Briard es el nombre de una raza canina, de las que además de a sus propios dueños tienen peluqueros a su servicio. Sander, con otras palabras, destaca en la memoria de este proyecto el haber trabajado para este briard casi tanto como su peluquero; el del briard, ovbiamente.
Sander también explica que este es el ejemplar más ecológico de todas sus
HYBRID HOUSE, un sistema "en parte prefabricado y en todo personal". Tratamiento de aguas servidas, captación solar pasiva, enfriamiento estratégico, captura de agua llovida para riego, aislación térmica de géneros reciclados, revestimiento a base de semillas de girasol, suelos de bambú, marmoleum (linóleo), acero reciclado, etc.
Memoria original en inglés::Residence for a Briard came out of conversations with the owners who found an old bungalow in Culver City and initially considered a renovation. After discussions with architect Whitney Sander they realized that they could take advantage of his Hybrid House to build a ground-up duplex for only slightly more than the proposed reno budget.
The gauntlet they threw down: to build the greenest house that had ever come out of the Sander practice.
The challenge: a very tight budget.
The third issue was Hobbes, the Briard for whom the home is named: not only a huge dog but a huge factor that influenced everything from stair design to finishing materials. This is an instance when it was important that a design “go to the dogs.”
Hybrid House was one of the things that attracted the clients to the Sander. The firm’s strong design reputation was important too as the client is one of the founders of the Architectural Foundation of Los Angeles.
The short list: very modern, very green, very dog friendly.
Residence for a Briard is the greenest Hybrid House ever built. Strategies and materials include: greywater systems, passive heating and cooling strategies, cistern to capture rainwater for watering landscaping, recycled blue jean insulation, sunflower seed wall board, bamboo flooring, marmoleum, structural steel frames from recycled steel, and more.
Images and details will be added as this project progresses.
3,000sf
$118 sf - includes site prep, foundation, hookups, all construction.
This is one of our Hybrid House: part prefab, all custom(tm) projects.
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