The Patrick Residence
The Patrick Residence is a 3 bedroom home with an enclosed
2 car garage, within an overall footprint of 3,800 square feet. The
central area of the shell is the great room, enclosing a large living,
dining and kitchen space. The wings or ends of the shell accommodate
the garage on one end and the master bedroom on the opposite end. The
Patrick residence is an adaptation of a design called the Pheasant.
The Pheasant, in keeping with my Avian theme, representing the concept
soaring in both design and a philosophical approach to design, was derived
from a plan done for Frank and Kathy Astourian. The Astourian design
is shown in the website section of wire models.
The wire model enables one to see how the use of earth berming lets
us integrate the building into the landscape and yet allow the building
to emerge from the land to transcend earthy boundaries.
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| Master Bedroom opening at retaining
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Front view with balloon partially
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*All photos courtesy of Deborah Patrick
The balloon was fabricated by the Monolithic Dome Institute.
For information contact: mail@monolithicdome.com.
The shell was built by Dome Contractors, Inc., out of Jewett, Texas,
www.domecontractors.com.
To date, the shell has been completed. The shell engineering was done
by Dr. Arnold Wilson.
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