Guiding Principles / David A Gross

	Portfolio Residential Commercial Special Purpose Site and Master Planning Adaptive Reuse Institutional Additions Competition Vision Guiding Principles Critique Architectural Photography Skill Set About David A Gross Hand Sketching 3D Construction Details Graphic Communications Pattern Book Introduction 1.1 Inhabit the Site 1.2 Massing Echos Land Form 1.3 Western Views 1.4 Climate Responsive Design 1.5 South Facing Outdoors 1.6 Sheltering Roof 1.7 Refuge and Outlook 1.8 Positive Outdoor Space 1.9 Capturing Light 1.10 Compose With Materials 1.11 Focused Garden 1.12 Functional Landscaping 2.1 Cultural Continuum 2.2 Social Context of the West 2.3 Abstraction of Form 2.4 Sense of Place 2.5 Cohesive Community 2.6 Porches make Good Neighbors 2.7 Transit Oriented Development 2.8 Eco-Revelatory Design 2.9 Water-Wise Landscaping 2.10 Adapted Landscape 2.11 Solar Access 2.12 Living in Nature



	To provide location-responsive, and context-sensitive site and building design solutions while promoting energy and resource efficiency. To respect environmental, historic, cultural and community values while advancing the ideals of contemporary design practice. To provide for the comfort, safety and emotional well-being of the inhabitants of the built environment. And, to understand the past in order to plan for the future.





				From the rapidly expanding urban frontier of the Colorado Front Range, to the ecologically sensitive environs of the Rocky Mountains, the design and construction of the built environment carries a new responsibility to leave a sustainable legacy for future generations. David A Gross seemlessly integrates sustainable design principles into each distinctive project. Proper orientation of buildings and site amenities to prevailing environmental and climatic conditions reveal opportunities for passive heating and cooling design strategies. This attention to orientation enhances interior comfort and convenience while reducing energy and maintenance costs. Innovative design solutions increase quality of life and reduce dependence on carbon-based fuel sources. Careful space planning can meet inhabitant's programming needs while reducing up front building expense and reducuing energy use and maintenance costs during the life of the building. The proper selection of durable, low-maintenance, long-lasting materials contributes to a sustainable project solution by reducing or eliminating material replacement.

	David A. Gross / 970-901-9688 / 1631 Emerson Street 309, Denver CO 80218

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