This Organic Architecture is entered in the 2011 AIBD Designers Choice International design competition. To view the entry go to youtube, aibdonline, and click on #1b-11-001.
I remember your grandfather, your dad and I framing the Cypess window frames before the roof was on the house while as a baby you slept in a blanket on the entry foyer. Amazing architecture is only made possible by great people like your father who believed in a beautiful idea, took a risk, and saw it through to reality. When you are married I will design for you another and more wonderful home for your family. Keep the spirit!
Yes, I have 25 yrs of data on the passive solar homes' performance. The home performed as designed. It is a high thermal mass earth bermed structure. It uses 60%-70% less outside energy than a conventional home. The "natural" temp. stays between 54 to 62 degrees f (Atlanta, GA), sunpower only. A reverse cycle heat pump, makes up the delta T, has a lake heat exchanger & hw waste heat coil. The home is designed to "breathe" , healthier & not as tight as new energy codes.
Thirty years before LEED and Energy Star, James Klippel was designing and building passive solar homes out of local, low impact natural materials in the true philosophy of "organic architecture". With out ornamentation, the architecture grows to evolve into a beautiful living song. A symbiotic design bringing mankind, art, science, and the earth in tune with all. Here you see an honest architecture working in purity, of no time yet timeless.
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ive always dreamed to live in a comfortable house surrounded with tall trees. Amazing video! =)
iLOVENATURE2011 2 months ago
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iLOVENATURE2011 2 months ago
This Organic Architecture is entered in the 2011 AIBD Designers Choice International design competition. To view the entry go to youtube, aibdonline, and click on #1b-11-001.
skipperandcap 7 months ago
Dear klippela23,
I remember your grandfather, your dad and I framing the Cypess window frames before the roof was on the house while as a baby you slept in a blanket on the entry foyer. Amazing architecture is only made possible by great people like your father who believed in a beautiful idea, took a risk, and saw it through to reality. When you are married I will design for you another and more wonderful home for your family. Keep the spirit!
skipperandcap 11 months ago
I miss this house! Amazing to live in..
klippela23 11 months ago
Dear AshdenAwards,
Yes, I have 25 yrs of data on the passive solar homes' performance. The home performed as designed. It is a high thermal mass earth bermed structure. It uses 60%-70% less outside energy than a conventional home. The "natural" temp. stays between 54 to 62 degrees f (Atlanta, GA), sunpower only. A reverse cycle heat pump, makes up the delta T, has a lake heat exchanger & hw waste heat coil. The home is designed to "breathe" , healthier & not as tight as new energy codes.
skipperandcap 1 year ago
Nice house. Have you got some more info on the energy efficiency of it?
AshdenAwards 1 year ago
Thirty years before LEED and Energy Star, James Klippel was designing and building passive solar homes out of local, low impact natural materials in the true philosophy of "organic architecture". With out ornamentation, the architecture grows to evolve into a beautiful living song. A symbiotic design bringing mankind, art, science, and the earth in tune with all. Here you see an honest architecture working in purity, of no time yet timeless.
kiwisonfire 1 year ago