Poplar House
Poplar House - Andover, NH
General Process
Lengthy! Overwhelming! Suffocating! Exciting! Educational! Fatiguing! Make it stop.........!!!!! Version after version after version, blah, blah, blah. We have been designing for three years! It was driven by our intent to keep the farmhouse, and complete a whole house, deep-energy retrofit and renovation. In the end even though we didn't save the structure, we kept the design, because we loved the charisma and aesthetic of the original farmhouse.
Design for Adaptability: Currently the ICF foundation extends beyond the footprint of the main structure, all the way to the outside edge of one side of the farmer's porch and houses the bulkhead underneath. The porch lifts up and exposes the bulkhead, which in New England provides access during the winter, and allowed the house to sit a bit closer to the lot line without encroaching on the setback. If the house ever needs an expansion to allow for a first floor bedroom renovation it will be easily added, because of the ICF foundation wall that supports the outside edge of the porch.
Software Tools
Software Tools: SketchUP Pro 6, 7, 8 - seems like every version!
General modeling information: Marc Rosenbaum - Proprietary, PVWatts,
Lessons Learned
Outcome of project goals: Unknown - to be determined
Discrepancies: Unknown - to be determined
General Process
Lengthy! Overwhelming! Suffocating! Exciting! Educational! Fatiguing! Make it stop.........!!!!! Version after version after version, blah, blah, blah. We have been designing for three years! It was driven by our intent to keep the farmhouse, and complete a whole house, deep-energy retrofit and renovation. In the end even though we didn't save the structure, we kept the design, because we loved the charisma and aesthetic of the original farmhouse.
Currently the ICF foundation extends beyond the footprint of the main structure, all the way to the outside edge of one side of the farmer's porch and houses the bulkhead underneath. The porch lifts up and exposes the bulkhead, which in New England provides access during the winter, and allowed the house to sit a bit closer to the lot line without encroaching on the setback. If the house ever needs an expansion to allow for a first floor bedroom renovation it will be easily added, because of the ICF foundation wall that supports the outside edge of the porch.
Software Tools
SketchUP Pro 6, 7, 8 - seems like every version!
Marc Rosenbaum - Proprietary, PVWatts,
Lessons Learned
Unknown - to be determined
Unknown - to be determined