Grassy Brook Village
Grassy Brook Village was a heroic attempt on the part of the developer to create ten condominiums, clustered on a hillside in Vermont. Meant to embody all the energy saving methods available, the first scheme organized the houses around a circular court, tied together with a walkway. The manner in which the houses splayed created outside private decks. Remote arrays of collectors were to deliver solar heat. Then an alternate dome-enclosed scheme was developed which would provide a common passive and active system in the form of a greenhouse. The houses could be prefabricated with trailerized components which could be arranged differently to accommodate a variety of site conditions.
