The following work was developed by 2016 Architecture alumni Travis Armbrister. This thesis project was developed in order to find solutions to the housing needs in Nassau, Bahamas.

1. SITUATION
• The Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) serves approximately 85% of
all electricity consumers in the nation.
• The Bahamas uses daily some 26,000 barrels of imported petroleum to
meet energy needs.
• Relaxed restrictions on land use and zoning
• Deforestation has taken place due to wealthy developers that have erased
and scarified pine forests to erect banal roadside strip malls on virgin
territories.
• One in three families in the Caribbean live in dwellings that are either un
suitable for habitation or are built with poor materials and lack of basic in
frastructure services.
• High urban sprawl and lack of affordable housing that meets energy
needs.
• Lack of public transportation alternatives.
• The BEC grid is unable to handle peak demand in Nassau, which results
in rolling blackouts throughout New Providence. The result of this
unreliable service is that many home owners are forced to install back up
generators.
TASK
• Promote sustainability and smart growth through planning. and new
development
• Encourage walkability by increasing density accesibilty to typical services.
• Design a mixed-use prototype that adds to the above initiatives.
ACTION
• New pedestrian and vehicular connections made to reduce size of large
blocks
• New program and services proposed to increase density and create
continuous street wall.
Lake Killarney
Millars Sound
Lake Cunningham
Bone Fish Pond
Corry Sound
Harold Wilson Pond
Big Pond
Malcolm Creek
Legend
Coastline
Water Bodies
Low Density (R1)
Low/Medium Density (R2)
Medium Density (R3)
Medium/High Density (R4)
High Density Residential (R5)
Commercial - General (C1)
Commercial- Tourist (C2)
City of Nassau Revitalization (C3)
Agriculture (AG)
Airport Zone (AZ)
Institutional - Public, Semi-Public, Community (INSTIT)
Heritage Site (HS)
Commercial/Industrial (M1)
Industrial- Light (M2)
Industrial - Heavy (M3)
Forest (F)
Conservation Forest (CF)
Forest Reserve (FR)
Restricted Development/ Mangroves (MG)
National Park (NATL PARK)
Public Parks/Green Spaces (PPGS)
Vector Data Sets Provided by the Department of Lands & Surveys,
Department of Physical Planning and The BNGIS Centre
Prepared by: Ministry of The Environment Printed: 17th September 2010
FIRST ORDER ZONING MAP OF NEW PROVIDENCE, BAHAMAS
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1:75,000
1 inch equals 1.183712 miles
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Project Type Location Studio | Semester Software Used
Mixed Use Nassau, Bahamas ARCH 502 | Spring 2016 Revit • 3DS Max • V-ray
FOX HILL REVIVAL

2. EXISTING
EXISTING STREETS
PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN +
VEHICULAR CONNECTIONS
PROPOSED PROGRAM
MIXED USE
RESIDENTIAL
CLINIC
GROCERY STORE
LIBRARY
HOMELESS SHELTER
A LAND FOR ARCHITECURE
FOREST TO BE PRESERVED
OPEN SPACE + PEDESTRIAN PATHS
LEGEND
NEW STREETS
SITE
MASTER PLAN

3. STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3
STEP 6
STEP 7
Duplex
Retail
2-Bedrm Apt.
Mechanical
Fitness Center
Laundry
Lobby
LEGEND
1. Louvered Shutters - redirect north east and sout east trade winds
through building for cross ventilation.
2. Sun from the south powers photovoltaic panels and heats water.
3. Cisterns store rain water for reuse.
4. Cespit stores sewage until maximum capacity is exceeded.
5. Reinforeced concrete one-way slab construction. (6” floor slabs)
6. 2x12 glulam rafters form gables.
7. Wooden shakes
8. Skylight allow indirect daylight from the north.
STEP 5
STEP 8
STEP 9
STEP 4
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4. LEVEL 1 SCALE 3/32” = 1’-0”
WEST ELEVATION SCALE 3/32” = 1’-0” EAST ELEVATION SCALE 3/32” = 1’-0”
LEVEL 2 SCALE 3/32” = 1’-0”
LEVEL 3 SCALE: 3/32” = 1’-0”
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LEGEND
1. VENDOR
2. RETAIL
3. LAUNDRY
4. LOBBY
5. OFFICE
6. PARKING
7. BATHROOM
8. STORAGE
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11. KITCHEN
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13. PATIO
14. OPEN SPACE
15. FITNESS ROOM
16. MECHANICAL
SITE PLAN SCALE 1/32” = 1’-0”