Sandwich House

This House is from the same architects as my last post, I found the house quite interesting too. If you need info the Link from my last post lets you go to the same architects page with all their work.

Triangle House

From the top to the bottom:





I really like it!!!

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Grasscrete®

I indeed found this funny looking pieces of concrete with grass a long time ago but I never knew it was Grasscrete, now that I know it, I am sharing this incredible idea with all whom will see this post.



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A Sustainable Approach to Stormwater Management

"Last year, Kevin Robert Perry won an ASLA Professional Award for a truly innovative stormwater management system he designed for the city of Portland, Oregon. Referred to as the “first of its kind anywhere,” Perry's project replaced the city's combined storm/sewer pipe system with a landscaped curb extension carved out of a portion of the street's parking zone.

In other words, instead of using expensive and high maintenance system to funnel urban runoffs to distant, equally expensive and high maintenance treatment facilities and discharge points, they are instead managed on-site with simple, cost-effective, attractive and environmentally sustainable infrastructure."







Last two photos are the before and after pictures...


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The Wetland Machine of Sidwell

(Site plan: 1. Existing Middle School; 2. Middle School addition with green roof; 3. Trickle filter with interpretive display; 4. Wetlands for wastewater treatment; 5. Rain garden; 6.Pond; 7. Outdoor classroom; 8. Butterfly meadow; 9. Woodland screen at neighborhood edge; 10. Playground. Image by Andropogon Associates.)




(Section cut through the 1. tiered wetlands used for wastewater treatment; 2. rain garden; and 3. pond. Image by Andropogon Associates.)





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