West Side Road | Heliotrope Architects
Project Status
On the Boards
Location
San Juan Island, WA
Positive Energy Scope
MEP Engineering
Project Team
- Architecture: Heliotrope Architects
- Builder: Ravenhill Construction
- Structural Engineering: Swenson Say Faget
- Landscape Architecture: Berger Partnership
- MEP Engineering/Consulting: Positive Energy
Unique Features
- Ground-source heat-pump systems
- Natural ventilation and photovoltaics
- Energy modeling integrated with mechanical design
- Four durable gabled structures organized around a wind-protected courtyard
The Big Idea
West Side Road gathers four durable, low-maintenance structures around a sheltered garden on San Juan Island. Positive Energy's MEP engineering supports a quiet environmental strategy of ground-source conditioning, natural ventilation, photovoltaics, and careful energy modeling. The systems are woven into Heliotrope's landscape-scaled architecture so comfort and resilience feel inherent to the home rather than added to it, preserving the clarity of the gabled forms and their close relationship with the island setting.
Photography Credits
Great residential MEP work for world-class architecture is rarely seen because our coordination disappears behind walls and into refined details—it simply works as it should. The visual artists who communicate the spirit of these homes so brilliantly remind us that what we create is beautiful because it is the sum of many parts becoming a whole. Please visit Heliotrope Architects' West Side Road profile for more beautiful work by Notion Workshop.