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In the living room, the wood slats were fabricated on-site by the homeowner.
The primary bathroom is future-proofed for future grab bars and rails and has a non-slip, curbless shower.
When it rains, water spilling off the roofs creates reflecting pools.
When it rains, the water is captured from the rooftops, stored in tanks, and expressed as reflecting pools in the courtyard.
The interiors reflect the beauty of the site with floor-to-ceiling windows and wood from flows from inside to out.
<span style="font-family: Theinhardt, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;">"Rainwater is the driving the form of the building,
The living room steps down to mitigate the difference between the backyard's level and provide three-step access for the family, who enjoy spending time playing and entertaining outside.
The gable-roofed home features sustainable Accoya wood siding and Tecu patinated copper by KME, experimental materials that Ricks had proposed for MASS Design Group competition entries but put in use for the first time here. His colleague, Sierra Bainbridge, designed the landscape.
MASS Design Group cofounder Alan Ricks upgrades his “not structurally sound” bungalow with innovative materials and enough solar panels to produce more energy than it consumes.
The entryway's stairs are surrounded by a screen that helps diffuse sunlight.
The exterior of the lower level is clad in mill-finished black steel panels, while the upper level features vertical Garapa wood siding.
Architects Ernesto Cragnolino and Krista Whitson designed and built an efficient four-bedroom home for their family in Austin.