架构师提供的文本描述。该项目最初是一个存放客户电动汽车及其充电器的车库，后来又增加了一个新的484平方英尺的阁楼单元，以充分满足方案需要和分区潜力。客户要求建造一座包含绿色设计理念的建筑。为此目的采取了许多战略，包括太阳能电池板、无毒材料、遮阳墙和屋顶表面、可再生材料、消除天然气作为能源、发展堆栈效应和增加绝缘。这种结构是紧凑的-挤进了地块的剩余空间-它的形式被施加在空间上的场地力量所操纵-比如一棵大树和严密的停车后备箱-它要求结构在上升时扭曲、折叠和伸展，以最大限度地提高太阳能效率。

Text description provided by the architects. Beginning as a garage that housed the client’s electric vehicle and its charger, the project grew to encompass the addition of a new 484 square foot loft unit above it to adequately encompass programmatic needs and zoning potentials. The clients asked for a building that would embrace concepts of green design. Numerous strategies were integrated toward this end, including solar panels, non-toxic materials, shaded wall and roof surfaces, renewable materials, the elimination of gas as an energy source, the development of stack effects, and increased insulation. The structure is compact – squeezed into the remaining space of the lot – and the form of it is manipulated by the site forces imposed on the space – such as a large tree and tight parking back-ups – which required the structure to twist, fold, and stretch as it rises to maximize solar efficiency.

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