Allensworth, California, is the site of the Architecture at Zero 2023 competition. This small town located in the Central Valley was recently featured in the LA Times. The article traces the history of the town since its founding by Colonel Allen Allensworth in the early 1900s to today and describes the environmental challenges the town has faced over its 100+ year history.
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The Architecture at Zero competition planning team is collaborating with the Allensworth Progressive Association on this year’s competition to design a teaching innovation lab to further the goal of the community becoming a destination for sustainable agriculture. The competition is open to students and professionals; graduate students and professionals are also required to design farmer housing onsite to help retain talent in the area.
Resource Refocus developed and provided technical support for the energy and decarbonization challenges of the competition, which include determining the technical requirements and providing a technical evaluation of the submissions for the competition jury.
More information on the competition can be found on the Architecture at Zero website.