Imagine your mornings differently. You roll out of bed, have a
not so quick breakfast and take the stairs down to your office.
Yes, the stairs! No cars, no trains, no rush hours… This is the
lifestyle that Suzanne Steelman and Eric Laine envision with
their LiveWork project design. It might sound like a story from
the past but it is actually a vision for the sustainable future.
With their LiveWork project for a net zero carbon development in
Athens, Georgia, USA, Suzanne Steelman and Eric Laine from the
Clemson School of Architecture won the first prize of the Dow
Solar Design to Zero competition. The aim is to reduce carbon
emissions in the built environment and live in an
environmentally friendly way, while enjoying a feeling of
community at the same time. Like other examples of zero carbon
developments, such as c_life in Helsinki, LiveWork stresses on
the importance of behavioural change in order to truly bring
about a sustainable way of living. The architects of the
LiveWork project in Georgia define a ne