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Courtyard.
The basic structure consists of a poured-in-place The house, which was previously featured in the
concrete armature that cradles a number of wood-clad Winter 2016 issue of ARCHITECTUREDC, employs a
“cartridges” housing distinct functions. The heavy, rough number of sustainability strategies. The heavy concrete
concrete frame braces the house against seismic forces, armature serves as a thermal mass, absorbing heat by
while the wood-clad volumes visually connect the day and gradually radiating it to the interior by night. In
structure to the surrounding trees. Spatial “fissures” warm weather, motorized windows and louvers admit
between the concrete and wood elements allude to the cool air coming off the bay, while warmer air is exhausted
shifting tectonic plates that have defined the topography through the stair tower (and, ultimately, a hot-yoga room
of the region. The architecture plays up various at the top of the tower). Electrical power is provided by
juxtapositions: between heavy and light, between rough recycled electric car batteries fed by a solar array.
and refined, and between public and private.
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