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SMALL HOUSE
Decatur, Georgia
This house is a prototype for an efficient semirural single family residence. Two distinct types of cladding establish two degrees of privacy in the home: a wood latticework filters light and air at the kitchen, living, and dining areas while wood panel clad containers with discrete openings enclose the bedrooms.
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The entry occurs in an exterior space framed by low seat walls leading to the front porch, a place to greet and talk with neighbors. Connecting the entry to the primary living space is the kitchen. Serving as the hub of household activity, the kitchen offers counter seating for casual meals and conversation.
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The tall volume of the living/dining space opens to a large back porch through folding glazed doors.
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The low seat walls are extensions of the precast concrete grade beam footings for the wood framed structure.
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The wood latticework is placed in front of a combination of transparent and translucent glazing, filtering light to the interior while allowing air to pass through operable windows behind the screen.
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A metal mesh curtain set in continuous top and bottom tracks screens in the back porch.
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