草屋是一个LEED白金级的附属建筑,建在华盛顿特区历史悠久的Anacostia社区的一栋最近翻新的1892年的维多利亚式房屋后面。利用天然的、传统的建筑材料和简单而现代的技术,草屋提出了一个替代标准棒状结构的环境和健康方案。

The Grass House is a LEED Platinum accessory structure built behind a recently renovated 1892 Victorian house in the Historic Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Utilizing natural, traditional building materials processed with simple but modern techniques, the Grass House proposes a contextual and healthy alternative to standard stick-frame construction.

草屋是东海岸第一个符合法规的竹子建筑,也是在寻求可负担的、高质量的和健康的建筑材料方面的一个希望。城市分区法规的变化使得这个后院工作室的建设成为可能,为B L D U S提供了工作空间,释放了历史性房屋中以前作为家庭办公室的空间,并缩短了日常通勤时间。

The Grass House is the first code-compliant bamboo building on the East Coast and a morsel of promise in the quest for affordable, high-quality, and healthy building materials. Changes to the city zoning code enabled the construction of this backyard studio space, providing workspace for B L D U S, freeing up space in the historic house that had previously functioned as home-office space, and shortening daily commutes.

草屋在保留传统美学和工艺根基的同时,对建筑环境的基本原理提出了质疑。草屋的设计是为了让人用手去触摸,用鼻子去闻,而不是用眼睛去看,草屋要求其居民重新考虑他们与空气、水、阳光和地面的关系。

The Grass House calls into question the fundamentals of the built environment while retaining roots in traditional aesthetics and craftsmanship. Designed as much for the hand to touch and the nose to smell as for the eye to see, the Grass House asks its inhabitants to reconsider their relationship to air, water, sunlight, and the ground.

草屋与弗雷德里克-道格拉斯故居隔街相望,位于一个游客经常光顾但又饱受暴力困扰的街区,它是对所有人健康居住权利的证明。草房子是在一个社区中建造的,这个社区正在学习建筑和发展,以便为他们自己和他们的社区倡导一个更好的未来。

Nestled across the street from the Frederick Douglass House, in a neighborhood frequented by tourists but plagued by violence, the Grass House is a testament to the rights of all to healthy habitation. The Grass House was built in the midst of a community that is learning about architecture and development in order to advocate for a better future for themselves and their neighborhood.

从这个意义上说,草屋是一个可能的图示,它的建造是为了与建筑的好奇心强的邻居们一起学习健康系统的潜力。围绕着Anacostia的是大规模的公共住房项目,有霉菌生长、害虫侵扰和有毒化学品暴露的历史;草屋提出了一个新的发展方向。

In that sense, the Grass House is a diagram of the possible, built as a way to learn about the potential of healthy systems alongside the building’s inquisitive neighbors. Surrounding Anacostia are large-scale public housing projects with histories of mold growth, pest infestation, and toxic chemical exposure; the Grass House suggests a new way forward.

草屋是对清洁、健康的建筑材料的经济性的一种探索。草屋是BamCore框架系统、Omniblock保温砖石单元和绵羊毛保温材料的概念证明,并通过精雕细琢的细节展示了美丽的当地材料,草屋潜伏在国家首都的阴影中。

The Grass House is an exploration into the economies of clean, healthy building materials. Proof-of-concept for BamCore’s framing system, Omniblock’s insulated masonry units, and sheep’s wool insulation, and showcasing beautiful local materials through finely crafted details, the Grass House lurks in the shadows of the nation’s Capital.

这种从农场到住所的建筑邀请人们去了解建筑材料的来源,它们如何到达现场,如何被加工,以及当建筑最终被拆除时,它们将如何被处理。草屋旨在质疑 “清洁 “和 “健康 “在今天和未来的建筑中意味着什么–对人类、对其他物种和对地球。

This farm-to-shelter architecture invites people to understand where a building’s materials originate, how they arrive at the site, how they are processed, and how they will be disposed of when the building is eventually dismantled. The Grass House is intended to question what “clean” and “healthy” can mean in architecture today and in the future—for humans, for other species, and for the Earth.

Architects: BLDUS
Area : 700 ft²
Year : 2019
Photographs :Ty Cole
Manufacturers : BamCore Prime Wall System https://www.bamcore.com/, Calibamboo, Danielle Trofe, Gutter Supply, Living Willow Farm , Locust Lumber, Loewen Triple Pane Wood Windows https://www.loewen.com/, Lunos ERV, ReSawn Timber Co Monogatari Charred Cypress https://resawntimberco.com/
Sustainability Consultant : Peabody Architects
Structural Engineer : JZ Engineering
Civil Engineer : Huska Consulting
Architecture : Jack Becker
Construction : Andrew Linn
Landscape Design : Andrew Linn
Interior Design : Andrew Linn
Program / Use / Building Function : Accessory structure / BLDUS office
MEP & HVAC : KKE Design
City : Washington D. C.
Country : United States