Casa Familia / Kevin deFreitas Architects

Jul 2010

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Architects: Kevin deFreitas Architects
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
Builder: Kevin & Kara deFreitas
Interiors: Kevin & Kara deFreitas
Landscape Architect: Aerea, Leslie Ryan
Structural Engineer: Envision Engineering, Alex Barajas
Site Area: 9,178 sq ft
Project Area: 3,460 sq ft
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: David Harrison Photographic & Glenn Cormier

A reinterpretation of quintessential Southern Californian courtyard houses; this is a modestly sized home that lives much bigger than it really is by thoughtfully opening up to, and engaging, the landscape and wonderfully temperate So. Cal coastal climate. It is a home that simultaneously looking towards the future (technologically feature rich), while remembering the low tech comfort strategies of the past; a time before air conditioning and forced air units existed.

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The goal of this project was to design and construct a highly efficient home that would employ passive and active strategies to significantly reduce, energy, water, and resource consumption all while delivering a modern, comfortable and livable home for a young family of six.

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Through concerted research, experimentation and a good measure of faith, the house proved a success consuming 65% less electricity than state mandated standards and 55% less water than homes of comparable size without sacrificing comfort or aesthetics. This is important to dispel the common public misperception that efficiency and conservation has to look ”hippie” or alternative.

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Like the song says, “it not easy being green”, but it likewise it’s not difficult either, and the ramifications for future generations are enormous.

Products in this project

Bathroom Equipment: Toto

Plumbing Fixtures by Toto

Construction materials, Semi-finished materials: DuPont, Johns Manville Inc.

Countertops: Corian by DuPont
Insulation: Spider by Johns Manville Inc.
Building Wrap & Flashing: Dupont Tyvek by DuPont
Countertops: Zodiac by DuPont

Floor: Westcoat Specialty Coating Systems

Exterior Deck Coatings by Westcoat Specialty Coating Systems

Heating and Ventilation: Viessmann

Solar Hot Water: VitoSol 100 by Viessmann

Joinery: Fleetwood Windows & Doors , The Sliding Door Company, Omnia Industries, Schweiss

Windows by Fleetwood Windows & Doors
Closet Doors by The Sliding Door Company
Doors by Fleetwood Windows & Doors
Door Handles by Omnia Industries
Bi-Fold Garage Door: Schweiss Bi-Fold door by Schweiss

Kitchen Equipment: Whirlpool

Appliances by Whirlpool

Lighting, Heating, Home/building automation: Control 4 , Kyocera Solar

Home Automation by Control 4
Solar PV-Electric by Kyocera Solar

Walls: SOLEC-Solar Energy Corp , Oceanside Glass Tile

Radiant Barrier: Lo/MIT radiant paint by SOLEC-Solar Energy Corp
Glass Tile by Oceanside Glass Tile

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Halima Mohamed says:

Actually it is a very nice green house it combines between the concrete and aluminum cladding and use the wood for the entrance as a part of the house landscape. It has a very nice form. they use the opening in a proper way that give a very nice view specially in the living room.

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