House Demolition

Our Virginia Beach Residence project is finally underway and we've started a companion blog to detail the project from start to finish - design, to demolition, to construction.

Watershed is particularly proud of this project, which incorporates universal design, renewable energy, and restorative landscape design, among many strategies that will put it on the path toward both LEED Platinum and PassivHaus certifications.

In this case, the homeowner wanted to completely remove the old structure and rebuild a more accessible, low-energy/high performance home for herself and her family. So in keeping with Watershed's mission, in October and November, contractors made the effort to salvage over 3,700 pounds of reusable materials from the home. All of these materials were sent to Habitat for Humanity for reuse in regional home-building projects, with an additional 218 tons of materials sent to the scrap yard for recycling (out of a total of 342 tons).

By mid-November the entire salvage phase was completed and demolition was underway.

This is a video of portions of the takedown. Salvage photos and descriptions on our blog and on Flickr.

For more as this project progresses, visit the Virginia Beach Residence Project Blog and the associated Facebook Photo Album and Flickr pages, linked below.

Watershed Architects & Sunflower Solar

Virginia Beach Residence Project Blog: http://watershedarch.net/category/virginia-beach-residence

Watershed Facebook Photo Album: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Watershed-Architects/252343016509?v=photos

Watershed & Sunflower Virginia Beach Residence Flickr photo set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/50308199@N05/sets/72157625598376546/

Watershed Architects web site: http://watershedarch.net/

Sunflower Solar web site: http://www.sunflower-solar.net/

Category:

Education

Tags:

• demolition
• Watershed
• Architects
• green
• building
• sustainable
• design

[rcenzo]

I hope you replaced it with a nice quality home .ike the one that got torn down... That was a nice home, All wood. not like the garbge they build today...