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A pair of townhouses that face
one another over a drivable courtyard, these two houses are like
siblings—related but not identical. They both have three floors
with generous living spaces and interior gardens that are open
to above so that the core of each house is a green living space.
Much of the extensive glazing will be a multi-wall translucent
material often used in greenhouses in order to allow in light
but retain privacy.
The front house is on the street
and so it orients outwards from the lot, with a two-car garage
accessible directly from the street. Behind the garage, a
“garden room” that can be used as a family room or den, will
have large sliders that open the room to its own small exterior
garden. The main communal living spaces are on the second floor,
with the bedrooms on the third floor and access to a small roof
garden.
The rear house orients to a
generous exterior garden on the rear of the house. The main
living spaces on this level so that when the large sliders are
open it creates a large indoor/outdoor living room. The second
floor has a family room with a “balcony library”—the walkway
surrounding the double-height space is lined with bookshelves.
Bedrooms are on the third floor with access to a small roof
garden.
Green materials and strategies
will include passive heating and cooling, natural daylighting,
bamboo flooring, translucent acrylic glazing, kitchen cabinetry
from FSC-certified wood, recycled glass countertops, low-flush
toilets, low VOC paint, and more.
2071 sf (front house) (3331 if
you include garage, balcony and roof)
2272 sf (rear house) (3598 if you
include garage, balcony and roof)
Images and details will be added
as this project develops.
This is one of our Hybrid House: part prefab, all custom(tm) projects. >>Read more about HYBRID HOUSE. |
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