Dean's House, built on a hill of huckleberries
Huckleberry Hill is a cluster of hexagons made of recycled materials,
built on a hillside covered with wild huckleberries.
- Design
- Photos
- Materials
- Construction
- Finished product
- Newspaper articles
- Comments on function and form
- Who is Dean Petrich? Read about Dean's life.
The basic premises for this house were:
1. to construct an entire house out of
garbage
-- discarded materials -- as a demonstration of how much waste still has
value.
2. to design a structure that I could
build from start to finish by myself.
3. to use locally available resources,
materials and labor if necessary.
4. to encorporate non-toxic and
net-energy
efficient components.
5. to orient the structure to the
environment
aesthetically.
6. to fashion a self-sufficient
space capable of operating comfortably with an autonomous source of power,
water, heat, & waste disposal.
7. to employ renewable resources,
such as solar, wind, rainwater, composting toilets, etc.
8. to make a living structure that is
maleable
and not confined to a rigid form, so that as situations change, walls and
spaces can be altered,
it doesn't matter if things get banged or
scratched, and the basic feel is one of comfort.
9. to create a space that never ceases
to inspire.
10. to open the space to be shared
with others.
11. to encorporate three primary
components in every aspect of contruction -- everything in the buildings
and the yard must be:
AESTHETIC (an art piece, beautiful to see and touch)
PLAYFUL (fanciful, fun, frivolous, smile-producing, toys)
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