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St. John Update

The end of October and early November saw the studio return to St. John for the final sessions of the year. As state in an earlier post, the group that made the trip in late October had the task of erecting the porch columns and installing the prefab porch roof panels, as well as completingContinue reading “St. John Update”

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The first rule of prefab: if it fits, it sits!
After waiting out 2 weeks of historical frigid temps during February, a couple of us got back in the house to complete the framing of walls and ceilings and prepare the house for MEP installation.
Over the winter break, siding and roofing were completed on the Net Positive house in St. John and it looks great! The board and batten look is actually a metal panel product, and it should hold up for many decades. The outside of the house is ready for the porch and final grading as the weather warms up.
Our friends at @mhkhabitat were able to let us tour their current building projects in Ogden. We are excited to keep working with them to create a net positive house.
The Net + Studio went out to our site in Ogden to stake out where our house will be located. This gives us a real perspective of the site and let’s us imagine the views each room with have. #netpositive #solardecathlon #kstate
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The Net Positive Studio is an interdisciplinary research and design effort in the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design at Kansas State seeking to develop housing prototypes that are affordable.

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