Modern Rock House, The Pierre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2014/10/modern-rock-house-pierre.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Modern Rock House facede The Pierre" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-E9T5MjQbjAPQggE2ufR1daumz2Xk88P_fA8e1rPbtxE05-mjKJxwDBfFT8iEmm-m8R41SeSkEyea5bHYjWtNQh0q2iTl3cRuOPbOxp1AQEJYImVqRkWTSvYCo2hrhfSEgDcxrKA7D-Q/s1600/Modern-Rock-House-The-Pierre-05.jpg" title="Modern Rock House facede The Pierre" width="482" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The Pierre, a modern rock house located in San Juan Island, Washington was completely built. <a href="http://www.olsonkundigarchitects.com/" target="_blank">Olson Kundig Architects</a> designed the modern house<br /><a name="more"></a>that seems oppressed in the middle of the two rocky hills. Rock materials decorate every corners for decorating interior and facade, even excavated native stone was also added to aggregate concrete for flooring. Combination of classic and contemporary interior decorates the spaces without ignoring of utilization of native stone. Large glass windows let natural light come inside and become a fresh view looked from inside. Green roof full of grass gives the impression of natural garden grows on roof surrounded by the rocks.<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Pierre by Olson Kundig Architects</span>:</h3><blockquote class="tr_bq">“The owner’s affection for a stone outcropping on her property and the views from its peak inspired the design of this house. Conceived as a bunker nestled into the rock, the Pierre, the French word for stone, celebrates the materiality of the site. From certain angles, the house – with its rough materials, encompassing stone, green roof and surrounding foliage – almost disappears into nature.<br />To set the house deep into the site, portions of the rock outcropping were excavated using a combination of machine work and handwork. The contractor used large drills to set the outline of the building, then used dynamite, hydraulic chippers, a selection of wire saws and other hand tools, working with finer and finer implements as construction progressed. Excavated rock was re-used as crushed aggregate in the concrete flooring. Excavation marks were left exposed on all the stonework, a reminder of the building process.<br />With the exception of a separate guest suite, the Pierre functions on one main level, with an open plan kitchen, dining and living space. A wood-clad storage box (made with siding reclaimed from a Lionel Pries-designed house) transitions from outside to inside the house. Its two large bookcases open to provide concealed access to laundry and kitchen storage. A large pivoting steel and glass door opens for access to an outdoor terrace. Set at a right angle to the main spaces, a master suite features a custom designed bed with a leather headboard and footboard set in the middle of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves.<br />Throughout the house, the rock extrudes into the space, contrasting with the luxurious textures of the furnishings. Interior and exterior fireplace hearths are carved out of existing stone; leveled on top, they are otherwise left raw. The master bathroom’s sink is composed of water cascading through three polished pools in the existing stone. Off the main space, a powder room is fully carved out of the rock. A skytube is through to the top of the rock and topped by glass. A mirror set within the tube serves as a focal point, reflecting natural light into the space and connecting to a forged bronze sink.<br />Interiors by Olson Kundig Architects, in collaboration with the client.”</blockquote>Photographs by <a href="http://www.benschneiderphoto.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Benschneider</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5cGOb0UztsI_7h6dcRTUOA1dXUzUVMW-wyhbdEkH8KvQzjJli6idNtZoO9VA1KroOYvWZ4chyPSmnTLYJ5cHQKGNAPgWcjzNlLUMl0VOBTqphs8JZ5uQtpNckgj8NdtHwwYRElFU-_s/s1600/Modern-Rock-House-The-Pierre-01.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Modern Rock House facede and green roof" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5cGOb0UztsI_7h6dcRTUOA1dXUzUVMW-wyhbdEkH8KvQzjJli6idNtZoO9VA1KroOYvWZ4chyPSmnTLYJ5cHQKGNAPgWcjzNlLUMl0VOBTqphs8JZ5uQtpNckgj8NdtHwwYRElFU-_s/s1600/Modern-Rock-House-The-Pierre-01.jpg" title="Modern Rock House facede and green roof" width="576" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Modern Rock House, The Pierre

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Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2014/09/singapore-contemporary-house-with-Futuristic-Green-Roof.html"><img alt="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNBzynTXByn7Ux7bmpblAPD5dYozz003JILi58Dt_d2MTcKS0P1Qva1Sl4ta_Eq-h6Pr-cJN4fImBMei3w4ujEk-hP7rrFJDjqgwcXMajsqWT4QXbq5iBTXU4huPn55YUuP89rom8XMkM/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-5.jpg" title="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" width="640" /></a></div>Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof<br />Green roof can beautify a house, it may be a solution to make healthy environment around us. <br /><a name="more"></a>Many sources of green roof idea you could ever get, both architects, green roof installation services and parks, as well as inspiration from information in the form of articles and photographs of green roof ideas through the internet, classic to stylish home furnishings. Unity between garden, home design, green roof, and home interior can add value of comfort.<br />This is a contemporary house decorated with futuristic green roof are served by <a href="http://www.a-dlab.com/" target="_blank">a-dlab</a> from Singapore in 2013 and named Andrew Road. The house located in Singapore designed on unique garden in the form of slopping green roof, vertical garden, and the plants hanging down on one side of the upper level. This contemporary home able to reduce and reflect sound coming from street so it would give relax and privacy.<br /><br />Photographs by <a href="http://www.derekswalwell.com/" target="_blank">Derek Swalwell</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1oKvHNQOCPQMVHN0-ZvaPvFDYLL9SniXKwchv4WA8nRRmpZZPrXUPe8tOEFUrn7BcutFTSMmQVu8SKcoBoLSnPVbOvjmo9niqwzcxF4FREH7A14EOS8xxucmpY4T6bHLPrw0aJBy8SY/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-and-Pool.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Sloping Green Roof and Pool on a storey below the street level" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip1oKvHNQOCPQMVHN0-ZvaPvFDYLL9SniXKwchv4WA8nRRmpZZPrXUPe8tOEFUrn7BcutFTSMmQVu8SKcoBoLSnPVbOvjmo9niqwzcxF4FREH7A14EOS8xxucmpY4T6bHLPrw0aJBy8SY/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-and-Pool.jpg" 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font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} </style><![endif]--> <br /><h3 class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Andrew Road by a-dlab</span>:</h3><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTtfI1XXiIinJ29Is_Fq6dl2_CnTVXtO178NSpGayDahd00cJwtQBBsRhJJt2t6lqI0UDvaN2wgVhfmDOJBL0Rgov-TRSO_py4ql5ieB0jMUm1bWrORxN3bTT_z6y6w0JbAhXggpBPoU/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpTtfI1XXiIinJ29Is_Fq6dl2_CnTVXtO178NSpGayDahd00cJwtQBBsRhJJt2t6lqI0UDvaN2wgVhfmDOJBL0Rgov-TRSO_py4ql5ieB0jMUm1bWrORxN3bTT_z6y6w0JbAhXggpBPoU/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-6.jpg" title="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2ZO18yAFd2GD8wLEIWFq3-kJCqePo9hW7voDedE8zwX-FXlUSVyyVYNrYFUBco_bALkOibVPfbSX9UXGLxWeH-J7kx7Qo6zjyAJhuorjD9_UadYSfk9rrGiXkcwP0dQJxbWeVnltjq4/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" border="0" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2ZO18yAFd2GD8wLEIWFq3-kJCqePo9hW7voDedE8zwX-FXlUSVyyVYNrYFUBco_bALkOibVPfbSX9UXGLxWeH-J7kx7Qo6zjyAJhuorjD9_UadYSfk9rrGiXkcwP0dQJxbWeVnltjq4/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-7.jpg" title="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" width="320" /></a>“Situated in the well-known Caldecott region of central Singapore, this bungalow by A D Lab enjoys the relaxed atmosphere of its quaint residential neighbourhood with gorgeous views of the MacRitchie Reservoir, one of the nation’s most popular nature reserves. The architects, however, had to contend with the site’s proximity to a busy highway, that although is not visible from the site, creates a significant amount of noise. The undulating terrain of the neighbourhood is quite unusual in Singapore, and creates a streetscape whereby the plots of land are about a storey below the street level. As such, each house along the street is entered from the second storey level. The architects took advantage of this unusual situation to lower most of the communal facilities down into a sunken court that shields them from the noise of the highway, as well as heightens the level of privacy and intimacy of the house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVD3qhzSxNharoWGHbZJG0VuU_Qmm_cuIPS-l-5gvV-obOfA18E01t9WYTPBirTBHtcQn-X1zLVyMfnwNvpmWi8nVGvnCTfCl-mjUrlO9U0nM59JRgXAmot6m_ITSWzzfDsL18oVAeYMk/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVD3qhzSxNharoWGHbZJG0VuU_Qmm_cuIPS-l-5gvV-obOfA18E01t9WYTPBirTBHtcQn-X1zLVyMfnwNvpmWi8nVGvnCTfCl-mjUrlO9U0nM59JRgXAmot6m_ITSWzzfDsL18oVAeYMk/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-2.jpg" title="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToeOY81lD0Spg97C4rk01MRa1j_m9O3kdMZ4jU87y042Zuk1Jvb7sJ5fYIdgo7QnSXxvhUlYQJ5LzmdfoOsJGKpiEC091eaCP326jkQ1TJIlIjtBMBH4a8Iz5lEqt43-5RJDiurVUy34/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgToeOY81lD0Spg97C4rk01MRa1j_m9O3kdMZ4jU87y042Zuk1Jvb7sJ5fYIdgo7QnSXxvhUlYQJ5LzmdfoOsJGKpiEC091eaCP326jkQ1TJIlIjtBMBH4a8Iz5lEqt43-5RJDiurVUy34/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-3.jpg" title="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" width="240" /></a>From the external entrance of the house, the architectural expression is very understated. The architects kept the built form above street level as ground-hugging as possible by making the roofs appear as folds and peels in the landscape. This understated expression is further assisted by the folding of the roof downward toward the outer edges of the house. The internal spatial expression of this tilting roof form gives the opposite experience, whereby the entrance to the spaces are low and rise upward from the entry, creating the sensation of an enlarging, grand internal room that simultaneously leads the eyes upward to the sky, as well as downward to the intimate central courtyard below. The undulating and folding roof form is covered in turf, further defining it as a continuation of the surrounding green landscape. At certain locations, the roof folds up from the earth level to allow wind and light into the sunken courtyard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPp2WNGHKmW4WGVs8w5wYBhYE49lI7QCYYBfexs19w6_W_b8QHW4VyPKENZ9SY4DffnyuJsYw5wwotagViyc6jt3Vq1K9WYqGyppuXu49OSOdK13cvLTX_2edyuQxLxyUuLStZMqFahjQ/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-Pool-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPp2WNGHKmW4WGVs8w5wYBhYE49lI7QCYYBfexs19w6_W_b8QHW4VyPKENZ9SY4DffnyuJsYw5wwotagViyc6jt3Vq1K9WYqGyppuXu49OSOdK13cvLTX_2edyuQxLxyUuLStZMqFahjQ/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-Pool-2.jpg" title="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In another move to increase privacy, A D Lab encircles the main rooms at all levels with circulation space that acts as noise buffers. The corridors and staircases wrap around the outer perimeter of the house, focusing the view from the rooms towards the central courtyard, as well as creating a sense of drama about the movement of a person through the house. The “viewer” moves through the house via these corridors that are at times hidden hallways behind the rooms and at other times open out to theatrical balcony-like spaces that view down to the garden and main living spaces.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlPOhtagky9T_jM4rZ4PdeLn9JZFsZsEHb0PBwRgvXGhCi9yN8_Sm9iDyds0QJl_qJlPpiz5SAYadhNv0tRhvxr6VPANhX-EFRytXXJdK6B_7qh_kakK8QVOLh2n3qVLZwolyk4dH3xo/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlPOhtagky9T_jM4rZ4PdeLn9JZFsZsEHb0PBwRgvXGhCi9yN8_Sm9iDyds0QJl_qJlPpiz5SAYadhNv0tRhvxr6VPANhX-EFRytXXJdK6B_7qh_kakK8QVOLh2n3qVLZwolyk4dH3xo/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-9.jpg" title="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsB7tBSp5f583rhcVzJv9o80ftA1SFhKr56QEhnkLiljZRa6tRNhnorfTr6JwB7DCHVaa5V6dUlvNAFBUk4Yd3JTzrQzwjPEezWu1_Wxog5zwokKWN1BbY6F2EdzGQc-BYAZToAZ12Wvo/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsB7tBSp5f583rhcVzJv9o80ftA1SFhKr56QEhnkLiljZRa6tRNhnorfTr6JwB7DCHVaa5V6dUlvNAFBUk4Yd3JTzrQzwjPEezWu1_Wxog5zwokKWN1BbY6F2EdzGQc-BYAZToAZ12Wvo/s1600/Singapore-Contemporary-House-Futuristic-Green-Roof-8.jpg" title="Singapore Contemporary House with Futuristic Green Roof" width="320" /></a>The owner lives in this house with his parents, so this network of hidden and detached corridors allows the inhabitants the flexibility of moving around the house either subtly or in full view depending on the varying social situation and need for privacy. The central courtyard is a private and serene oasis. A luxurious swimming pool cools the courtyard along with a series of indoor and outdoor water features that separate the main public rooms from each other and bring the pool element into the house itself.”</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICKVwUS52TKDWuug1fV5MZipkd-Z2TGyHGHMjBT63XF7C-jvT2_Rr1MVe4nCE_NNe-IcKlwCulKNtyPR53P-Ogur2t2fItbhgv51kQ8Ko6OMAe90Wm2eY2YeAY5ijZl9sK2e7DwGtajs/s1600/1-Singapore-Contemporary-House-central-luxurious-pool.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Singapore Contemporary House luxurious central pool" border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhICKVwUS52TKDWuug1fV5MZipkd-Z2TGyHGHMjBT63XF7C-jvT2_Rr1MVe4nCE_NNe-IcKlwCulKNtyPR53P-Ogur2t2fItbhgv51kQ8Ko6OMAe90Wm2eY2YeAY5ijZl9sK2e7DwGtajs/s1600/1-Singapore-Contemporary-House-central-luxurious-pool.jpg" title="Singapore Contemporary House luxurious central pool" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Contemporary House Idea With Grass Roof, RD House

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://goathouse.blogspot.com/2014/08/contemporary-house-idea-with-grass-roof.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Contemporary House Idea With Grass Roof, RD House" border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9D9ddU2aY5KTrClqdEcL-cY0BtOd7gX78jJ2D93K9skI9iDlFsGsahrZ2Wii4mYJ5_ZpxdJfOt0SrI9nC0B5eNqc0IMbbLcN8u4UkKvfvEyuOhPeEj7mAQJ6Ze12mzdBCRm_dUi8n-M/s1600/rd-house-03.jpg" title="Contemporary House Idea With Grass Roof, RD House" width="640" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Grass roof ideas from a contemporary house in one of a hill in Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic, designed by VASHO named RD house.<br /><a name="more"></a>Grass roof is one alternative to decorate our house exterior or landscape to be seemed more beautiful and cool, some contemporary houses put the grass roof on flat and can be used as an outdoor space where kids play, gathering, or lounge. Besides, grass roof at the same time also has multifunction to increase the comfort of occupants inside the house stabler temperature and less sound pollution from outside. Grass roof has also been applied in various types of home-style classics to modern or contemporary. A lot of contemporary houses have been built and put grass roof on top that we can use as an additional reference to the idea of ​​applying grass roof. This is a contemporary house in the middle of forest with a grass roof on the top we can get ideas.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Photos by: Eduardo Abreu</div><div style="text-align: center;">RD House by <a href="http://www.vasho.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VASHO</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uKuv6DoNHhz_yTYzJqCLJF9pRN1cldfAQv80PtKB-DCgqpoPUyZc_5jbHF_jFfTuItY-JBJ9Pll6NhS4WbiFiBQjgb5ZZ-nY-pVMPiSMP9QmwzwY8l9kaVlt_2iO2PtGSAN2terErQk/s1600/Contemporary-House-Idea-plans.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Contemporary-House-Idea-plans" border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uKuv6DoNHhz_yTYzJqCLJF9pRN1cldfAQv80PtKB-DCgqpoPUyZc_5jbHF_jFfTuItY-JBJ9Pll6NhS4WbiFiBQjgb5ZZ-nY-pVMPiSMP9QmwzwY8l9kaVlt_2iO2PtGSAN2terErQk/s1600/Contemporary-House-Idea-plans.jpg" title="Contemporary-House-Idea-plans" width="320" /></a></div>“The programmatic challenge: design a house that allows 18 people to fit comfortably within 500mt2 (including terraces). Open spaces, characteristic of the local architecture. All of the bedrooms have their own bathroom, study and/or library and living room-dining room-kitchen all in one space. The house will be a second home to use intermittently in the summer.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UQvUVuGsExfCidZCha0JkP3YMD114_eO8gAB-_Bh1uHC522SuME0Hxbh5Cvh__Obb4aHKRI5viEu_LxcuYkIFasOS6W7fqFChBW9qH7-FyG5MeiTLq5317Cc7nYx9kXxdII1gbgWIbQ/s1600/Contemporary-House-Idea-With-Grass-Roof-top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Contemporary-House-Idea-With-Grass-Roof-top" border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UQvUVuGsExfCidZCha0JkP3YMD114_eO8gAB-_Bh1uHC522SuME0Hxbh5Cvh__Obb4aHKRI5viEu_LxcuYkIFasOS6W7fqFChBW9qH7-FyG5MeiTLq5317Cc7nYx9kXxdII1gbgWIbQ/s1600/Contemporary-House-Idea-With-Grass-Roof-top.jpg" title="Contemporary-House-Idea-With-Grass-Roof-top" width="320" /></a>The architect recognizes that one of the greats challenges will be the difficult access and limited horizontal surface of the property, most of it having a slope of 45 to 70 degrees. That is why an extremely precise survey was made to be able to work from the foundations to the roof gardens. The natural level curve of the face of the hill influenced not only the structural reinforcement of the job but also the programmatic distribution of spaces. This can be seen, for example, in the continuity of the natural surface of the hill in the living room of the house.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHTdzvnMAJMznODcTTHR7mq7CNkgEDuZZ3jgIH12dyO46IrZ2yKlfE3CmOr20apgcA1u_rCGGu3gQwp5wtAqhFTWH0AqBf-p4IdO8CwmLKfIe69kSvrkf1Kd4Gx09xg6RZvoJcskI0vlM/s1600/Contemporary-House-Idea-With-Grass-Roof.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Contemporary-House-Idea-With-Grass-Roof" border="0" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHTdzvnMAJMznODcTTHR7mq7CNkgEDuZZ3jgIH12dyO46IrZ2yKlfE3CmOr20apgcA1u_rCGGu3gQwp5wtAqhFTWH0AqBf-p4IdO8CwmLKfIe69kSvrkf1Kd4Gx09xg6RZvoJcskI0vlM/s1600/Contemporary-House-Idea-With-Grass-Roof.jpg" title="Contemporary-House-Idea-With-Grass-Roof" width="320" /></a>Burying the house is proposed as a visual action. Hiding the overall volume of the work to the existing natural geography to cushion the impact of the volume to the eye upon arrival, being conscientious of the paradisiacal surroundings, but always seeking to make the natural surroundings appear from the interior before the user: “Disappear to make appear”.<br />A large percentage of what materials of the “Habitable Refuge” is rock extracted from the excavation of the property. Its visible concrete walls were molded in pine formers which, along with the high quality native wood, delivers a rustic environment which cushions the contrast of texture-color with its surroundings without abandoning the “modern” look.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-4NRnu-qWbnprz_S5KjhAQbokEuXY-obhKfxm0q53OehhFOkjMkmyjmjf8MY1NssvGVCWjnlJ5sdqkj0a_y1vq2QJ3_DRzK7eo8k8eeuzVKk6jQG30CKr6nVNF01V1zkn-1A1dtK6xw/s1600/natural-jacuzzi-design-idea-wood-ceiling-and-floor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="natural-jacuzzi-design-idea-wood-ceiling-and-floor" border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-4NRnu-qWbnprz_S5KjhAQbokEuXY-obhKfxm0q53OehhFOkjMkmyjmjf8MY1NssvGVCWjnlJ5sdqkj0a_y1vq2QJ3_DRzK7eo8k8eeuzVKk6jQG30CKr6nVNF01V1zkn-1A1dtK6xw/s1600/natural-jacuzzi-design-idea-wood-ceiling-and-floor.jpg" title="natural-jacuzzi-design-idea-wood-ceiling-and-floor" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBYCDF8IjvOSpOK7ec0w7bm_9MZhlaGl_M3NdXT4ewuSwo8zCgrIwqmA_MVlpOTurJjktHkY1g6KxFNC1ltaJd2jMrkhzpRpXU_9lK_qNXuOQR4aG1gJC7hFr-4buNsiD3y77jnj6Im8/s1600/natural-kitchen-design-ideas-with-wood-stone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="natural-kitchen-design-ideas-with-wood-stone" border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKBYCDF8IjvOSpOK7ec0w7bm_9MZhlaGl_M3NdXT4ewuSwo8zCgrIwqmA_MVlpOTurJjktHkY1g6KxFNC1ltaJd2jMrkhzpRpXU_9lK_qNXuOQR4aG1gJC7hFr-4buNsiD3y77jnj6Im8/s1600/natural-kitchen-design-ideas-with-wood-stone.jpg" title="natural-kitchen-design-ideas-with-wood-stone" width="320" /></a>The act of burying the house in the hill not only touches the esthetic aspect but also the sustainable aspect. The green roof allows for more insulation as far as direct heat from the sun is concerned. Its rear face is in contact with the rock of the hill creating a cooling phenomenon known as “thermal inertia” that consists of a basic physical action; “The temperature of a body of lesser volume equals that of a greater volume when these two bodies are in contact.” To make this possible without the constructive damages that may arise, highly engineered waterproofing methods were used. In other word the refuge does not need a mechanical cooling system. It is a contention wall in itself.<br />From the general understanding that where there is good administration there is energy efficiency; in other words the consumed load decreases, is that we have incorporated Domotics to the design, with the purpose to touch an ecological approach with the house. Domotic is an intelligent system that basically integrates a structured web which allows control of the lighting scene, entertainment components (sound, temperature regulation of the Jacuzzi from another location) and security (solenoid valves, cameras, alarm system, etc.) from anywhere within the home or out of the home, generating comfort and energy saving.”</div>

Contemporary House Idea With Grass Roof, RD House

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