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Carl Welty has over 35 years of experience in the field of architecture. Carl provides full service architectural and planning. He collaborates with planners, landscape architects, and other design professionals with extensive history in the State of California.
Carl finds creative architectural solutions to ecological and cultural problems by incorporating commonsense technical and structural expertise inspired by nature and an ambitious vision of modern art, to create places that connect people to nature and conserve energy and other resources.
Carl is committed to creating an architecture that connects human beings to nature, not as outside observers but as full partners in the complex web of nature’s closed-loop systems. Designing in partnership with nature means more than building efficient buildings that consume fewer resources: wasting less is good, but we can do better than just wasting less. Carl is a proponent of regenerative design, the idea that we can create buildings and communities that generate more resources (energy, water, and building materials), and at the same time restore native habitat.
Carl's work focuses on affordable, energy-efficient design and durable, resilient building systems. Carl advocates leveraging natural systems including solar orientation and climate appropriate principles to create cost-effective solutions for energy efficiency of structures with little or no increase in construction costs, and building durable, low-maintenance, resilient structures (increased fire, mold, and termite resistance) by incorporating well-tested alternative construction materials. Moreover, designing with natural systems can inspire beautiful, meaningful architecture.
Carl finds creative architectural solutions to ecological and cultural problems by incorporating commonsense technical and structural expertise inspired by nature and an ambitious vision of modern art, to create places that connect people to nature and conserve energy and other resources.
Carl is committed to creating an architecture that connects human beings to nature, not as outside observers but as full partners in the complex web of nature’s closed-loop systems. Designing in partnership with nature means more than building efficient buildings that consume fewer resources: wasting less is good, but we can do better than just wasting less. Carl is a proponent of regenerative design, the idea that we can create buildings and communities that generate more resources (energy, water, and building materials), and at the same time restore native habitat.
Carl's work focuses on affordable, energy-efficient design and durable, resilient building systems. Carl advocates leveraging natural systems including solar orientation and climate appropriate principles to create cost-effective solutions for energy efficiency of structures with little or no increase in construction costs, and building durable, low-maintenance, resilient structures (increased fire, mold, and termite resistance) by incorporating well-tested alternative construction materials. Moreover, designing with natural systems can inspire beautiful, meaningful architecture.
Encino Conservancy News (20240
Architect Carl WeltyWe have engaged Architect Carl Welty to query San Diego County Planners on what is allowed with our current zoning and help us design a comprehensive site plan with a phased approach. Carl specializes in designing buildings that leverage natural systems and resilient design. Our goal is to build off-grid residences, working buildings, and multipurpose spaces for education, research, and vocational training to promote ecosystem support services and regenerative agriculture on our 120 acre ranch+olive grove+orchards. Carl's designs will leverage natural systems like solar orientation to absorb and store heat directly from the sun in the winter and nighttime ventilation for zero energy cooling in the summer; we should be able to provide thermal comfort with zero energy from external sources and solar panels. These structures will also be constructed of materials that will be durable, resilient, and resource efficient, utilizing steel framing and non-combustible building materials to mitigate risk to our buildings during future wildfires.
For inspiration, Carl and Lee visited Apricot Lane Farms this past July, a 234 acre farm located north of Los Angeles and made famous by the film, The Biggest Little Farm. Their commitment to regenerative agriculture is impressive and being a passionate vermicomposter, Lee's favorite part was their Fertility Center, which contained a 40-foot worm bin! Carl also draws inspiration from Village Homes, and will integrate food forests and native plantings in his design to maximize water outputs and create enhanced, sustainable living conditions. Carl's approach emphasizes connecting humans to nature, not as outside observers, but as partners in nature's complex systems. We appreciate Carl's help and architectural vision as we develop a site that enhances our awareness of the natural environment, sustains our existence on the land, and ultimately benefits surrounding ecosystems.