Comments on: Omena House / Danny Forster

By: Midwest Home Mag

Midwest Home Mag — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:46:51 +0000

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By: Renew Resources

Renew Resources — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:30:24 +0000

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By: La casa por el tejado » Blog Archive » Casa Omena – Danny Foster

La casa por el tejado » Blog Archive » Casa Omena – Danny Foster — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:54:16 +0000

[...] La propuesta de Danny Forster Design Studio es que a través de una combinación de decisiones de diseño intuitivo y estrategias de diseño tecnológicamente permitidas, sea posible hacer una arquitectura sostenible dotada de belleza y a un costo razonable. La casa Omena es un proyecto que combina un sofisticado software de modelado de energía y estrategias básicas de diseño de sentido común para crear un hogar sostenible contemporáneo cuya meta es conectar a sus residentes con el entorno inmediato. Aunque con techos planos y una geometría abstracta, la casa es una parte importante de la historia de los hogares del norte del Lago Michigan. Resulta ser una interpretación moderna, sostenible, de una cabaña a orillas del lago. Más información, planos e imágenes en ArchDaily. [...]

By: freshH2O

freshH2O — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:56:16 +0000

To the Patent Po-po, Omena is a small town on the East side of the Leelanau Peninsula. The Lake is a body of water called Lake Michigan or more specifically on West Grand Traverse Bay. It is wise for any newer construction on the sandy shores of Lake Michigan to be set back. Water and shoreline protection are a part of the life in N. MI.

By: Branden Collins

Branden Collins — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:56:52 +0000

is this by the dude from build it bigger and extreme engineering?

By: Patent Police

Patent Police — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:42:39 +0000

I grew up in northern Michigan and I’ve never heard of a “Lake Omena”. Google maps says There is an Omena Lake on the Indiana border, and the lake’s about a quarter mile wide – much smaller than the photos here suggest.

Anyone who’s from Michigan knows there is a dramatic difference in climate between the south and north in the state. Maybe this is in northern Michigan, somewhere, but there’s something weird here.

I’m also confused about how “the house is very much a part of the history of Northern Michigan Lake homes.” Truth be told, there isn’t much of a vernacular of northern Michigan homes, aside from wooden Victorian cottages built around the turn of the (last) century.

There’s something weird here…

By: ygogolak

ygogolak — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:55:47 +0000

Great, you will be a great designer some day b/c of that fact.

By: Nick Downes

Nick Downes — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:40:32 +0000

2nd RT @archdaily Omena House / Danny Forster http://bit.ly/1yvRQ7

By: Fernando Deprit

Fernando Deprit — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:48:31 +0000

Cuantos cedros se han cortado para forrar la casa…?

By: Nicholas Patten

Nicholas Patten — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:01:00 +0000

I'd Live Here: Omena House. http://bit.ly/3DVb4I

By: ryan knock

ryan knock — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:07:10 +0000

nice enough house, but the siting is horrible … it looks as if it dropped out of the sky.

By: Elizabeth Gouldon

Elizabeth Gouldon — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:16:02 +0000

Reading: "Omena House / Danny Forster | ArchDaily" (http://twitthis.com/4uxzzy)

By: Elizabeth Gouldon

Elizabeth Gouldon — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:16:02 +0000

Reading: "Omena House / Danny Forster | ArchDaily" (http://twitthis.com/4uxzzy)

By: jszetroui

jszetroui — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:13:06 +0000

first.. great that such houses with such great sensiblity are built and planned!

@The hawk: It will cool about the tempreature of earth..?

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:46:13 +0000

Would love to know more about this, what is it and how does it cool? Can anyone tell me?

‘an in-ceiling hydronic radiant heating AND cooling system – there’s no traditional forced air HVAC, just the geo-thermal powered, thermally-active ceiling that can both heat and cool the house’

By: CROFTdesign

CROFTdesign — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:16:41 +0000

Firstly, this house in in Michigan, not NY as archdaily posts. Second, this home hardly has any attention to detail. Looks as if much decision-making was left up to the contractor… sheesh…

By: Tim Anater

Tim Anater — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:15:16 +0000

Another one for @saintpetepaul and @TiffanyNL – "sustainable" house… that looks like a brick. http://bit.ly/2nG2ks

By: Nick Downes

Nick Downes — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:14:01 +0000

RT @archdaily Omena House / Danny Forster http://bit.ly/1yvRQ7

By: thomas foral

thomas foral — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:24:43 +0000

Omena House / Danny Forster | ArchDaily – http://shar.es/1NzaZ

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:16:11 +0000

I’d suggest that a great many houses (both traditional, and those displayed on this site) have interiors that are “cold and uptight”. Northern homes are often compact with small windows. Additionally, I’ve seen a great many houses that are very similar (aesthetically) to this one, that make no mention of environmental planning. All of that makes be believe that the environmental modeling, however instrumental, actually played very little part in the volumetric/spatial design of this house. Thats approximately the converse of what you are saying – but interestingly I think we have a point of agreement: Many a modern designer will defend their LEED modeling as if it translated directly into a formal design solution, whereas I believe such study does not so much tell you what to design as provide analysis of what you have designed.