Stonefield Subdivision, Florence
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Fox Hollow Residence: Passive Solar Home Structural Engineering in Eugene
- Location: Fox Hollow area, Eugene, Oregon
- Client/Owner: Our client, the owner
- Partners: Will Dixon, Architect
- Year: 2005–2006, built
- JBE services: Structural design
- Sector: Residential
- Recognition: AIA Southwestern Oregon People’s Choice Award
The challenge
Will Dixon, Architect, designed this playful passive solar single family home. Passive solar design places windows to catch the sun. The window layout, an irregular plan shape and exposed structural elements all had to be accommodated by the structure rather than hidden behind it.
Project photos
What we did
We provided the structural design, and the window layout, irregular plan and exposed structure gave us room for some creative engineering solutions. When the window layout changed during construction, we reanalyzed the shear wall on that side of the house. When site conditions called for taller crawl-space walls, we redetailed how wind and earthquake loads reach the foundation.
The result
The Fox Hollow Residence won an AIA Southwestern Oregon People’s Choice Award. It’s a good example of our work as a passive solar home structural engineer in Eugene — the structure supports the design instead of fighting it.
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