A hill top retirement residence for a single lady on a super 25acre parcel with ponds.
Her mandate was "A Maine Farmhouse with the feeling of a Hill top country Inn in Maine", owned by the Architect. (In the traditional three parts ...the main house, with wrap-around porch. the three car garage and loft over with A Passerella walkway, (the carredge shed) separating the Help's quarters (the work-barn). Gross: 8600 sq.ft.
Based on a 2 foot grid...with end-grain hemlock flooring and articulated columns expressing alls and spaces... opening the floorplan, with two story spaces and central 12ft.x12ft. second floor skylight bringing light into the interior space. The standing seam metal roof to work with the crushed red brick drive and surround. A total of 122columns interior and exterior. Very high "R" values, infloor heating, geothermal and heat pumps, solar and helical wind turbines mounted on the cooling and lookout towers.