Farm Fresh Sustainability.
Bethlehem Farm Caretaker Residence is the community home for the year round missionary families and summer volunteers. The Catholic Mission Farm reaches into the surrounding Appalachian community providing home repair, offering sustainable education and volunteering for the local food bank. The 12 suite community home is a study in privacy and simple living. This project is designed with a greenhouse, radiant floor heating, passive cooling, SIP panel construction, composting toilets and a 20,000 gallon rain harvest reservoir for the garden and orchard.
North side of the Main House
Concrete siding on SIPs along with High Performance windows
Outdoor covered deck for family and fun
Radiant Hot Water system and Greenhouse
Integrated storage
Full North facade connecting New Caretaker Residence with Existing Bunkhouse
Salvaged Wood Panel siding in comfortable communal living room
Wood burning stove for those cold winter nights
Radiant tile flooring makes waking up a little warmer on the toes