Green Ranch Houses

Site and Program Criteria:
Two 1500sf houses+ garage
Two 7000+sf adjacent long narrow flat lots in Allentown with mature trees.
Low Cost and environmentally sustainable 3 bedroom 2 bath single family residences.

The design solution:
The design takes advantage of the long narrow site and stretches out as a series of boxes sliding along a spine. Boxes are located relative to each other to form exterior courts and to accommodate trees and their root systems. The structures are built on a 4’ module allowing the contractor to move 4’ in the E-W direction should he encounter roots during the construction process. This system was utilized during construction.

Client

Dawna Holloway and Brian Beck

Design team

Patricia Bittner, Architect

Brian Beck, general contractor

Type

Featured

Residential

Sustainability