We site, design, and build:- Timber framed outbuildings
- Barns and working buildings
- Outdoor classrooms, pergolas, arbors, trellises
- Outdoor showers/bathing spaces
- Patios, retaining walls, terraces
- Building-integrated greenhouses
We utilize the following construction methods:- Timber framing - in the round and milled
- Solar thermal/Solar PV/Active solar heating
We also provide ecological design and site integration consulting to homeowners, campus managers, builders and architects on:
- Passive solar heating and daylighting
- Building visual integration/sightline management
- Indoor air quality - I.A.Q.
- Daylighting sensitivity such as sunrise/sunset and nighttime sky visibility
- Interior-exterior landscape connectivity
- Programming integration, learnability, healability
- Site-harvesting of building materials via horse logging, stone collection, etc.
We work independently on small scale projects and as ecological design consultants aiding architectural design firms on larger scale projects.
Our process integrates the built with the biological at all levels.