Japanese Inspired Farm Home
PROJECT SUMMARY
The clients wanted an extremely efficient home, with a large solar array, designed around a number of important Asian pieces of art in their collection. They requested that I head up the design team for this Japanese Inspired Farm House to be built beginning in 2010 on a large tract near the Dog River in Douglasville.
Due to structure size vs. bedroom quantity, the home wont be LEED Certified but will otherwise be built to LEED-H standards.
Among the design prerequisites is a cedar shake roof, but since the home is built in a wooded tornado prone area we decided to use an alternative product and settled on Hanson Cement tiles for their High SRI, superior fire resistance, 125-mph wind rating, and excellent durability rating.
The home was oriented on the lot to maximize the 4kw solar array, with enough space to add another 4kw. For solar shading a 5- to 16-foot covered porch surrounded the home. Twelve-foot ceilings, and cypress decking are to be included along with the following additional features
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
- Custom Shoji Screens by Cherry Tree Design
- 97% of lighting is with CFL bulbs
- 12 foot ceilings
- Elevator
- Hot water supplied from our proprietary tankless system
- HVAC with MERV 10 filters, fresh air intakes, and air cycling system.
- All cabinets are custom made sustainably harvested wood with Low VOC finishes
- Wired for full home automation and sound
- .29 U factor windows & Doors
- The use of passive solar design.
- All trim is sustainably forested hardwoods
- Existing well for irrigation
- Backup generator
- Drought tolerant landscaping
- Asian detailed deck and railing system in cypress
- High Fly Ash content concrete
- Open Web Floor trusses
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