Home on the Intracoastal Waterway in Rehoboth
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Home on the Intracoastal Waterway in Rehoboth
Contemporary Rehoboth Building, United States of America – design by Gardner Architects LLC
Nov 27, 2017
Home on the Intracoastal Waterway
Design: Gardner Architects LLC
Home on the Intracoastal Waterway
The Intracoastal Waterway runs along the east coast of the United States, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico and comprising many kinds of waterways. This project sits on one of those waterways ? the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal ? in a coastal maritime forest with sandy dunes, and facing grassy marshes and perennial wetlands.
The design agenda called for a sensitive response to climate and site. The house is sited to maximize views to the canal and wetlands, while providing a variety of protected and shaded exterior spaces. The form of the house is split by a glazed entry foyer, offering views along a continuous boardwalk from the streetside through the foyer to the canal and marsh.
Creating a shaded place, saving all the trees on site, capturing yet sheltering from sun and breeze, maximizing views, creating habitat ? these are some of the project?s sustainable strategies employed to decrease energy demand and enhance building-site synergies. The project focuses on passive and active sustainable strategies in order to decrease energy demands and burden on the local utilities.
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