This sustainably designed house under construction has a timber frame roof in the great room and SIPs panels on the all of the roofs. SIPs (structural insulated panels) are extremely air tight, well insulated and fabricated to precision off-site. The panels are made from rigid foam insulation sandwiched between strand board. The ridge beam of this house is engineered lumber and the rafters, which are spaced 8 feet on center, are douglas fir.
This is the rear of the house, which faces south. The overhang will shade the high summer sun from heating the great room, and will allow the low angled winter rays to penetrate the space. The view out of the future expanse of sliding doors is of Little Gull in Greenport.
These temporary stairs follow the lines of the final design. The stairs to the 4 bedrooms will partially open to the great room. They will be ulitmately screened with a wood slat wall that will give visual and spatial division between the public and private areas of the house.
