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Vetter ArchitectsThe client’s request was quite common - a typical 2800 sf builder home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living space, and den. However, their desire was for this to be “anything but common.” The result is an innovative update on the production home for the modern era, and serves as a direct counterpoint to the neighborhood and its more conventional suburban housing stock, which focus views to the backyard and seeks to nullify the unique qualities and challenges of topography and the natural environment.
The Terraced House cautiously steps down the site’s steep topography, resulting in a more nuanced approach to site development than cutting and filling that is so common in the builder homes of the area. The compact house opens up in very focused views that capture the natural wooded setting, while masking the sounds and views of the directly adjacent roadway. The main living spaces face this major roadway, effectively flipping the typical orientation of a suburban home, and the main entrance pulls visitors up to the second floor and halfway through the site, providing a sense of procession and privacy absent in the typical suburban home.
Clad in a custom rain screen that reflects the wood of the surrounding landscape - while providing a glimpse into the interior tones that are used. The stepping “wood boxes” rest on a series of concrete walls that organize the site, retain the earth, and - in conjunction with the wood veneer panels - provide a subtle organic texture to the composition.
The interior spaces wrap around an interior knuckle that houses public zones and vertical circulation - allowing more private spaces to exist at the edges of the building. The windows get larger and more frequent as they ascend the building, culminating in the upstairs bedrooms that occupy the site like a tree house - giving views in all directions.
The Terraced House imports urban qualities to the suburban neighborhood and seeks to elevate the typical approach to production home construction, while being more in tune with modern family living patterns.
Overview
Elm Grove
Size
2,800 sf
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
Completion Date
September 2014
Services
Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Interior Consultants: Amy Carman Design
Steve Gotter
American Home ContractorsJames HardiePlank 7" Exposure Cedarmill (Khaki Brown)
James HardieTrim NT3 (Timberbark)
James Hardie Non-Ventilated Soffits
GAF American Harvest (Golden Harvest)
6" Gutters & Downspouts (Classic Brown)
Leaftech Gutter Guards
AZEK Deck (Kona)
AZEK Lighted Posts & Railings (Kona)
AZEK Rimboards (Sedona)
Clopay Coachmen Garage Doors
Boral TruExterior Trim (Painted to Match Siding & Trim)
Fypon Bracket BKT25X25 (Painted to Match Siding & Trim)
MidAmerican Louvred Shutters (Classic Blue)
Property located in East Hanover, NJ
Work performed by American Home Contractors, Florham Park, NJ
Painting done by Monk's Painting, Chatham, NJ
The Artisans Group, Inc.This prefabricated 1,800 square foot Certified Passive House is designed and built by The Artisans Group, located in the rugged central highlands of Shaw Island, in the San Juan Islands. It is the first Certified Passive House in the San Juans, and the fourth in Washington State. The home was built for $330 per square foot, while construction costs for residential projects in the San Juan market often exceed $600 per square foot. Passive House measures did not increase this projects’ cost of construction.
The clients are retired teachers, and desired a low-maintenance, cost-effective, energy-efficient house in which they could age in place; a restful shelter from clutter, stress and over-stimulation. The circular floor plan centers on the prefabricated pod. Radiating from the pod, cabinetry and a minimum of walls defines functions, with a series of sliding and concealable doors providing flexible privacy to the peripheral spaces. The interior palette consists of wind fallen light maple floors, locally made FSC certified cabinets, stainless steel hardware and neutral tiles in black, gray and white. The exterior materials are painted concrete fiberboard lap siding, Ipe wood slats and galvanized metal. The home sits in stunning contrast to its natural environment with no formal landscaping.
Photo Credit: Art Gray
Durham Designs & Consulting, LLCWall-mount exterior lights with an arched entry and solid mahogany arched door compliment the bay window with copper roof.
Photos taken by Sean Busher [www.seanbusher.com]. Photos owned by Durham Designs & Consulting, LLC.
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