Jaclyn-Portfolio

Summer
Winter
Folded House
© Geoff Warner, Alchemy 2012
The overhang is carefully optimized to
keep the interior cool during summer
months, while allowing the low winter
sun to penetrate the facade. A passive
solar wall incorporating phase-change
gel set behind hot-rolled steel panels
and thermal mass floor are heated by
the sun during cold months.
Alchemy Architects
Completed 2012
Custom fabrication elements are abundant throughout
the design. The primary focus of my efforts was on the
folding roof structure over an addition to this 1950s
ranch house. Solar control during the changing seasons
strongly influenced the form. A rich, organic color pallet
is used on the exterior, including weathering steel,
natural cedar and slate landscaping.
western plantings shade facade