Off-Grid Home

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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


Disciplines

Structural,


Engineers

Mark Fleischhaker, P.Eng.


Design/Drawing

Daniel Ortegon Drafting and Design


Builders

Owner


Design Completed

July 2018


Construction Completed

December 2019