Brooks Avenue House by Bricault Design For the house located on Brooks Avenue House in Venice, California, the clients asked more space to accommodate the needs of a growing family, but they were reluctant to leave their location in Venice – one of the few walkable neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The solution was to maintain and remodel their existing 2000 square foot home, while creating a 1700 square foot addition and courtyard on the rear lane side. 5 l9 e2 V. W, K% z" n! P/ v6 h, _ [/url] With an ideal climate for much of the year, a primary design driver was to create a seamless connection between inside and outside, while eliminating the need for air conditioning. To this end, a central sculptural staircase links the ground floor with the rooftop deck, while doubling as a chimney to draw cooling breezes through the house. On the main floor, a sequence of pivoting doors opens the house to the courtyard, while on the second floor, windows fold back and full-height exterior panels slide into walls. A system of cedar battens serve as a shading device along much of the addition. 5 ^2 y6 O7 m# g6 C7 z/ `) n The volume of the new master bedroom extends out from the second story, creating a carport below. Its exterior is clad with a living wall system on three sides, visually tying together the courtyard greenery with the planted roof. All landscaping is fed with a combination of captured rainwater and recycled domestic greywater. The roof’s softscape is divided between a highly productive vegetable garden and indigenous, low-maintenance grasses and shrubs. The roof also supports a solar panel array that is sufficient to meet household needs. 7 g6 R* h. o" h% K, q- S, Y The house features a high-efficiency combination boiler, which supplies both radiant in-floor heating and domestic hot water. A hot water recirculation loop makes hot water available “on demand,” while reducing consumption. Other features include low-flush toilets and non-toxic, low-VOC finishes, which are used throughout the house. : A) R- n( V5 }4 D" a( W0 T ' _4 `* P" J7 A1 J. a7 y [Search:[url=http://www.dcion.com/]DCION , R6 k' Q2 I" H  r: [ ; n3 J. L1 @: \/ u  |5 xBricault Design : z! }4 A- g9 @  }8 ?/ P. o + @4 F3 B# C8 G

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