WHAT’S GOING INTO OUR LEED INTERIOR DESIGN
The interior at the Birch haven residence is full of healthy and sustainable materials. Of course we followed the durability management criteria in LEED for Homes by providing durable and long lasting materials, (such as tile floors in wet areas). We also used the low VOC criteria of the LEED commercial standards for paints, stains, adhesives, and sealants to provide a healthy, toxin free indoor environmental quality. There is no carpet to be found anywhere.
Interior must also be comfortable and beautiful. The design is clean, dynamic and modern leaning, but warm and comfortable at the same time. Most of the residence has bamboo wood floors (a rapidly renewable product), T&G pine ceilings, exposed glue-lam beams, some exposed steel, stainless steel and aircraft cable railing systems, and travertine finished custom showers with frameless glass enclosures. We salvaged the knotty cedar wood plank interior for the original 1950’s era cottage that was demolished, and are re-using the material inside the new residence. The spirit of the original cottage lives on for future generations to enjoy and to remember the history of the site.
Michael R. Carlson, Architect 