Through 16 levels and 35,000 m2, Cyan Building in Portland, offers a new sustainable urban lifestyle. Designed with the belief that less can be more, most of its 364 apartments are compact, with about 50 m2. However, environmental strategic systems deliver the “breadth” involving their economic cost. With convenient proximity to urban services and under the LEED Gold certification, the Cyan offers quality over quantity for those who value a high urban density of minimal impact.
The building’s design reflects this priority in each of their scales. Their apartments have large double windows and sliding partitions that allow them to be flexible to be configured in the manner of its users. Besides being compact, they are energetically efficient through their toilet systems dual-flush and showers low flowAnd the use of materials with high recycled content, reducing its footprint to a minimum.
Substantive strategies are also incorporated on a larger scale. 100% of the building’s electricity is derived from renewable resources and set a fan-coil to meet the needs of enfiramiento and heating. His glasses are designed with high performance crystals and artificial lighting with motion sensors, it generates energy savings of 20% of the buildings of the same size.
With its dynamic glass facades and a ground level very well suited to the urban environment, the Cyan fits firmly in that context. However, its proximity to a number of parks designed by Lawrence Halprin, the central courtyard, and a green roof of native species also offer conditions of peace and tranquility to its inhabitants. Rainwater is very abundant in Portland, is captured and filtered by the Housing and stored in a large cistern.
