Atmosphere Design have recently completed CASK House located in Nevada City, California.

气氛设计公司最近完成了位于加利福尼亚州内华达市的木桶屋。

Description by Atmosphere: With an eye toward creating a sustainable future for a young family of four, the design for this home focuses on integrating ecological building strategies, super energy efficiency and an accessible open floor plan that is flexible enough to adapt to the family’s changing needs. The house is situated on a sunny south facing site, with glimpses through the native oaks of the local creek canyon below. The house opens to the south and sits close to grade minimizing the inside-outside transition. Covered terraces and porches provide the appropriate solar shading and expand the living area for the modest house during the many seasonable Northern California months.

气氛描述：为了为一个四口之家创造一个可持续的未来，这个家的设计重点是将生态建筑战略、超级能源效率和一个灵活的开放式平面图结合起来，以适应家庭不断变化的需求。这座房子位于阳光明媚的南面，透过下面当地溪谷的土生土长的橡树一瞥。房子向南开放，靠近等级，尽量减少内外过渡.覆盖的露台和门廊提供了适当的太阳能遮阳，并扩大了居住面积的谦虚的房子，在许多及时的北加州的月份。

Inspired by natural building materials and raw industrial loft spaces, the owners hope to create an aesthetic that both celebrates the “imperfect” qualities of handmade structures and that also has a clean contemporary feel. A weathering steel metal roof, native log post details, polish concrete floors, salvaged wood, and locally sourced materials and products will be used to underscore the aesthetic and ecological goals.

受天然建筑材料和工业阁楼空间的启发，业主们希望创造一种美学，既颂扬手工建筑的“不完美”品质，又有干净的当代感觉。一个耐候钢金属屋顶，土木桩细节，抛光混凝土地板，打捞木材，当地来源的材料和产品将被用来强调美学和生态目标。

The simple form and massing of the house allow for a cost effective high performance building envelope to be created. Using wood framed construction keeps the project budget conscious: advanced framing techniques, thermal free bridge construction details and thoughtful structural engineering minimize wood usage and expense.

房屋的简单形式和体量允许创建具有成本效益的高性能建筑围护结构。采用木结构结构可确保项目预算意识：先进的框架技术、无热桥梁施工细节和周到的结构工程，最大限度地减少木材使用和费用。

A combination of passive solar design, meticulous air sealing, high performance windows, and attentive insulation details will reduce the space conditioning requirements of this house to a mere fraction of a typical home. Energy modeling in the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) predicts the annual heat demand to be 5.54 kBTU/sf/yr. The house will be an all-electric building and has a planned 4.0 KW photovoltaic array that will bring the house to near net-zero (depending on the occupant usage). Additional PV panels can be added once the family is occupying the house and knows their true energy usage. A ductless mini split will provide the primary heating and cooling for the house. HRV (mechanical ventilation system) and passive radon-mitigation systems will insure the house has good indoor air quality and is a healthy house to live in. The plumbing plan has been optimized to minimize pipe runs and a laundry to landscape grey water system will divert water from the septic system. Visit Atmosphere Design

将被动式太阳能设计、细致的空气密封、高性能的窗户和细心的绝缘细节结合在一起，将这所房子的空间空调要求降低到一个典型住宅的一小部分。被动式房屋规划软件包(PHPP)中的能量模型预测年用热量为5.54kBTU/SF/年。房子将是一个全电力建筑，并有一个规划的4.0千瓦光伏阵列，将使房子接近零净(取决于居住者的使用)。一旦一家人占领了房子，并且知道他们真正的能源使用情况，就可以增加额外的光伏电池板。一个无导管的小裂口将为房子提供一次加热和冷却。HRV(机械通风系统)和被动防氡系统将保证室内空气质量良好，是一座健康的住宅。水暖计划已被优化，以减少管道的运行和洗衣景观灰色水系统将从化粪池系统的水。参观气氛设计