The Archie Bunker

On the topic of concrete...this concrete home is located on the property of design/builder Dave Sellers once of the Jersey Devils. The house is fully poured concrete; all molds were built one of a kind and on-site for pouring. No wolf could possible blow this house down.
What I love about this house is the constant discovery of details. Most homes are predictable, bland, and lack imagination. This house feels built on curiosity. The layout rambles through multilevels of concrete, industrial misfits, peaking windows, hidden doorways, experimentation of shape, overlapping levels, and juxtaposition of raw materials.
This hideaway bed slides out from underneath the kitchen and is ready to use. Obama likes it.





This house is also called the Archie Bunker because, even though it sits on a public golf course, Sellers designed the house to have its own small golf course. It has two holes to hit back and forth to.

Toilet Paper Cutting

The Community Design/Build class at Yestermorrow just finished and installed their composting privy for Hubbard Park in Montpelier. Working under Jersey Devils founders, the class worked through a complete design and build process to create a universally accessible mouldering toilet.
With the theme, pressure and release (words of Steve Badanes), the user walks through a normal sized door to a space that widens toward the back. The class wanted the privy to have a traditional out-house appearance as the user walks to the structure, but have the view from the side be unique. The location of the privy sits on a sloping side that overlooks the forest. In order to take advantage of the view, the class designed a large screened opening so that the user will have a great view (and plenty of ventilation). It was fitting to have a toilet paper cutting, instead of the traditional ribbon cutting.




Is that Jersey Devil founder, Steve Badanes, on the toilet?