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Its name really says everything.
The two-hour sleeve house in the north of New York City was designed into two slender boxes
Smaller units are set to larger ones.
With an area of 2,500 square feet and an external terrace of 650 feet square meters, the house includes a rooftop area with views of the surrounding Hudson Valley and the Catskill Mountains.
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The effect of moving from a bigger box to a smaller box is like moving from one world to another, Dayem said.
The larger structure has high ceilings and large windows with the beauty of an art gallery or museum.
Inside is the kitchen, breakfast area, dining room and living room on the first floor.
The small box is designed to be more intimate, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a laundry room on the second floor.
Construction materials used include castingin-
Place concrete and black
Burnt wood and black
White painted metal
Painted slabs and stone walls, painted wooden cabinets, and Crean countertops.
The eco-friendly home uses 100 of solar energy with spare battery, heat recovery ventilator, three in one
Glass windows, water/sewer
Adequate, very low air penetration, landscaping of local plants.
It took two years for the sleeve house to be designed and built and completed in 2017.
Architect Adam Dane answered some questions about his creation: Q: What is the inspiration for the house?
A: First of all: I am interested in geometry. in geometry, the idea of a small box in a large box comes from-
And 15-
The inclination of the house. The 15-
The inclination of the house is a simple thing in geometry, but it does highlight the relationship between the House and the hill it is on.
It seems to reach out and go down the mountain, giving it a dynamic feeling or presence on the site rather than fidgeting.
The second major inspiration came from old barns, silos and other agricultural buildings in the Hudson Valley.
The design of the house is similar to the object in the landscape, and its front is two-
A layered system of wooden wall panels to create patterns, textures and depths.
Q: What is the architectural challenge?
A: The main challenge of this project is the wooden wall panel in the living room and the inclined glass wall.
For wooden wall panels, the project requires something that can reproduce the old concept of agricultural architecture --
But it will not change its appearance when weathered.
Over time, this is necessary to visually match the wooden siding used externally and internally, but it is difficult, because the reason an old building looks good is because it's weathered and has changed the look over time.
The reclining windows in the living room are difficult because the windows are not usually designed to withstand any diagonal loads.
Zola, the company that eventually provided the windows, used a standard aluminum system with additional structures buried inside.
The glass itself is laminated, like the windshield of the car, and if broken, it will break but not.
You don't want a large piece of glass hanging on someone's head to break and fall.
Q: What are the advantages of burnt wood crust?
A: It is a product called Accoya, which is preserved through a process called methylation.
This makes it durable with hardwood floors. The black-
The burnt finished product is a traditional Japanese craft called shou ban I ban.
Charcoal burning makes the wood more weather-resistant and rotten, and even in this case the underlying wood is very durable, and the burnt finish will maintain the visual appearance of the external wood over time, and visually consistent with wood used inside.
George Binks is from Toronto.
Writer and freelance writer of Star.
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