LotusOne

a ROW 2.0 Initiative

[1.0]

Lotus | Summary

Lotus One (1.0) maintains and increases the scope to the initial vision of the Green Dorm Project for an

“evolving”, “influential”, “flexible”, and “desirable” living and learning facility. Lotus One will act as an incubator for holistic and sustainable solutions through the dynamics of living spaces. The name, stemming from the original Lotus Living Laboratory concept, embodies the significance and function of the lotus flower as a sym- bol of resilience through sustainable and adaptive pathways. To promote these pathways, Lotus One will be a forum for interdisciplinary innovation, spanning from alternative energy systems to human behaviour and environmental education. This proposal outlines the construction of Lotus One as the foundation and center- piece of a larger synergistic complex on the surrounding property. This is the new Mayfield Row, or “ROW 2.0” (Reinventing Our World): an adaptive model system for future high-density communities and campus residences. As important as this project is to meeting a growing demand for housing and sustainable campus development, it is most important in meeting the demand for innovation in sustainable living, where students form a new channel with staff and faculty to collectively pursue scalable projects and ventures both within and outside the context of Stanford. Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26