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Tree House in Bethesda, Maryland

MD Real Estate Development design by Gardner Architects LLC, USA

Dec 5, 2017

Design: Gardner Architects LLC

Location: Bethesda in Maryland, USA

Tree House in Bethesda

Tree House in Bethesda

Photos by Jim Tetro

Tree House, Bethesda – Maryland Home

By contrast the design approach for this project integrates analysis of typical characteristics of construction vis-a-vis the era of construction, building-site relationships, and sustainable strategies in order to join competing interests, save the building and preserve its role in the community.

Tree House in Bethesda

Tree House in Bethesda

This house, built in the 1960s, faces south on a wooded lot in Bethesda, Mary- land. The house had limited and lifeless connections to its site, and a dearth of habitable spaces that adjoined the landscape.

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With excessive energy consumption, poor construction characteristic of its era compounded by considerable deterioration as the baseline condition in which we found the home, the house then suffered a major blow–burst pipes rendered the house uninhabitable. This last event prompted the owners to either raze or resuscitate their home.

Tree House in Bethesda

Tree House in Bethesda

We implemented passive approaches for daylight and ventilation, a new vapor-managed building envelope, a state-of-the art insulation strategy, and updated high-efficiency mechanical systems.

Tree House in Bethesda

Tree House in Bethesda

We stewarded the development of a masterplan that manages stormwater, creates habitat for indigenous species, and selectively embraces trees thereby preserving the quality of the community. Our strategy saved the existing building, preserve the site and the existing trees contributed to the preservation of the neighborhood history.

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The renovated home includes 25% increased fenestration with glazing type and area tuned towards exposure, and a new building envelope achieving a 35% improvement over the new International Green Construction Code code baseline.

Tree House in Bethesda

Tree House in Bethesda

Bringing in daylight and natural cross ventilation, the new design maximizes the benefits of available sun in winter and abundant shade in summer provided by the wooded context while retaining the tie between house and site that inspired the original design.

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Tree House in Bethesda

Tree House Bethesda – Building Information

Project size: 2500 ft2
Site size: 15000 ft2
Completion date: 2017
Building levels: 3
Structural Engineer: Robert Silman Assoc PLLC
Kitchen design: Jennifer Gilmer Kitchen & Bath

Tree House in Bethesda

Photography: Jim Tetro

Tree House in Bethesda, Maryland images / information received 051217 from Gardner Architects LLC

Location: Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Architecture in Maryland

Maryland Building Designs

Maryland Buildings – selection below:

Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda, Merriweather Park, Symphony Woods, Columbia, MD
Architects: LEO A DALY
Intelligence Community Campus
image from architecture office
Intelligence Community Campus-Bethesda in Maryland

The Chrysalis: Reinventing the Amphitheater, Merriweather Park, Symphony Woods, Columbia, MD
Design: MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY – Parametric Architect ; Living Design Lab is the Architect of Record ; Arup – engineer
Stage in Symphony Woods Maryland
photographs : THEVERYMANY
The Chrysalis, Symphony Woods

Mohican Hills House, Glen Echo
Design: Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect
Mohican Hills House
photograph : Anice Hoachlander, Hoachlander Davis Photography
New House in Maryland

Tred Avon River House
Design: Robert M. Gurney Architect
House in Maryland
photo : Maxwell MacKenzie Architectural Photographer

The John and Frances Angelos Law Center at the University of Baltimore
Behnisch Architekten / Ayers, Saint, Gross
The John and Frances Angelos Law Center at the University of Baltimore

Loblolly House, Taylors Island
KieranTimberlake Associates
Loblolly House

US East Coast Buildings

Virginia Building

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Extension
Design: Rick Mather Architects
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Pharrell Williams Resource Center, Virginia Beach
Chad Oppenheim
Pharrell Williams Resource Center

Holly Grove Mansion – project, Charleston
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
Charleston Building

Virginia Beach Convention Center
SOM
Virginia Beach Convention Center

Virginia House

LEO A DALY Architects

American Architect

American Houses

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