North Eagle Rock
Remodel and addition
jeremy levine design
Green Icon Key
First Floor Plan existing tree
existing tree
new tree inside pocket courtyard
The existing trees were enclosed into courtyards in the front and back while a new tree was planted inside a pocket courtyard so that every room opens to a garden space with it’s own tree.
East
Rather than removing the tree in the front yard it was enclosed behind the retractable facade
Before - East
A faux spanish colonial stucco box.
After - Captured Tree
The existing cypress tree was captured inside of the front courtyard. Triple panel sliders allow the front rooms to open to this new patio space, kept cool by the sheltering tree. Mobile slatted wood panels enclose the space and can be locked together at night, allowing the doors to be kept open and the breeze flowing through the interior.
Before- SouthWest
After - SouthWest
Rear Deck
Mobile shade panels, thermal rock wall, recycled concrete and recycled coal fly ash, tree grows through deck which shades the rear courtyard, cooling the adjacent rooms.
NorthWest
Recycled concrete, Coal Fly Ash, Solar Energy PV Array, Mobile Sun Screens, Recycled Rain Water, Leach Field, Native Landscaping
Rear Deck
bio-climactic section
Existing trees are captured inside the house. Paths are carved through the interior for both the light and air to pass freely for passive cooling.
Before - Kitchen
After - Kitchen
recycled coal fly ash and concrete countertops, custom cabinetry with stainless steel fronts, clerestory windows, recycled lumber
Passive Daylighting
Interior openings carved through the walls allow the rooms to share natural light as the sun passes over head. Utilizing passive daylighting lowers energy consumption.
Before -Living
After - Living Room
Each room of the house opens to garden space, enclosed by mobile wood slat panels
Vaulted Space
A vaulted ceiling made of recycled lumber is lifted eighteen inches over the walls on a new post a beam structure. The new gap between the top of the walls and roof is filled with clerestory
Office
Custom Furniture System: Adjustable shelves and desk tops are hung on threaded rods, which are bolted through the roof beams. Clerestory windows fill the room with Northern light. The ceiling is made of recycled lumber from the demolition of the old roof.
guest bedroom/office
concealed storage Foot pedals raise section of the floor-using pnuematic car hood arms- to reveal concealed storage underneath. Fold out stairs allow easy access.
Pocket Courtyard
garden
outdoor shower solar chimney
The tree acts as a 'natural air scrubber始, devouring the CO2 and other airborne toxins and exhaling fresh oxygen. Behind the tree is an open air shower is tied to the grey water recycling system. The pocket courtyard functions as a solar chimney by allowing heat to escape up the vertical shaft while drawing cool air into the house, through openings at either end of the house. Light bounces down the shaft, entering the house without significant solar heat gain.
Grey Water Recycling
Grey Water Garden/Leach Field
Native plants in terraced concrete planters made with recycled coal fly ash clean the grey water before it is fed into the cistern and leach field. Wood from the formwork was left in the concrete.
Evaporative Rain Window
The 'Rain Window' is both an aesthetic water feature and a passive cooling system. Fed by rainwater from the cistern, the evaporation and condensation of the falling water cools the adjacent spaces. The Rain Window frames a 'shade garden' tucked underneath the exterior stairs. At night, the water is backlit, which doubles the illumination intensity creating an efficient and moody light source.
Rain Water Capture & Recycling
Water from the roof and the site is channeled by French drains into pipes where it is filtered and stored in an underground cistern. A solar powered pump inside the cistern delivers the rain water to the underground leach field system. Water is delivered directly to the roots of the plants avoiding sprinklers and evaporation.
Evaporative Cooling - Rain Water
Fed by rain water pumped from the cistern of the storm water capture system.
Outdoor Room
This outdoor space was built around an existing tree. The tree passes through a hole in the ceiling, shading the deck above. This oasis is kept cool by the breeze that passes through openings, which are filled with rocks or open slatted wood panels. All of the concrete is made with recycled fly ash with colored pigment.