Trolley House

Residential
Written By The Visual Brand

Norwalk, Connecticut

This remarkable 3,400 square foot house was designed by Beinfield Architecture PC of Rowayton CT. It sits on a narrow spit of land surrounded by a tidal estuary. The land originally supported trolley tracks running to an historical amusement park, which no longer stands. Beinfield Architecture's design drew inspiration from the tracks and wooden roller coaster structures in use in the old park.

Designed to foster a relationship with it’s natural surroundings, the main portion of the house sits on concrete piers to allow for flood waters to flow beneath. An exoskeleton of lateral bracing shield storm shutters that protect the house from storms and provide additional insulation in the winter.

Landtech provided site planning and environmental engineering, as well as coastal permitting and management of the approvals process in this environmentally sensitive location.

Landtech was awarded a 2017 AIA Connecticut Design Award for contributions to this project.

The Visual Brand

The Visual Brand (TVB) is a Metro New York based brand innovation studio, the second generation of a successful NYC based studio founded by branding veteran Randy Herbertson. TVB works with leading and emerging local, national and international brands and companies in well-established practice areas including insight development and brand and messaging foundation, and full service design from packaging, motion design, industrial and environmental design to print, video/tv and digital. Grown in the digital era, TVB leverages and builds on leading edge technology across its practice areas. TVB has a multinational presence and native bi-lingual capabilities with a close partnership in Latin America.

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