Architecture at Zero Competition

Client: California investor-owned utilities

Project Team: AIA California, Resource Refocus, and the California investor-owned utilities

A design competition for decarbonization, equity and resilience in california

Architecture at Zero is a global zero net energy design competition that engages both students and professionals in the fields of architecture, design, engineering, and planning in the pursuit of energy efficient, sustainable design.

The 2021-22 Architecture at Zero competition focused on decarbonization, resilience and equity. The challenge is to design affordable housing for farmworker families in California’s Central Valley. Key aspects of this project include responding to the challenges of equity and resilience through the design solution.

Architecture at Zero 2021 was funded by the California investor-owned utilities, in partnership with AIA California. Past competitions have been funded by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), and supported by various partner organizations, including the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the University of California public university system, and several Bay Area non-profits.

Resource Refocus is proud to continue our ten year long collaboration providing competition coordination and technical review.

2021-22 competition jury

Lance Collins, AIA - a Director at Partner Energy

Siboney Díaz-Sánchez, RA, NOMA - a project and design manager at Opportunity Communities in Boston, MA

Mary Ann Lazarus, FAIA, LEED Fellow - a consultant with the firm of Cameron MacAllister Group

Paul Torcellini - a Principal Engineer for Commercial Buildings Research at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Allison Grace Williams, FAIA - an architect and urban designer at AGWms_studio

2021-22 Winners

 

see full list of previous years’ winners here.

For more information, visit the Architecture at Zero website.

 

Resource Refocus LLC is a WBE certified business and is listed through The Supplier Clearinghouse. Resource Refocus is also a certified Small Business through the California Department of General Services.

Resource Refocus LLC, based in Berkeley, CA, is a limited liability company registered in the state of California. The firm was founded in 2010 by Anna LaRue and Noelle Cole.