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The DeBell Beach House
The DeBell Beach House
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The DeBell Beach House
United States
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2016
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
BUDGET
$100K - 500K
The Fifth Avenue Beach House
Two discrete boxes are raised to FEMA base flood elevation and imbedded in each other.
The levels are connected with a beam-like stair constructed of MDF and pre-fabricated wood components.
Principle materials: Sepele, Fiber Cement Panels, Low Iron Glass, Gypsum Board, Bamboo flooring.
Energy Use Characteristics: The house is constructed with a double stud wall and exterior insulating sheathing. The mechanical system is electric mini split heat pumps and a heat recovery ventilator. It is a very low energy use construction.
Completed: September 2016
The owner of this house returned to it each summer since 1945. Hurricane Sandy brought with it torrential rain and a storm surge resulting in six feet of water in the yard – three feet in their house. We would have to rebuild the house to FEMA standards above base flood elevation of 7 feet. The goal at the outset was to build an 1800sf house that could also be a retirement home for the doctor couple. A scheme of two boxes, a 1000 square foot loft- like living area raised above the ground and two bedrooms and two baths above that. The client’s budget was $450,000.
Besides the FEMA mandates we had restrictions from the local Zoning ordinance for building size, setbacks and maximum height. The center, white portion is basically the volume and perimeter of the original nonconforming cottage raised to evade future waters. The wood screen clad portions comply with front and side yard setbacks and give the house its hovering stance. The ground level volumes are just screens to allow water to run through.
The maximum height allowed by the building code was in conflict with the desire to construct tall ceilings so we nested the upper story in living room story and left out the ceiling around the perimeter so that now there are nine foot ceilings in the center of the living room and the upper floor and twelve feet around the perimeter. The steel is revealed while the drywall is articulated so that it appears like a solid incised with the steel cutting through it. The steel is painted a pale green – a color which changes dramatically as the intense coastal light reflects obliquely across it.
The stair that connects the living story to the bedroom story is constructed with 1 ½” MDF balustrades that act as three foot deep beams so the stair easily spans the two levels. The rail on top and the transitions at the corners and ends are manufactured standard radius pieces that were dadoed and joined to the straight sections. The entire construction is painted in a low sheen finish that falls somewhere between the green of the steel and the surrounding white.
The ground level is defined by four open screen pieces of Sapele, a mahogany- like hardwood from protected African sources. Three panels of ½” “super clear” low iron glass span from the blue stone base to the ceiling and separate the parking space from the covered terrace beyond.
Two discrete boxes are raised to FEMA base flood elevation and imbedded in each other.
The levels are connected with a beam-like stair constructed of MDF and pre-fabricated wood components.
Principle materials: Sepele, Fiber Cement Panels, Low Iron Glass, Gypsum Board, Bamboo flooring.
Energy Use Characteristics: The house is constructed with a double stud wall and exterior insulating sheathing. The mechanical system is electric mini split heat pumps and a heat recovery ventilator. It is a very low energy use construction.
Completed: September 2016
The owner of this house returned to it each summer since 1945. Hurricane Sandy brought with it torrential rain and a storm surge resulting in six feet of water in the yard – three feet in their house. We would have to rebuild the house to FEMA standards above base flood elevation of 7 feet. The goal at the outset was to build an 1800sf house that could also be a retirement home for the doctor couple. A scheme of two boxes, a 1000 square foot loft- like living area raised above the ground and two bedrooms and two baths above that. The client’s budget was $450,000.
Besides the FEMA mandates we had restrictions from the local Zoning ordinance for building size, setbacks and maximum height. The center, white portion is basically the volume and perimeter of the original nonconforming cottage raised to evade future waters. The wood screen clad portions comply with front and side yard setbacks and give the house its hovering stance. The ground level volumes are just screens to allow water to run through.
The maximum height allowed by the building code was in conflict with the desire to construct tall ceilings so we nested the upper story in living room story and left out the ceiling around the perimeter so that now there are nine foot ceilings in the center of the living room and the upper floor and twelve feet around the perimeter. The steel is revealed while the drywall is articulated so that it appears like a solid incised with the steel cutting through it. The steel is painted a pale green – a color which changes dramatically as the intense coastal light reflects obliquely across it.
The stair that connects the living story to the bedroom story is constructed with 1 ½” MDF balustrades that act as three foot deep beams so the stair easily spans the two levels. The rail on top and the transitions at the corners and ends are manufactured standard radius pieces that were dadoed and joined to the straight sections. The entire construction is painted in a low sheen finish that falls somewhere between the green of the steel and the surrounding white.
The ground level is defined by four open screen pieces of Sapele, a mahogany- like hardwood from protected African sources. Three panels of ½” “super clear” low iron glass span from the blue stone base to the ceiling and separate the parking space from the covered terrace beyond.
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