An internal pocket courtyard acts as a light well, open air shower, and 'solar chimney'. Working as a solar chimney the courtyard allows heat to escape up the vertical space, drawing cool air into the house through the oversize sliding glass doors that open up both ends of the house. This kind of passive/non-automated, climate control method gives the home’s occupants an interactive relationship with their microclimate that lessens their dependence on the carbon hungry air conditioning…