Residential communities
Residential communities coordinated from design to performance
Low-rise residential developments combine repetitive prototypes, site development, infrastructure, MEP and performance criteria that multiply at scale. Keeping that information coordinated from construction document development reduces inconsistencies and sustains common criteria across homes, community and infrastructure.
The challenge
When one decision is repeated hundreds of times
Repeatability allows a residential project to scale, but it also multiplies any inconsistency in prototypes, MEP, site development or specifications.
Repeatability
A poorly resolved criterion in a typical home can be replicated in dozens or hundreds of units. The technical definition of prototypes must stay consistent before scaling to the whole community.
Homes and infrastructure
Architecture, home MEP, site utility networks, roads, services and site development are part of the same system. The interfaces between lot, home and community must be coordinated from construction document development.
Scale
Performance is defined in the prototype and measured at community scale. Small improvements in water, energy or materials take on another dimension when replicated across the whole development.
Integration
One information base for prototypes, community and performance
Architect of Record, BIM and Sustainability work from the same information to keep prototypes, infrastructure, engineering disciplines and the development’s performance targets consistent.
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Architect of Record
Consistent prototypes before replicating them
Construction documents for typical homes, variants, details, specifications and MEP interfaces based on the defined design. Documentation must allow the same criteria to be reproduced in a controlled way across the whole development.
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BIM
Coordination before scaling the prototype
Architecture, structure and MEP coordinated to review prototypes, variants and interfaces before they are repeated. BIM makes it possible to identify clashes and keep models, documentation and design changes consistent.
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Sustainability
Performance that multiplies with every home
Water, energy and materials efficiency strategies evaluated from the typical home and replicated at development scale. The analysis makes it possible to compare alternatives, set performance targets and document criteria for certification when it is part of the scope.
Performance at scale
Efficiency replicated across the whole development
In repetitive residential projects, a design or specification decision is multiplied by every home. EDGE makes it possible to evaluate performance by prototype and measure its cumulative effect at community scale.
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In the prototype: EDGE assessment
Each typical home is assessed for energy, water and materials to compare alternatives and set performance targets before it is replicated.
Across the community: replicable criteria
The measures defined in each prototype are documented to be applied consistently to every home in the development.
By phase: certification documentation
Documentation and follow-up for EDGE certification by prototype or by phase, depending on the development’s scope.
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Technical consistency and performance for developments built at scale
Prototypes, engineering disciplines, infrastructure and performance strategies coordinated before they multiply across the whole development.