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On the ceiling of Mary Adams-Smith and Gary Smith’s yurt-inspired Bristol home, a steel compression ring holds together the center ends of the rafters.
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Viewed from above, the Smith home off River Road in Bristol seems to have been designed by nature itself. In planning the layout, the Smiths drew inspiration from the yurt they purchased and assembled in 2005. Their lead designer and builder, Jeff Dardozzi, drew inspiration from, among other things, “A Pattern Language,” a classic of architectural literature. Photo courtesy of Ian Albinson
Yurt inspires theater couple Bristol home fosters sense of flow, continuity & timelessness By CHRISTOPHER ROSS BRISTOL — One of the most striking things about Mary and Gary Smith’s round house in Bristol is the way the elements lead into one another, providing an open, continuous feel. “There’s a flow, a constant energy that’s inviting you,” Gary said. To Mary, it feels like a hug. “It’s a satisfying place to live, very nurturing,” she said. The Smiths, who co-designed the house, broke ground on a hill above the New Haven River in the spring of 2015 and spent the next 18 months helping to build it. But they didn’t just sit down one day and decide to build a round “The design- house. Ten years build before, while process r u n n i n g evolved a theater company in while we L a n c a s t e r , were living Penn., the in the yurt. Smiths had It was bought some experiential, land and built rather than a yurt on it, a place to get cognitive.” — Gary Smith away when they needed to. Yurts are round dwellings that use a tension band to hold the walls and roof in place. Traditional yurts, which originated in Central Asia more than 3,000 years ago, are designed to be portable, like tents. “It was our first experience with ‘living in the round,’” Gary said. “And with being in the country, really,” Mary added. The Smiths were hooked. RELATIONSHIPS But the story goes back even further, to 1970s New York City, where the Smiths pursued theater careers and developed a keen sense of the relationships among actors and the spaces they use. These relationships were integral to the
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After more than 40 years working in theater, Mary Adams-Smith and Gary Smith have developed a sophisticated (and at times philosophical) relationship to space, which came in handy when they co-designed their Bristol home in 2015. Just as important to the design is their relationship to the environment, which influenced their choice of materials, siting and energy sources.
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When the Smiths set out to design their new home in Bristol, Mary remembered the stairs in a previous home, which always felt like something to be overcome. “It’s time to climb the wooden hill,” she would say. This time around, “I wanted the stairs to be inviting,” she said. “I didn’t want to feel like I was being challenged by them.”
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made of Portland cement, sand, (Continued from Page 3C) things they did was pack up their recycled Styrofoam and recycled Pennsylvania yurt and bring it to latex paint. The blocks have a Vermont. high “R-value,” which means “The design-build process they’re good at keeping the heat evolved while we were living in. in the yurt,” Gary said. “It Though the house would end was experiential, rather than up being round, the blocks were cognitive.” built square. Dardozzi painted the yurt’s “Because of the material they footprint on the new can be worked home’s foundation easily with regular and the design “For (designer woodworking process went from and builder) tools,” Gary said. there. Jeff (Dardozzi), “We sawed the At one point, so it’s not just edges to the proper they could play with angles and rasped about the possible layout ideas them to be as close for their new home, product, but as possible to the the Smiths emptied the process, necessary contour, the yurt of their the how of then build them into belongings and laid making it. I the circle.” out tape on its floor connect that Lime plaster — another theater was applied to the very much with interior and exterior trick. “We were always the Meisner to finish the curve. working in real space method (of Central to the at real human scale,” acting) I 1,200-squareGary said. “The learned.” foot house is the blueprint evolved Russian masonry — Gary Smith woodstove, which continually.” MATERIALS has two doors—one The Smiths used the timber on for heating, one for baking. Heat their own property and milled it vents through a series of channels onsite. that warm two stories of masonry, For walls they made blocks radiating heat throughout the of what Dardozzi called house. “EPS crete,” a do-it-yourself The Smiths’ 20-panel solar insulation-infused concrete array, sited nearby on the
property, takes care of their electricity needs. INVITATIONS And then there are the windows. When the winter sun rises above the nearby Green Mountains it “shoots right through the whole house,” Mary said. At other times, the outdoors seems to beckon. “You’re invited into the house and then the windows invite you back out again.” For Gary the house feels like an expression of personal agency. “So much of this house is about connecting and expressing it artistically,” he said. “We dreamed about it and then we did it. Craftsmen’s hands have been on everything here.” Would they do anything differently, if they had the chance? “Yes,” Gary said with a laugh. “We would have built it 40 years earlier.” Still, a lot had to fall into place for their dream home to happen. Fortunately, it did. “It feels centered and balanced,” Mary said. “It’s peaceful. All of my feelings about Vermont, this community and this house all blend together.” Reach Christopher Ross at christopherr@ addisonindependent.com.
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By ALEXIS CASWELL Gary Miller is a jovial man with glasses who can usually be seen donning a wide-brimmed sun hat during the summer months when he brings in his record-breaking vegetables to the Addison Independent offices. Gary is one of our most active participants in the Garden Game, the vegetable-growing competition that we do every summer, until the first frost hits in early fall. He has lived in this area his entire life on a piece of land on Halpin Covered Bridge Road on the Middlebury/New Haven border. The Miller family has been there over 100 years and his property looks out onto his father’s property that he grew up on. You’ll always see a large smile on Gary’s face, but his eyes may get a little misty when he speaks about his late father, Amos Miller, and their shared love of gardening. He also shared a newspaper clipping from an April 1980 Addison Independent that shows Amos, also donning a flat cap, holding two large parsnips. According to the caption, Miller Sr. had brought the long, white root vegetables into our offices in order to show he had grown larger vegetables than Wendel Berno, who was pictured the previous week. That competitive streak, it seems, is in Gary Miller’s blood. “We grew food to live off of the garden,” Gary said, explaining why growing vegetables has been so important to his family. Given the especially cold spring we have had so far this year, which has stymied many a home gardener, Gary’s garden is not as far along as he wishes it would be. However, he smiles and in his true optimistic fashion said the weather has only been “uncooperative.” That has not stopped him, and like many home gardeners, his kitchen is full of plant starts. Looking at photos of his garden at its height last year is something to behold. He has a box that resembles a hutch one might house a bunny in that he calls his “Cabbage Fort Knox,” and a “salad table” that is
Amos Miller, born in 1920, was a competitor in what is suggested to be an early iteration of our Garden Game. This picture of him appeared in a 1980 Addison Independent.
a raised bed where they grow their salad greens. For almost all of the garden space Gary uses raised beds. Gary Miller was a plumber and a fitter for years. He served on the state board for plumbers and taught the trade to apprentices coming up. He takes great pride in being a tradesman, and he says those skills show in how precise his garden boxes and raised beds are laid out in a pattern with a center hexagon and surrounding boxes ultimately making a perfect circle. He promises with a smile that the dimensions are perfect. As a Garden Gamer, Gary usually visits our office in the Marble Works over the summer at least a half dozen times. Never failing to bring with him a new record-breaking green bean or Asian eggplant, and usually
with at least one of his three granddaughters in tow — Daisy, Maggie and Autumn. They have each been in at least one of his category-winning photos. Gary’s children, Gary and Meg, each have their own green thumb, and they have imparted that to their own families. Gary’s joy is clear when he talks about gardening with his granddaughters and them talking to the seeds once they are covered up by soil. The little girls offer support and encouragement, even for the seedlings. If you see Gary Miller around town wish him a “Happy Birthday!” as he just turned 70 years old on May 15. And I’m sure he will be seen a lot this summer as an active participant in our Garden Game.
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CHARLOTTE — With the loss and pending loss of green ash trees due to the emerald ash borer’s arrival in Vermont, much focus has been on the removal of trees. Equal attention should be on planning for and planting appropriate candidates for replacement. “Years ago, we evaluated the clay plain forests of the Champlain Valley and recognized that, save for Red Maple and Green Ash cultivars, virtually none of our local, naturally occurring species were readily available in the nursery trade,” says Charlie Proutt, co-owner of Horsford Gardens and Nursery in Charlotte. Visitors can see trees growing in the landscape and learn about the soils and conditions they thrive in. If you’re anticipating removing ash trees, Proutt recommend the following species as beneficial replacements: Burr Oak (Quercus macrocarpa) Oaks abundantly feed native populations and Burr Oak is no exception. While their acorns are important, caterpillars from oaks provide reliable and anticipated protein to many of our native bird species. This oak is faster growing than originally presumed, and is majestic in size and stature with huge, thick, and broadly horizontal branching. Its irregular, yet rounded lobed leaves distinguish it from others in the white oak family. Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor) This second white oak also performs well in the heavy flat soils of the Champlain Valley. Swamp White Oak sometimes hybridizes with Burr Oak, making it perplexing to confirm which species it is. Like most oaks, it feeds wildlife beyond
many other tree types. Red Maple / Swamp Maple (Acer rubrum) Brilliant fall color is the most stunning aspect of the red maple. Slow to grow in the true floodplain forest, the red maple can, however, hang on in tough circumstances. Red and Silver Maple Cross (Acer x freemanii series) Several crosses between red and silver maples appear as promising replacements for the green ash. “Autumn Blaze” and “Sienna” are both distinguished by their rapid growth rate, characteristic of silver maples, and outstanding fall color and structure, favored from red maple. American Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) The Champlain Valley seems to be the northernmost limit of this wonderful tree. Those grown at Horsford’s are propagated from trees native to the banks of the New Haven River watershed. As they mature, the bark turns a bright white. These are the fastest growing trees to replace green ash, growing both taller and wider. River Birch / Gray Birch (Betula nigra and Betula populofolia “Whitespire”) River birch and gray birch are both tolerant of the clay plain soil types. “Whitespire” is a cultivar of our native gray birch, made notorious by Robert Frost. The river birch has a more substantial, tree-like habit of growth and though not native to our area (at least that we have observed), seems to be well adapted. Trees nourish our native wildlife, shade the grounds of our landscapes, and provide beauty to our surroundings. Choosing from varieties native to the Champlain Valley, and grown in the Champlain Valley guarantees success.
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Living in the round
What makes Mary Adams-Smith and Gary Smith’s Bristol home so extraordinary isn’t the depth at which it manages to express certain design languages or the way its materials communicate with the surrounding landscape — or even the way its round shape fosters a sense of flow, continuity and timelessness — but the way the building itself seems at some point to have learned what it was meant to do, and to have deployed its own intelligence in the service of it.
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Now is the time to plan your plot, turn the soil, remove the stones, feed the beds, plant the seeds, set up the trellises and make everything shipshape in your garden. Once all of the spring labors are done you will be well on your way to enjoying a verdant space come July.
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By BONNIE KIRN DONAHUE Oh, the beauty of summer, relaxing in a reclining lawn chair next to your prolific perennial flower garden bursting with color, without a care in the world. Wait. Why does this sound so far-fetched? What we tend to forget about when we dream of summer gardening is the amount of time, sweat and effort we spend caring for our gardens. If you want your dream of a lower maintenance summer flower garden to become a reality, spring is the perfect time to take a moment for some garden self-reflection and to plan ahead, including how much time you want to spend working in your garden. You’ll also need to consider your budget. The best way to decide which areas to spend resources on is to create a simple diagram of your property and include your garden spaces. It doesn’t have to be accurate. Using
simple shapes to represent each space works great. Then take a step back, and think about these gardens strategically. Which gardens do you feel the most passionate about, and which do you feel more neutral? Which do you see each day from your back deck or when you come home and which do you rarely see? Color code your diagram, using three different colors to represent high-priority, medium-priority and low-priority spaces. Depending on your budget and time, you might consider transitioning low-priority gardens back into a naturalized landscape or meadows appropriate for your site conditions. High-priority gardens should get the most of your attention. Put your labor, mulch and other resources toward these gardens first. Mid-priority gardens can fall somewhere in-between depending on your time and resources. Consider
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Price: $5
SoilSaver Composter
32”
28”
28”
• Holds 11.4 cubic feet • Made from sturdy recycled plastic • Retains heat and moisture better than an open pile • Removable, convenient locking top with selfwatering lid
The Addison County Solid Waste Management District Transfer Station sells containers for food scrap management and offers free compost workshops to District residents. District residents who participate in a compost workshop will recieve a voucher for discounted SoilSaver($35).
Green Cone Solar Digester • 26” above ground and 18” below • Allows fish, meat. dairy and bones • Not a composter but anaerobic digester • No carbon source needed • Purchase includes one Kitchen Collector
Price: $45
Price: $125
Compost Workshop Schedule Date Sat, May 18th Sat June 8th Tues June 11th Sat June 15th
Time 9:30 AM 9:30 AM 7:00 PM 9:30 AM
Location Middlebury Regional EMS Middlebury Regional EMS Starksboro Public Library Middlebury Regional EMS
Addison County Solid Waste Management District 1223 Route 7 South, Middlebury, VT 05753 www.AddisonCountyRecycles.org 802-388-2333
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Independent photos/John S. McCright
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