The Phoenix: Designing and Rebuilding our House of Tomorrow Module 8

2 CPD

The Phoenix is not only rising from the ashes of Ashnola but it mutating into 2 builds. We are taking the Ash out of Ashnola

On August 17th, 2023, the House of Tomorrow Net Zero Demonstration Home on the Ashnola River was completely consumed by the Crater Lake forest fire. The next morning, our family and our team committed to rebuilding, and named the project “The Phoenix”. This series follows the process from the design to the final reveal, including lessons learned from building the original home, through to the construction and the final tally of ‘How Long & How Much’.

This series documents the first of two complete builds. Next year, a second complete build will take place on the same site. It became evident during the early design that we wanted to explore the range of design options from simple to complex while still achieving the new requirements for true Net Zero, soil gas provisions, comfort, safety, urban/wildland interface, buildabilty and relative affordability. This first of two projects will include an honest score card of achievements and lessons learned and a full reveal of the finished home in the final session.