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Camp Twin Lakes TreeHouse – Green House Design by Lord, Aeck & Sargent Posted: 07 Mar 2013 04:07 AM PST Designed with serve educational space for learning about nature and sustainability in Camp Twin Lakes Rutledge – Georgia, the Atlanta based architecture firm Lord, Aeck & Sargent design a "Green House" treehouse for a camp. This Treehouse constructed as an extension to Camp Twin Lakes, a camp dedicated to kids with special needs, this treehouse is not only beautiful, fun and kid friendly, but green. The treehouse has a 1,700 square-foot roof garden, domed skylights, 1.4 kW solar array that powers the ceiling fans and misting system, two composting toilets, and a foundation built from wooden telephone poles. The design includes one octagonal-shaped main space in the center – used primarily for environmental arts and crafts – with a series of four, multi-sided spaces. Another space with built-in bench seating forms an arc of about 270 degrees and is used for the camp's drumming program. A smaller space is used for storytelling and small group activities. The other two spaces, which flank the doorway to the main space, are a utility room and a staff/storage room. Combined, the main interior room and four smaller spaces, along with an upper level overlook, known as the "bird's nest" because it is located amid the boughs of a large oak tree, comprise 1,200 square feet of enclosed space surrounded by a 600-square-foot covered deck. The enclosed area has floor-to-ceiling windows with double layer screens. The intent of the "Wild Side" was to get the children outdoors and away from mechanically conditioned spaces, though the special needs of the children did necessitate some protection from hot Georgia summers. The treehouse has ceiling fans in the main rooms and a mister system that runs through the eaves; these two systems combined make the air in and around the treehouse noticeably cooler by at least 8 degrees The post Camp Twin Lakes TreeHouse – Green House Design by Lord, Aeck & Sargent appeared first on Home & House Design Ideas | Interior. No related posts.

Contemporary Orchard East House by Wheeler Kearns Architects Posted: 06 Mar 2013 04:08 PM PST Located in Chicago – Illinois, this contemporary house created by Illinois based architects Wheeler Kearns. This house designed with modern architectural and structural so look beautiful in interior and exterior. This urban residence is a warm, intimate home for a family of four that can transform into a place of assembly as needed and has an integral connection between interior and exterior experiences. A collaborative design process led to architectural and structural innovations that include vertically post-tensioned concrete thermal mass with forty foot cantilevers; pultruded fiberglass wide-flanges, filled with closed cell spray foam insulation, sheathed in aerated autoclaved concrete and pigmented cement stucco; thermally broken floor to ceiling glass curtain wall and sliding door system. Light and air courts, terminating in a series of reflecting pools, perforate the volume and extend vertically through the house to distribute reflected light, and activate the interior with rain and snow; further reinforcing the blurred boundaries of interior and exterior space. The post Contemporary Orchard East House by Wheeler Kearns Architects appeared first on Home & House Design Ideas | Interior. No related posts.

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