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Sanjay Gangal is the President of IBSystems, the parent company of AECCafe.com, MCADCafe, EDACafe.Com, GISCafe.Com, and ShareCG.Com. Adult Tree Houses Take Root in Austin, Texas by Mark Odom StudioApril 5th, 2019 by Sanjay Gangal
Article source: Mark Odom Studio Mark Odom Studio, subdivided this one-acre, heavily treed property in Austin, Texas to become four duplex lots, equaling eight individual residences along a shared drive.
The one acre project site, which originally housed just one single-family home, was divided into four separate lots, commonly known as an infill. “This type of build strategically densifies an underutilized parcel of land while keeping the same scale of the neighborhood,” explains Mark Odom, founding principal of Mark Odom Studio. The buildings were planned with every sustainable notion possible—proper sound transmittance ratings, cross-ventilation, and little impact on the existing site and trees—intertwining the natural world with a man-made one. The landscape promotes social engagement among property owners, creating pleasant opportunities for neighbors to engage and meet. “Existing trees were used not only as focal points for each building but also for various interior rooms, nestling each structure around the patterned landscape,” says Odom of the unique approach. “Room and window placement was then key so that each structure could take full advantage of its placement in the natural landscape — and still maintain privacy from neighbors.” To turn house into tree house, Odom and team worked hard to bring the outdoors inside, utilizing windows, balconies, and glass doors throughout to allow for views of the existing tree canopies. It's a technique, says Odom, that defines much of the team's design ethos This results, explains Odom, in eight unique floor plans in either two- or three-bedroom options. Though different in design, each of the eight condos has a trademark modern style built out with high-end finishes, cement floors, and pops of wood and steel. Contact Mark Odom Studio
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