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ROSE Port

This zero energy, earthquake-ready carport is a scalable model for community resilience.

An areial view, capturing the ROSE Port in the foreground and the overall campus in the background.
A view looking up the road to the east with a great view of the mass plywood panels from under the roof and the cedar cladding around the rainwater cistern.
A resident using the car charger at ROSE Port
A view of the ROSE Port from the road, showing the mass plywood roof panels, glulam posts, battery storage and rollup doors for storage.
A view of the 17.82 kW rooftop solar array and wall mounted battery storage.
A view of residents using the emergency supplies stored inside the ROSE Port.
A resident using the water filtration system at ROSE Port
A view of the ROSE Port from the pedestrian walking path with campus buildings in the background. In the foreground is the rainwater cistern clad in cedar.
Project Scope
Architecture, Construction, Resiliency Planning
Project Stats

Design: 881 square-foot carport

Certification: Net Zero Living Future (in progress)

Energy, Carbon and Health

17.82-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system and energy storage

EV charging

Earthquake-ready construction 

Mass plywood roof panels, FSC-certified glulams and incense cedar screen  

3,100-gallon rainwater collection and filtration

Press: Oregon Home, February 2026; Environments for Aging, February 2026 

Collaborations: Photos by Bill Purcell, video by Casey Nolan Productions 

 

Project Description

The ROSE Port combines rainwater collection, water purification, solar power, and energy storage to help sustain RoseVilla residents and staff for up to a week when the grid is down. Designed to be both beautiful and highly functional, it demonstrates that resilient infrastructure can be beautiful. 

Built to Risk Category 4 seismic standards, the ROSE Port is designed to remain safe and usable immediately after a major earthquake. Equipped with a 3,100-gallon water tank, the ROSE Port captures rainwater, which is filtered and UV-purified on-site. In an emergency, the system can provide RoseVilla’s residents and staff—about 450 people—with one gallon of drinking water per day for a week. 

During a power outage, residents can charge phones and staff can power essential communication tools and critical medical devices with power generated from the rooftop solar array and stored in on-site batteries. 

The structure itself reflects RoseVilla’s commitment to sustainability. The roof is built from mass plywood panels, a low-carbon alternative to steel or conventional timber, while the posts and beams are made from FSC-certified glulam. An incense-cedar screen, developed in partnership with the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, conceals the water tank. The concrete foundation was salvaged from the site’s original structure to reduce material use. 

Learn more about ROSE Port in this Knowledge Hub article. 

Thanks to our partners, including Elemental Energy, Oregon Rain Harvesting, Freres Engineered Wood, and Sustainable Northwest Wood.

"Thank you to Laura Squillace for your vision, support, and architecture brilliance. You and the entire Green Hammer Design Build team are unbelievable partners in our quest to make the world in which we live better through how we build and operate our community with sustainabilty and resiliency at the forefront of our decisions."