LEED House “Like A Houseboat”

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2014/01/leed-house-like-houseboat.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="LEED House “Like A Houseboat”" border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmOTuO24VSaKiTOj_M4Q4DozdFOjdEEyxTlWdfHCXS-7qoat9e_258J5JWsmmwxBXoB3A0azy3mNCPMaCIv26ooXgYOyrGUGakhstwQZBSP6eR1CaJ2oDTC4TyB2qOUWgfaiAAQVYB88/s640/26-texas-contemporary-home-like-houseboat.jpg" title="LEED House “Like A Houseboat”" width="640" /></a></div>Shipley Architects has created completely a sustainable house in 2008, it is called "like a houseboat".<br /><a name="more"></a>This contemporary house was named that because of this house is floated above poor soil on steel beams. LEED Platinum was received "like a houseboat". Many kind of home technologies feature this house more eco-friendly and might able adapt with the natural environment such as geothermal heating and cooling system, reusing wood planks.</div><br />Architects: <a href="http://www.shipleyarchitects.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shipley Architects</a><br />Location: Dallas, Texas, USA<br />Architect In Charge: Dan Shipley<br />Builder: Rick Fontenot of <a href="http://constructivegc.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Constructive General Contractors</a><br />Client: Rick & Julie Fontenot<br />Area: 1,490 sqm<br />Year: 2008<br />Photographs: <a href="http://www.csphoto.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Charles Davis Smith</a><br /><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Like a Houseboat by Shipley Architects</span>:</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">“Based on location alone, this 1,490-square-foot house takes significant steps toward a reduced carbon footprint. It’s part of Urban Reserve, a development of modern residences in Dallas that sits near a light-rail station and a hiking and biking trail. Along with this proximity to green transportation options, the zero-lot-line community encourages space- efficient house designs. “Just the way it’s planned automatically puts Urban Reserve into a more sustainable category,” says Dan Shipley, FAIA, principal of Dallas-based Shipley Architects.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">But he and the homeowners took the project much further into green territory, ultimately achieving LEED Platinum status. The clients “did all the LEED paperwork,” Shipley confides. “That allowed us to concentrate on designing the house.”</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">One of their biggest challenges was the site’s poor soil quality. The property was once a landfill, and its weak, expansive soil has a low bearing capacity. But Shipley and his staff came up with a creative, cost-effective solution: They floated the house above the earth on steel beams supported by concrete piers. This siting method upped the home’s green quotient, due to its minimal disturbance of the land. The design team even managed to incorporate salvaged wood—2-inch-by-12-inch planks from the dance floor at the clients’ wedding—into the main floor frame.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A geothermal system heats and cools the house, as is the case in many of the firm’s recent projects. “We’ve been doing geothermal a lot lately,” Shipley says. “People like the idea of it. It uses natural means for the heat exchange, and it gets rid of awkward, clumsy condensing units.” Pressure-treated wood that typically would be used for porch flooring makes an unconventional siding material. “It just goes up quickly,” he notes. And a ramp of metal grating creates a more substantial entry passage into the 20-foot-wide home. “In small houses, the question is always, How do you have a sense of arrival and movement?” he says. “Once you do go in the front door, you’re right there at the kitchen island. The ramp was a way of leveraging or extending the sense of arrival.” The gang-plank-like ramp, along with the home’s compact, floating nature, inspired the nickname “Like a Houseboat."<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tkwhXQAiwx90QUsJE6LoN1nOL5zAtjHMY7Ov17VhHENIFoucjddbM8-VnwUMx93QgcA9j9rDb_rl6HCsc2mU66JazjqHrMuEOimpHixVfBg7o9tHLsXN3nz2tXrOfLmIgPuCOT6UEys/s1600/07-garage-contemporary-home-like-houseboat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="garage contemporary home like houseboat" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7tkwhXQAiwx90QUsJE6LoN1nOL5zAtjHMY7Ov17VhHENIFoucjddbM8-VnwUMx93QgcA9j9rDb_rl6HCsc2mU66JazjqHrMuEOimpHixVfBg7o9tHLsXN3nz2tXrOfLmIgPuCOT6UEys/s640/07-garage-contemporary-home-like-houseboat.jpg" title="garage contemporary home like houseboat" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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LEED House “Like A Houseboat”

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Wooden Sustainable House by Jendretzki

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2013/11/wooden-sustainable-house-by-jendretzki.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Wooden Sustainable House by Jendretzki" border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wIsIUPKoIdEM3EA4TTDFmy19bKM3xqDVQPflq4_Dpjr1de3ObGBNFAv5wDKXn9rlqVnPutqMbkep9IqT9UHVcdF-qQ_VIYh02PfbgvruDvdwbuyyKfOm8qrlY2qqGv8l04l5KaVmb8A/s640/Wooden-Sustainable-House-by-Jendretzki-01.jpg" title="Wooden Sustainable House by Jendretzki" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A contemporay house has been designed by Pablo Jendretzki that is located in Sag Harbor, New York, USA. <br /><a name="more"></a>The Argentine architect renovates this residence with extending green touch, sustainable home concept such as installing active energy technologies. This house is mainly constructed of wood, adapting the surrounding natural environmental view.</div><br />Architects: <a href="http://www.jendretzki.com/" target="_blank">Jendretzki Design and Planning Consultant</a><br />Location: Sag Harbor, NY, USA<br />Architect of Record: Sal Croce<br />Design Consultant: Pablo Jendretzki<br />Contractor: Tim Mott, Sag Harbor<br />Client: Debora Oppenheimer<br />Landscape Designer: Maria Jose Recabarren<br />Project year: 2009<br />Photographs: Jendretzki<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHsGgd-TTjc6NI8HB-TcxrF2GBiuUwJlruk4CAqCxC0Ssasj1OC4DCma_sKCcqrh4G2MHAdS_vpj3uTlLrzqlgX8860SRpXQHcGvIuj08NV0NxzKwD7F0ogHxmYo-TFqiV4FP60TnYus/s1600/Wooden-Sustainable-House-by-Jendretzki-17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Wooden Sustainable House by Jendretzki" border="0" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHsGgd-TTjc6NI8HB-TcxrF2GBiuUwJlruk4CAqCxC0Ssasj1OC4DCma_sKCcqrh4G2MHAdS_vpj3uTlLrzqlgX8860SRpXQHcGvIuj08NV0NxzKwD7F0ogHxmYo-TFqiV4FP60TnYus/s640/Wooden-Sustainable-House-by-Jendretzki-17.jpg" title="Wooden Sustainable House by Jendretzki" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeeQ_0EIFRG10LOMdvRmYJ-8TkbVFjdE6Vua552oGzQkwjdAiTTIt90kZ0rLTFoBxXLPpZXebuqCKyPWf07zvAd3gTjZC8iqRgr4kF5lJvVL2jqjGe6BPqNvKMnJrJ5BoxUFO6xusQYY/s1600/Wooden-Sustainable-House-by-Jendretzki-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Wooden Sustainable House by Jendretzki" border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFeeQ_0EIFRG10LOMdvRmYJ-8TkbVFjdE6Vua552oGzQkwjdAiTTIt90kZ0rLTFoBxXLPpZXebuqCKyPWf07zvAd3gTjZC8iqRgr4kF5lJvVL2jqjGe6BPqNvKMnJrJ5BoxUFO6xusQYY/s640/Wooden-Sustainable-House-by-Jendretzki-15.jpg" title="Wooden Sustainable House by Jendretzki" width="640" /></a></div><br /><h2><span style="font-size: small;">Sag Harbor House in the Woods by Jendretzki:</span></h2><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: justify;">Set on an area called “Mount Misery” this house is now setting the wave of renovations imitating it, as lawmakers try to change the street name, which if done, will double the property valuations overnight.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This existing house was re-designed to connect the exterior with the interior spaces.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The gardens and forested exterior areas are the appeal of the context which were activated by opening up sidewalls, creating porches, connecting them with decks, terraces and stairs, and bringing as much light as possible into the house, and by doing so, bringing in also the green views.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The exterior decks and stairs also blend the different elevations of the exterior grade in a way that enhances the flow rather than obstruct it.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Much of the interest effort was put in the detail of the woodwork. Given that the architect had a very low budget to work with, without adding cost or amount of materials, he used opportunities such as railings, steps, benches, pergolas, siding, and joints to produce a more delicate and exquisite environment.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Although not LEED certified, the house renovation was conceived with green systems in mind such as solar paneling on the roofs, rain water collection for grey waters, environmentally sound materials such as cork and recycled wood and acrylic composites, energy efficient appliances, and HVAC systems, and cross ventilation.</div><br /></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>All exterior wood work such as decks, pergolas and stairs was fabricated with recycled cedar. 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Wooden Sustainable House by Jendretzki

A contemporay house has been designed by Pablo Jendretzki that is located in Sag Harbor, New York, USA. The Argentine architect renovates th...

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LEED Platinum Residence, Kerchum Residence

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2013/11/LEED-Platinum-Residence-Kerchum-Residence.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="LEED Platinum Residence, Kerchum Residence" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJC5h8fpy7MzEk2zbL5dBXbeHfAWunPcIMjrQHXxDwmB1v10KFfLsDElGPkgU5ayviifamB8uL2feRyaaF-UtM2xNZfF-G1Uko0yBW_FMlyAKOveQnA4K7tmST_ix8Lgi0wCEpCXN917Y/s1600/LEED-Platinum-Residence-Kerchum-Residence-01.jpg" title="LEED Platinum Residence, Kerchum Residence" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Kerchum Residence is a <a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/search/label/Contemporary%20Home" target="_blank">contemporary home</a> that was designed by <a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/search/label/Frits%20de%20Vries%20Architect" target="_blank">Frits de Vries Architect</a> and located in Vancouver, <a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/search/label/Canada" target="_blank">Canada</a>. </span><br /><a name="more"></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Kerchum Residence receives the first <a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/search/label/LEED%20Platinum" target="_blank">LEED Platinum</a><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/search/label/LEED-certified" target="_blank">certified</a> in western Canada and it also gets 2011 <a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/search/label/RAIC%20Award" target="_blank">RAIC Award</a> of Excellence for Green Building. This <a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/search/label/Eco-Friendly%20Home" target="_blank">eco-friendly residence</a> features passive and active technologies for providing comfort, supplying energy needs, and providing a healthy living. At least, <a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/search/label/Green%20Roof%20Idea" target="_blank">Green roof</a>, <a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/search/label/Rain%20Water%20System" target="_blank">rain water harvesting</a>, heating and cooling system, <a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/search/label/Radiant%20Floor" target="_blank">radiant floor</a>, <a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/search/label/Large%20Glass%20Window" target="_blank">large glass door and windows</a> are installed to this contemporary residence. <a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/search/label/Sustainable%20House%20Design" target="_blank">Sustainable home design</a> is a main attention of this residence beside facade and comfort.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Architect: <b><a href="http://www.frits.ca/frits/Welcome.html">Frits de Vries Architect Ltd.</a></b><br />Location: <b>Vancouver, <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/tag/british-columbia/" title="Posts tagged with British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, Canada</b><br />Project Team: <b>Frits de Vries (MAIBC, MRAIC), Patrick Warren</b><br />Structural Engineer: <b><a href="http://www.eqcanada.com/">Equilibrium Consulting Inc.</a></b><br />Builder: <b>Galen Evans, <a href="http://www.nbhb.ca/">Natural Balance Home Builders Inc.</a></b><br />Landscape Design: <b>Claire Kennedy Design</b><br />Interior Design: <b>Patrick Warren</b><br />Sustainable Building Advisor: <b>Orianne Johnson, <a href="http://www.archdaily.com/tag/frits-de-vries-architect/" title="Posts tagged with Frits de Vries Architect">Frits de Vries Architect</a>Ltd.</b><br />Green Rating/Energy Model: <b>Troy Glasner, E3 Ecogroup</b><br />LEED Service Provider: <b>Andriana Beauchemin, E3 Ecogroup</b><br />Project Area: <b>3,068</b><br />Project Year: <b>2009</b><br />Photographs: <b><a href="http://lucasfinlay.com/">Lucas Finlay</a> and Courtesy of Frits de Vries Architect</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVEoZOB2kMIrAedtIXWEHh29e2CHPTpEIchi1RQ_MvZ4kA3cxEced6KfFo19lPMTtwOO5fLHORegWkx89NgjG9-ElXoWVv0zz3xA0_qg-rlFX3e1IHx4gi-HVwiVnGLhSIdXuf4AfJYw/s1600/LEED-Platinum-Residence-Kerchum-Residence-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="LEED Platinum Residence, Kerchum Residence" border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVEoZOB2kMIrAedtIXWEHh29e2CHPTpEIchi1RQ_MvZ4kA3cxEced6KfFo19lPMTtwOO5fLHORegWkx89NgjG9-ElXoWVv0zz3xA0_qg-rlFX3e1IHx4gi-HVwiVnGLhSIdXuf4AfJYw/s1600/LEED-Platinum-Residence-Kerchum-Residence-02.jpg" title="LEED Platinum Residence, Kerchum Residence" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXe9kUhWaAuCae5c4mCMibCWUuMklR2t90-8lfIrOxZNQx5HxCcWgfrcQrRJK2MjTnuvvWk8yeoRtz13JuL5dwRmxcy3arGI2yJZFIUgXKVe142kJoLs0AMbsPog7OfQWTXXZ37vqM4I/s1600/LEED-Platinum-Residence-Kerchum-Residence-26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="LEED Platinum Residence, Kerchum Residence" border="0" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXe9kUhWaAuCae5c4mCMibCWUuMklR2t90-8lfIrOxZNQx5HxCcWgfrcQrRJK2MjTnuvvWk8yeoRtz13JuL5dwRmxcy3arGI2yJZFIUgXKVe142kJoLs0AMbsPog7OfQWTXXZ37vqM4I/s1600/LEED-Platinum-Residence-Kerchum-Residence-26.jpg" title="LEED Platinum Residence, Kerchum Residence" width="640" /></a></div><h2><span style="font-size: small;">Kerchum Residence by Frits de Vries Architect</span>:</h2><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">“The design is a response to the clients’ appreciation of modern architecture and desire for a flexible plan, accommodating entertaining, intimacy and the potential for a growing family. The goal was to create large integrated indoor and outdoor entertaining spaces without sacrificing a sense of domestic intimacy for the young couple. The design explores the potential for diversity of spatial experience within the constraints of a standard rectilinear city lot. The interior-exterior relationships of the multiple outdoor patios and gardens are formed integrally within the architectural framework, so that the whole site becomes a cohesive living space.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Sectionally, the house is made up of two parts that are connected by a central stair. The first part is two-stories with high ceilings and a roof-deck, the second is three-stories above grade, with moderate ceiling heights, and another story below grade opening onto a sunken courtyard. The open stair is lit from above by skylight, and daylight floods into the interconnected floor spaces as a result of this open vertical stair element.</span></i><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Light is considered in the house as a means of defining scale and intimacy in the space. This is demonstrated in the main floor Living / Dining Room. South light is filtered through an intimately scaled front window with horizontal wood fins, moderating the direct southern exposure and defining the private realm from the street. A narrow skylight along the length of the main living space provides soft light from above, lending an introspective quality to the otherwise large and open space. The north wall of the room is made up of large glass sliding doors, opening to the rear patio and garden. The large overhang ensures that the light is even and diffuse. The residence is oriented and designed for passive solar usage, and the relationship of windows to their overhangs also maximizes solar gain in the winter, and controls it in the summer.</span><br /><i><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The construction of a well insulated building envelope, with high quality triple glazing allows this home to maintain a high level of energy efficiency while accommodating large glass areas. A high efficiency heating / cooling system, including air to water heat pump, heat recovery, and in-floor radiant heat, as well as rooftop solar hot water heating was integrated into the design and construction. Planted roof areas establish a connection between the interiors and the gardens on all levels of the house, and also reduce heat reflectance and rainwater runoff.</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Landscape design on all levels makes use of native, drought tolerant plant species to minimize water usage. Rainwater harvesting and storage provide water that is required for the landscaping. The approach to the project was very collaborative, and a strong working relationship was established between the architect, client / builder, landscape designer and energy rater. The success of the built project was the result of a shared vision between the professionals involved: to develop a home that integrates strong design and high-end finishing with sustainable building practices, and conscious choice for energy reduction and environmentally preferable products.”</span></i></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoeIDpeJWJ5Yz7-UQlmDsyZ9otrFHK_wXrVBdoyfFBeF-4PbbdlxWEmqXqF7SzeH9fyhePCnIGXvGoKmTNWYg4liViynUbLHhk2FO01ZZPBiwkqmfXUl4NWnM-ly4nek21cmGA2X2IXE/s1600/LEED-Platinum-Residence-Kerchum-Residence-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="LEED Platinum Residence, Kerchum Residence" border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoeIDpeJWJ5Yz7-UQlmDsyZ9otrFHK_wXrVBdoyfFBeF-4PbbdlxWEmqXqF7SzeH9fyhePCnIGXvGoKmTNWYg4liViynUbLHhk2FO01ZZPBiwkqmfXUl4NWnM-ly4nek21cmGA2X2IXE/s1600/LEED-Platinum-Residence-Kerchum-Residence-03.jpg" title="LEED Platinum Residence, Kerchum Residence" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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LEED Platinum Residence, Kerchum Residence

Kerchum Residence is a contemporary home that was designed by Frits de Vries Architect and located in Vancouver, Canada . Kerchum Residenc...

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