Bernalillo County Tiny Homes
Overview
This project was to bring New Mexico its first tiny homes transitional housing village for Bernalillo County. Our design included the mechanical and electrical design for 30 free standing structures, a community restroom, and a large main communal building. To assist with construction cost and schedule, uniform systems and equipment sizes were designed for all similar structures to allow for repeatable construction.
design scope
Mechanically ultra-high efficient single zone variable refrigerant flow (VRF) split systems were utilized to condition the free standing tiny homes and the remote single occupancy restroom building. Each tiny home incorporated an individual wet pipe fire sprinkler system for the life safety serviced by the site fire protection system. The main communal building incorporated forced air furnaces with direct expansion split system cooling coils to meet zoning and load requirements. The air conditioning system served the kitchen, dining, laundry, private offices, recreational spaces, library, and locker’s area. The restroom groups are served by individually zoned tempered domestic water system to assist in limited water usage and potential scolding. The full laundry and kitchen are provided with domestic hot and cold water and standard commercial grade sanitary waste systems. The entire communal village house is protected by a wet pipe fire sprinkler system, while the roof drainage is designed to be collected and harvested for site and garden watering.