The mural wall and both basins from the air, the limestone rill leading in.

Supportive senior community · San Antonio

Towne Twin

Fountains
3
Loop
Closed
Solar
100 W
Grid draw
0

The sun runs the water, and the water cleans itself.

Permanent supportive housing for seniors who reached homelessness late in life. One hard limit: no utility bill, no grid tie. So the water runs in a closed loop — three fountains linked by a limestone rill, cleaned on site with biochar and lime, the overflow taken by a limestone-edged bioswale — on 100 W of sun.

Native habitat planted at the height of a chair. Built pro bono with HFCC: about 200 hours of Noon time, given.

Towne Twin · filmStone, the court, water, in flower · 1 min 10
The court from the air in February: the cast basin with the solar panel beside it, the limestone rill being laid toward the basins under the mural wall.
Key
1Cast basinCast on site; first on the loop
2The rillLimestone, cut and laid by hand
3BasinsThe second and third fountains
4100 W panelThe only power on the system
5Mural wallExisting
The limestone rill running with water, lined block by block, the court beyond.
The rill, runningBasin to basin on the fall of the ground.
The cast concrete fountain standing among blanketflowers beside the rill.
Cast fountainCast on site; the second on the loop.
The court in evening light: the cast basin, the laid limestone rill, the mulched bed and two benches.
The court, laidBasin, rill and bed, before the planting went in.
The rill in flower seen from above, the mural wall behind.
The rill, in flowerBlanketflower and blackfoot daisy along the water.
The cast fountain at the head of the rill, blanketflowers around it.
At the head of the rillThe fountain, the first spring.
A solar-powered fountain running beside planted beds.
Running · 100 W of sunThe jet, on the sun alone.
Residents at the fountain on planting day.
Planting dayBuilt pro bono with HFCC; the residents planted the beds.
The limestone rill running between blackfoot daisies at Towne Twin, the mural wall behind.
The rill · in flowerHabitat, at the height of a chair.