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Family Child Care AdditionEcological and non-toxic addition to a 90+ year old urban house
for Bridges
Family Child Care with a passive solar sunspace and a patio
arbor. This project integrates 'pattern language' design concepts
with natural building techniques and materials. Some of the special
features: heavy timber structure, hot-water heated adobe floors,
extensive use of recycled materials and earth plaster walls.
This project was built in part as a series of hands-on workshops
presented by Design Coalition in collaboration with the Natural
House Building Center to research and teach natural, low-pollution
building techniques. The addition is the first formed light-clay
structure to be completed in Wisconsin and, to our knowledge,
the first urban example in the U.S.
For more on natural
home-building techniques
Honored: 1995 Alternate Parade of Homes
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