With windows in mind: the Andersen inHOME at Sundance Film Festival will showcase a vision that explores our own creative potential - Special Advertising Sections

Sunset, Oct, 2003

A HOUSE SHELTERS: A HOME INSPIRES. INNOVATIVE WINDOWS AND DOORS THAT INTEGRATE INTO THE DESIGN WILL ENHANCE BOTH THE COMFORT AND BEAUTY OF YOUR HOME.

The planning of any home begins with a great deal of soul-searching. What do we need? What do we want? What are the realities and possibilities?

Our home is often our biggest financial investment. But it is also an emotional investment. We want our home to be comfortable and secure, an expression of who we are and how we live. We want to open our home to friends and family, yet at the same time we want a quiet refuge.

Windows provide homes with light, ventilation and views. Windows connect us, both literally and metaphorically, with the bigger world outside. Windows open wide for us to see, to talk, to remember ... and to dream. For 100 years the people at Andersen Windows have been asking what can a window be? Can it be more than just an opening in a wall? Can it offer more than light and ventilation?

What if a window could provide privacy at the touch of a button? What if a window could actually enhance the view? What if a window could become a multimedia screen that provides views not just of our immediate surroundings, but of the entire world? Right now, Andersen is turning these questions into answers. The Andersen[R] inHOME at Sundance Film Festival is under construction in Park City, Utah.

Throughout the Andersen[R] inHOME, windows open wide with ideas for you to make your own:

By integrating the windows into the home design, rather than treating them as mere openings on outside walls, the entire home becomes a place filled with light and views ... and ideas.

Extending almost 140 feet as it steps along a rocky ridge overlooking the 2002 Olympic ski jump venue, the Andersen inHOME will provide both views and privacy. A 4-foot-thick stone wall runs the length of the house, creating a central spine. The wall will serve both as an organizing element an as a screen from the street. Most of the rooms of the 5,000-plus square-foot house are arrayed along the opposite side of the stone wall. This "single-loaded" concept gives each room its own special view of the mountains to the west while the mass of the stone wall provides a counterpoint to the transparency of the windows.

DESIGN WITH WINDOWS IN

MIND. Use a combination of window sizes and shapes to express your own sense of style. While a typical house might have only one or two types of windows, the Andersen inHOME will utilize a wide range of window sizes and shapes. The interior elevation of each wall was as carefully considered as the floor plan. Each of these "wall plans" studied not only how the proportions and arrangements of window look but also how they influence each room. Views out through the windows are composed from various locations within the room and from both seated and standing eye levels.

LIGHT AND PRIVACY. Yes, you can have both. On the street side of the inHOME, for example, small windows will assure privacy in the guest bedrooms while providing views of the golf course and distant mountains. A row of clerestory windows, tucked just below the roof, will wash the ceiling with light and make the roof appear to float. The glass around the entryway switches from clear to opaque as a visitor approaches. At the entrance, a solid mahogany door floats in a surround of Andersen[R] Art Glass. Adjacent to the front door, a two-story collage of windows rhythmically arranged rises to form a tower of light that will illuminate the stairway inside.

BRING WINDOWS INSIDE.

Interior windows provide light and views to rooms that are not located on an outside wall. In the Andersen inHOME these interior windows will allow several of the bedrooms to share views and light with more public spaces while still maintaining privacy. in the upper-level master bedroom, for example, a pair of interior windows, aligned with windows placed high in the two-story great room, provides a view of the mountains from the bedroom and light to the great room below. Between the dining room and kitchen. an interior window provides a visual connection between the two spaces. This room divider also doubles as a media window, allowing access to recipes on the Internet or news on television.

BALANCE THE LIGHT.

Throughout the home, balancing natural light is an important consideration. Having windows along only one wall of a room would hay made one side of the room bright, the other dark. In the Andersen inHOME, windows on two or three sides of virtually every room will assure a more even light level. Skylights will also be used to bring light to interior spaces and balance light from the windows.

OPEN FOR AIR. This same balance and variety of windows also aids natural ventilation. With operable windows on opposite sides of a room, even the gentlest breeze provides effective cross-ventilation.

INSPIRATION: The Andersen inHOME was designed to show how windows can perform beyond traditional expectations and explore the possibilities that windows offer to enhance all aspects of our lives. Windows become the inspiration for a different and better way to view the home.