The O-S House is a small infill residence in Racine, Wisconsin, a
rustbelt city epitomizing the painful urban decline of Middle America’s
manufacturing centers. Commissioned by a young family, the project is
one of the first LEED Platinum homes in the Upper Midwest and
demonstrates how a small, sustainable residence built with a moderate
budget can become a confident, new urban constituent, a harbinger of
change in a city suffering from decades of economic stagnation and urban
disinvestment.