Approaching

Well, the first week is done. Seems like I've been here forever so far and its really only been one week to almost the hour. Ahh, the perception of passing time, what a wonderful illusion. There has been so much input as far as information goes and its only bound to increase considering that tonight I begin 14 straight days of intensive design in a class that strives to unify many disciplines of thought and action along the lines of whole systems integration in the realm of regenerative ecosystems. The class is, Raising the Bar on Sustainable Design, and I'm really looking forward to it. Then that is immediately followed by a two day drafting course where I can hopefully fine tune some of the concepts that I will develop in Raising the Bar.
While on the Yestermorrow sight it could be interesting to see who my fellow interns are here. Quite the bunch. All really quality people and unique in their own right. I imagine that they will produce good things in their time here.
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words so here goes for the week.


This is Dave Sellers latest work in progress that has been slowly evolving for the last eight years of so. Appropriately titled "the bunker", it is one intense behemoth of a house. The living room wall which measures about 12' x 14' slides on a track so the whole room opens up to an outside pool that overlooks Seller's custom golf course.

Below is a close up of the cantilevered stairs up to the second floor. Being inside this house had a strange feeling similar to that which one would have while being in a cave when the realization strikes that there is a lot of weight above one's head. Not a house I would want to live in but interesting nonetheless for creative inspiration.

The next photo is an outside photo of Seller's shop which has been slowly evolving for the last fifteen years or so.
One of the more modest designs upon Prickly Mountain below is the summer home of Steve Badanes

The Dimetrodon is another of the Prickly Mountain houses that some refer to as the "mothership". A multi family unit that is composed of imagination and a whole lot of sweat equity. The premise of the whole concept when it was birthed was for the multi family structure that would be independent of the grid with solar panels and wind turbines and all that jazz. Not much of that mentality remains considering only half of the whole structure was built but its still quite impressive.
Below are some sweet doors. The first one is one of the doors in the Dimetredon. The second one is in the basement of the Pitcher Inn in downtown Warren.Till next time....