Current Projects

 

MSDT will be entering 2 projects into the 2023 US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Design Challenge.

Humming Home

A transition house for victims of domestic violence, a highly prevalent issue all over the world. The design will enable the occupants to become successfully self-supporting and self-sustaining during their stay at the transitional home to facilitate their reintegration into society. Our design implements various passive design principles while minimising embodied emissions. Prefabricated construction allows this design to be highly scalable while keeping costs and emissions down. In the long term we hope to create a viable design that can be easily replicated and adapted to any plot and improve the current standards of transition housing from both user experience and sustainability perspective.

Office Building

A sustainable independent assisted living facility that feels much less like an institution, both in form and nature, and will encourage a sense of community between residents and the society. Our design will focus on accessibility for those with limited mobility while still encouraging autonomous living. We strive to create a greater sense of community, by incorporating both commercial sections, including a cafe, rooftop restaurant and childcare centre, and communal areas exclusive to residents, such as a function room. To ensure sustainability, multiple techniques will be implemented such as mass timber construction, passive design principles along with highly efficient building systems.

Past Projects

2020-2021

 

Urban Single Family (USF)

Finalist, 2020-2021Design Challenge

Attached Housing (AH)

Third Place, 2020-2021 Design Challenge

Elementary School (ES)

Finalist, 2020-2021 Design Challenge

2019-2020 Projects

 

Suburban Single Family (SSF)

First Place, 2019-2020 Design Challenge

Attached Housing (AH)

Finalist, 2019-2020 Design Challenge

Mixed-Use Multifamily (MM)

Finalist, 2019-2020 Design Challenge