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Brittlebush
Brittlebush
12621, North Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
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Brittlebush
12621, North Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ, United States
YEAR
2010
BUDGET
$0 - 10K
Brittlebush was developed as a
design-build experience for Simón De Agüero, graduate student,
designer, and project manager. The design is an experimental desert dwelling for winter
residents at Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. Simón envisioned the
design to be an open-air living space with protective roof and walls for the
sleeping area. He designed a steel structure that frames three-inch
rammed-earth walls surrounding a patio, fireplace, and bed. The masts and
anchors on the structure can adaptively accommodate a 250 square-foot roof
membrane of either shade-cloth or vinyl. The bed platform is situated above a
fireplace for passive winter heating. This design concept includes an
indoor-outdoor terrace for drinks with friends, or a quiet retreat to sit down
and read a book. The social patio has three chairs and a meditative zen garden,
all designed to integrate with the larger whole. Approximately 90% of the steel
in the project was salvaged from the school scrap yard; 100% of the earth for
the walls was from the school property; 100% of the wood used for the formwork
was salvaged from onsite renovation waste.
Erik
Krautbauer,
a student in the B.A.S. program at Taliesin, was the assistant project
manager. The
project was supervised by Taliesin faculty, with fabrication expertise provided
by the principals of Tenshon (www.tenshon.com).
The
structure can be visited on the student-led Taliesin West Desert Shelter Tour
on Saturdays at 1:30 pm from mid-November through mid-April.
Simón
wishes to acknowledge the following participants in the design and construction
of Brittlebush:
Nathaniel Allen, Dakotah
Apostolou, Thai Blackburn, Jillian Brooks, William Brunson, Chelsea Clark, Emil Crystal, Simón De
Agüero, Matthew Dickerson, Daniel Dillow, Dave Frazee, Saul Glass-Siegel, Jeff
Graham, Christopher Gritzmacher, Saskia Jorda, Aaron Kadoch, Erik Krautbauer,
Annett Marsico, Marietta Paglakou, Todd Lehmenkuler, Austin Mahoney, Russell
Mahoney, Brian Maxwell, Marli Post, Taryn Seymour, Skye Whitman, Chris
Williams, Hui Ee Wong.
Special thanks to project
Supporters:
Tenshon (Membrane Fabrication) www.tenshon.com
GaliPacific (Fabric
Manufacturer)
Art installation by
Saskia Jorda (www.saskiajorda.com)
Diane Karp
Jane and Curtis Himes
Bob and Gretchin
Ravenscroft
Kim Hurtado
design-build experience for Simón De Agüero, graduate student,
designer, and project manager. The design is an experimental desert dwelling for winter
residents at Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. Simón envisioned the
design to be an open-air living space with protective roof and walls for the
sleeping area. He designed a steel structure that frames three-inch
rammed-earth walls surrounding a patio, fireplace, and bed. The masts and
anchors on the structure can adaptively accommodate a 250 square-foot roof
membrane of either shade-cloth or vinyl. The bed platform is situated above a
fireplace for passive winter heating. This design concept includes an
indoor-outdoor terrace for drinks with friends, or a quiet retreat to sit down
and read a book. The social patio has three chairs and a meditative zen garden,
all designed to integrate with the larger whole. Approximately 90% of the steel
in the project was salvaged from the school scrap yard; 100% of the earth for
the walls was from the school property; 100% of the wood used for the formwork
was salvaged from onsite renovation waste.
Erik
Krautbauer,
a student in the B.A.S. program at Taliesin, was the assistant project
manager. The
project was supervised by Taliesin faculty, with fabrication expertise provided
by the principals of Tenshon (www.tenshon.com).
The
structure can be visited on the student-led Taliesin West Desert Shelter Tour
on Saturdays at 1:30 pm from mid-November through mid-April.
Simón
wishes to acknowledge the following participants in the design and construction
of Brittlebush:
Nathaniel Allen, Dakotah
Apostolou, Thai Blackburn, Jillian Brooks, William Brunson, Chelsea Clark, Emil Crystal, Simón De
Agüero, Matthew Dickerson, Daniel Dillow, Dave Frazee, Saul Glass-Siegel, Jeff
Graham, Christopher Gritzmacher, Saskia Jorda, Aaron Kadoch, Erik Krautbauer,
Annett Marsico, Marietta Paglakou, Todd Lehmenkuler, Austin Mahoney, Russell
Mahoney, Brian Maxwell, Marli Post, Taryn Seymour, Skye Whitman, Chris
Williams, Hui Ee Wong.
Special thanks to project
Supporters:
Tenshon (Membrane Fabrication) www.tenshon.com
GaliPacific (Fabric
Manufacturer)
Art installation by
Saskia Jorda (www.saskiajorda.com)
Diane Karp
Jane and Curtis Himes
Bob and Gretchin
Ravenscroft
Kim Hurtado
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