ClimateAs we confront the geographic and epistemic challenges of climate change and other environmental threats, it’s important to remember that architects and builders have long utilized both the mechanisms of climate management and the theoretical and conceptual frameworks in their work. Passive energy efficient and architectural design technologies of conservation that address climate problems in existence for millenia. Today’s climate crisis necessitates that we once again embrace the design heritage that defines La Luz.
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EnvironmentThe combination of ecological consciousness with historical building traditions that define La Luz have created a path to sustainable design and better living. A mixed income cluster housing community designed in harmony with its surroundings, La Luz still has lessons to teach to the next generations of designers, builders and developers.
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CommunityGrown out of conversations between Ray Graham and Didier Raven, Antoine Predock’s La Luz del Oeste embraces communal spaces that encourage a harmonious interaction of individual activities and shared events. The time for purposeful living is here once again, as more people are looking to the past to define what it is to live in a community that nurtures meaningful relationships with people and the land.
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LA LUZ:
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where ecological consciousness meets historical building traditions |
The La Luz del Oeste Foundation seeks grants to help preserve the unique historical La Luz community and to facilitate meaningful outreach and education to the wider community about the benefits of a planned development that preserves land in common and utilizes sustainable materials and design.
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