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D’ABRAVANEL DESIGN
BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW

COMMUNITY PLANNING

COMMUNITY WITH A HEART
Uniting
Environment, Creativity & Equity
Promoting
Community
Preserving
Open Space
Encouraging
Creativity & Sound Economics
BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW

CLUSTER PLAN with ADU’S


A NEW PROTOTYPE FOR COMMUNITY DESIGN
USING AUXILIARY DWELLING UNITS
CLUSTERED AROUND A CENTRAL CORE
INTEGRATING COMMUNITY WITH NATURE

• PROMOTING SENSE OF UNITY, COMMUNITY, SOCIAL INTERACTION
• CONSERVING OPEN SPACE FOR RECREATION
• ENCOURAGING SAFE TRAFFIC FLOW,
PEDESTRIAN & BICYCLE PATHWAYS


EMERGENCY HOUSING

A Barrel Vault
composed of 14 4’x4’ Pallets at its Base
20” PVC Pipes forming the Arched Structure Bubble Wrap as its skin
Hollow PVC Tubes are wired for lighting
Galvanized pipes imbedded in the pallets provide radiant heating & cooling
Beneath the Pallets are I-beams & above them ½” plywood sub-floor

MASTER PLAN
POINT REYES STATION

Maintaining the Community for Residents
Pedestrian Main Street
Vehicular Traffic Circumventing
Down Town
IMAGINE WORKSHOPS
Maintaining a Rural Atmosphere

RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
Homes built around a Central Courtyard Square


Exterior Courtyard View

Interior Courtyard View

CREATING SACRED SPACE
CALISTOGA

The remodel of an existing restaurant creates a communal healing environment.
This project was undertaken in order to address the crisis in Americansociety. It is a prototype for sustainable living, in which the natural environment, community, family and the spiritual are addressed as integral parts of the whole.


BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW
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