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JOHN BROWN is the editor of theslowhome.com and the founder of the Slow Home Movement. He is a registered architect, real estate broker and Professor of Architecture at the University of Calgary.
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Roof Terrace Carved into Third Floor of Cubic Residence
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Structural Detail
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The Noonan Residence was designed for a semi-retired man to accommodate his changing needs but to also appeal to future buyers with different requirements.
Primarily cubic in form, the house is eroded by a roof terrace carved into the third level, allowing southern light to penetrate to the living space below. Steel clad beams supporting the roof bridge over the terrace and land on matching pylons to skeletally complete volume.
Perpendicular matching beams and pylons suspend the carport roof and span the entry bridge; which intersects the house between the second and third levels. A half flight of stairs up is a third level office/guest room that overlooks the living area and accesses the roof terrace.
The second level accommodates the main living functions, master bedroom and a future elevator that provides for single-level living, should accessibility become necessary.
The first level houses a suite, which, with its own exterior entry, can function as a caretaker's apartment or additional workspace.
With all levels opening to views of the city, and every interior space to another, the Noonan Residence is a matrix of interpenetrating volumes that can accommodate a diversity of living arrangements.
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We believe that our homes and neighborhoods should be healthy, vibrant places that uplift the spirit and gracefully fit our needs. We call for an end to poor construction, bad design, misleading marketing, unfair lending practices and environmental neglect in the housing industry. We acknowledge our collective responsibility to create CLOSE, SIMPLE, LIGHT places to live that leave a positive legacy for future generations.
provides design focused information that homeowners can use to improve the quality of how and where they live. It takes its name from the slow food movement which arose as a reaction to the processed food industry. The sprawl of cookie cutter housing that surrounds us is like fast food - standardized, homogenous, and wasteful. It contributes to a too fast life that is bad for us, our cities, and the environment. In the same way that slow food raises awareness of the food we eat and how these choices affect our lives, Slow Home empowers you to take more control of your home and improve the quality of how you live while reducing your environmental impact and futureproofing the long term investment value of your home.
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