Off-Grid Home

Resilience ⇡, Spirit ⇡

A two-storey, 2,000 sqft, wood-framed off-grid home. The layout of the home is designed with the owner’s interpretation of Vastu Vidya of Maharishi Sthapatya Veda. Its design also maximizes solar gain in the winter months and minimized solar gain in the summer months in an effort to moderate interior temperatures passively.

Location: Coombs, British Columbia, Canada
Scope: Preliminary Design, Detailed Design, Construction Services
Structural Engineer: Mark Fleischhaker, P.Eng.
Drawing Production: Daniel Ortegon
Builder(s):  Owner
Design Completed: July 2018
Construction Completed: In progress