OK
Mission House
Calremore, Oklahoma
bezalel
design
Dan and Linda Huey have set aside a wooded two acre portion of their farm as
a way station for missionaries; a manufactured home on the site is currently
being used for the purpose. In honor of Edith Spillmen, the new house will serves
as
a
relaxing retreat for families and individuals returning from the mission field.
William Christenberry’s “memory forms” where used in a form
generation study, the current incarnation is a “memory form with a dirt
dobbers nest attached” this nest contains the stair to the second story.
Wall construction is cross-laminated solid timber panels. These factory cut panels
show up site and are erected similar to pre-cast concrete, except for the fact
that they are made from quickly replenishing pulpwood; however their performance
is more akin to heavy timber construction. This system has not been used before
in the United States. For more information on this building system please visit:KLH