to build the CORE in varying configurations.

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CORE PROGRAM

Safe House 600 sf (55,7 sm)1 Kitchen/Dining 2 Bathroom 3 Laundry 4 Mechanical 5 Emergency Supply Closet

Perimeter House 800 sf (74.3 sm)6 Great Room 250 sf (23.2 sm)7 Front Porch 8 Bedroom 1 280 sf (26 sm)9 Bedroom 2 100 sf (9.3 sm)10 Flex Room/Bedroom 3 100 sf (9.3 sm)11 Breezeway 140 sf (13 sm)12 Back Porch

CORE Sustainable Systems13 Greywater Reuse 14 Water Harvesting Cistern15 Thermal Mass16 Murphy Bed17 Sun Tunnel

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

HEARTHPUBLICPRIVATE

ORGANIZATION

This structure will contain all of the functions and systems necessary for a family to recover quickly and live for an extended period of time until rebuilding is possible.

Openings are strategically sized and located to maintain the structure of the home while providing visual connections to the natural environment and manage seasonal heat loads.

DISASTER-RESILIENT

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ORIENTATION

CORE SITE PROGRAM: 50’ x 120’ Lot

1 Front Yard: 25’-0” 2 Rear Yard: 25’-0” 3 Side Yard: 6’-0”4 Right of Way5 Front Porch6 Optional Porch Extension7 Back Porch8 Driveway9 Future Garage10 Future Drive11 Carbon Emissions Collection

NSITE/ROOF PLAN

CORE is built of materials with low carbon emissions and will have little impact on the progression of climate change.

Plans will also include a landscape concept to offset any carbon emissions from the construction of the home.

CORE ENHANCES LIFE

POST-DISASTER SITE

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SUSTAINING SPACE

NECESSARYLUXURYLUXURY

CORE is built of materials with low carbon emissions and, therefore, has little impact on the progression of climate change.

CORE uses a reduced amount of energy from the grid.

CORE demands little from its freshwater resources, i.e. the Springfield Plateau Aquifer that is at its lowest level in years.

CORE is constructed from materials manufactured within 500 miles from Joplin, Missouri. This helps the local economy and reduces the embodied energy involved with construction.

CarbonCure is a technology where the Carbon emissions created during manufacturing is reused in the curing process; Carboncure stores its own carbon emissons.

Graywater from handwashing is used for toilet.

Rainwater Plus - Harvesting graywater from rain and from air conditioning condensation.

REGIONALLY FRIENDLY

Rainwater Storage Cistern with UV filter to clean rainwater for consumption

SECTION THROUGH SAFE HOUSE 7

SAFETY

SAFELESSSAFE

CORE contains all of the functions and systems that are necessary for a family to recover quickly from disaster and live for an extended period of time until rebuilding is possible.

MIKE SIROISSUSTAINS LIVING THROUGHPOST-DISASTER

EMERGENCY GUIDE

STEP 1:EMERGENCY

REMAIN CALM AND LOCATE EMERGENCY SUPPLY CLOSET. ALL NECESSARY SUPPLIES SHOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN IN ORDER TO OUTLAST THE STORM AND AWAIT EMERGENCY CREWS.

STEP 4:REMOVE ALL FURNITURE FROM IN FRONT OF MURPHY BEDS, AND FOLD DOWN THE FRAME. BRING IN MATTRESSES FROM BEDROOMS AND PLACE ON MURPHY BED FRAME.

STEP 3:LOCATE MAIN SHUTOFF VALVES FOR THE GAS AND WATER AND TURN IN THE OFF POSITION. LOCATE THE HOUSE FUSE BOX AND FLICK THE MAIN BREAKER TO THE OFF POSITION. IF THE EVENT OCCURS DURING THE COLD MONTHS, START EMERGENCY BACK-UP HEATERS

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CLOSE ALL SHUTTER ON CORE WINDOWS AND ENSURE ALL DOORS ARE FASTENED AND LOCKED INTO EMERGENCY POSITION

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FOUR SECONDS

A typical single-family wood-frame house (slab-on-grade) is destroyed by a tornado in four seconds.

00:01 In the first second, a tornado shoots debris and shatters windows and exerts uplift on roof.00:02 Air rushing through the broken windows inflates the home like a balloon. The internal pressure pushes at weak connections between the roof and the walls forcing the roof to blow off.00:03 Without a roof the walls fall in like a house of cards. 00:04 Anything on the interior that is left over is stricken and swept away.

CORE IN FOUR SECONDS

00:01 CORE is designed with impact resistant, smaller but strategically located openings. 00:02 If the debris happens to puncture the windows, CORE is designed with strong wall-to-roof connections using hurricane strapping. 00:03 If the roof in the Safe House is lifted, the walls are concrete and anchored to the foundation. 00:04 The tornado event is almost over.

The envelope of the Safe House is designed like that of a Safe Room, a hardened structure specifically designed to meet the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) criteria and provide “near-absolute protection” in extreme weather events).

The Perimeter House is code compliant and built of a light construction. In the event of destruction during a tornado, its materials are neighborly debris.

CRITICAL DETAILS

CORE IS A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND IS WELL CONNECTED

DEBRIS DIAGRAM 9

ENGINEERED WOOD TRUSS

HURRICANE STRAPPING WRAPS AROUND TRUSS

AND IS EMBEDDED IN CMU

DOUBLE TOP PLATE

ANCHOR BOLT

BOND BEAM

CONTINUOUS REBAR

CONCRETE FILLEDCONCRETE

MASONRY UNITS

CONT. STEEL REBAR

INTERIOR FINISH: PAINTED GWB

CONCRETE SLAB-ON-GRADE

WALL SECTION: SAFE HOUSE

DETAIL @ ROOF: PERIMETER HOUSE

HURRICANE STRAPPING

WOOD TRUSS

WOOD STUD

TOP PLATE

ESTIMATE SUMMARY

Project Entry Number:Project City: JoplinProject Square Footage: 600 SF Safe House

Quantity Item Description Unit Price Quantity TotalFOUNDATION (CONCRETE)

Rebar $0.70/SF 400 SF $280Anchor Bolts $2.94 each 24 $71Foundation $2.50/SF 400 SF $1,000

WALL CONSTRUCTIONCMU Wall w/CarbonCure technology $10.65/SF 1000 SF $10,650

MECHANICALPlumbingPlumbing Fixtures All fixtures priced from Lowes 4 $150Kitchen sink Priced from Lowes 1 $80Bathroom sink Priced from Lowes 1 $40Bath tub Priced from Lowes 1 $549.00AQUS grey water recovery sink and toilet system HMA 7000 1 $225Toilet Priced from Lowes 2 $129.00Water Filter Priced from Lowes 1 $370.00Hot water heater Priced from Lowes 1 $848.00Cistern system by Rain Harvest Systems 1 $1,397.95Gas connection $900

ELECTRICALWiring 250ft of wire $50/SF 1 $50Outlets Priced from Lowes @ $0.69 each 8 $6.00Switches Priced from Lowes @ $0.69 each 4 $3.00Light fixtures Priced from Lowes @ $0.39 each 5 $2.00Faceplates Priced from Lowes 12 $5.00

ROOFINGSequentia 144-in x 26-in 16-Gauge Corrugated Fiberglass Roof $2/SF 650 SF $1,300Wood roof trusses $3/SF 650 SF $1,800

SOLARBased on a 4.5KW/h system at $2.88 per watt estimate $8,000.00

EXTERIOR DOORS AND WINDOWSTornado Tamer w/upgrade cylinder lock & insulation exterior door $1500 per door 4 $6,000Ceco Window w/interior shutter $1500 per door 2 $3,000

INSULATIONInsulation STYROFOAM Dow Corning ext. polystyrene $16.58/board ($0.50/SF) 1200 SF $600

DRYWALLDrywall laFarge LEED certified $1.25/SF 1200 SF $1,500Interior Paint <50g/L VOC emissions Sherwin Williams Paint $40/gallon 10 gallons $500

CABINETS AND COUNTERTOPSCabinets Kitchen Classics Portland Oak cabinets and island $1,500Countertops $0.76/SF GREENGUARD indoor air quality laminate countertop 65 SF $150

FLOORINGExposed polished concrete Masonry Coating LOXON XP <50g/L VOC emissions 6 gallons $300

EXTERIOR FINISHESCorrugated Metal Siding Imetco Series 300 $4/SF 1000 SF $4,000

FINAL SITE WORKAsphalt Driveway $3/SF 700 SF $2,100Landscape plants, shrubs, etc. $1,500

APPLIANCESRefrigerator 1 $579.00Stove 1 $469.00Dishwasher 1 $329.00Wood Stove 1 $376.00Washer and dryer 1 $1,219.00

TOTAL $51,977.51

HARD COST DETAILS

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CONSTRUCTION COST

To balance the expense to construct the Safe House, the Perimeter House is designed with a more economical construction but also complies with local building codes.

PERIMETER HOUSE

SAFE HOUSE

AFFORDABLE

ESTIMATE SUMMARY

Project Entry Number:Project City: JoplinProject Square Footage: 800 SF Perimeter House

Quantity Item Description Unit Price Quantity TotalFOUNDATION

Rebar $0.70/SF 418 SF $280.00Anchor Bolts $2.94 each 28 $80.32Foundation $2.50/SF 418 SF $1,045.00

FRAMINGFraming $20/SF 1400 SF $28,000.00

ELECTRICALElectrical Materials 250ft of wire $50/SF 3 $150.00Outlets Priced from Lowes @ $0.69 each 16 $12.00Switches Priced from Lowes @ $0.69 each 8 $6.00Light fixtures Priced from Lowes @ $0.39 each 1 $4.00Faceplates Priced from Lowes 24 $10.00

ROOFINGWood Trusses $3/SF 800 SF $2,400.00

EXTERIOR DOORS AND WINDOWSExterior Doors Priced at Lowes $177.00 each 2 $354.00Locks Priced at Lowes $50.00 each 2 $110.00Laminate Glass for Breezeway $24/SF 140 SF $3,500.00Exterior Windows Priced at Lowes $150.00 each 9 $1,350.00

INSULATIONInsulation STYROFOAM Dow Corning ext. polystyrene $16.58/board ($0.50/SF) 1400 SF $700.00

DRYWALLDrywall laFarge LEED cert. $1.25/SF 1400 SF $1,750.00

INTERIOR DOORS AND TRIMInterior Doors $50/door 14 $700.00

INTERIOR PAINTINGInterior Paint <50g/L VOC emissions Sherwin Williams Paint $40/gallon 15 gallons $600.00

FLOORINGLaminate Flooring $0.59/SF 800 SF $472.00

EXTERIOR FINISHESWood Siding $1.50/sf 1400 SF $2,100.00

TOTAL $43,623.32

HARD COST DETAILS

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$96K

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