Casa Garcia >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Casa Garcia project is the first LEED for Homes project on Galveston island. The Garcia family of 8 lived for three months in their garage after Hurricane Ike destroyed their home. They bathed with water heated in a crawfish pot in an outdoor ‘room’ lined with gyp board. The Garcias now live in a FEMA trailer in their front yard while waiting to rebuild their home. A home built with Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) construction raised to 14’on concrete pilings will replace their slab on grade 1950’s house, built previously at 6’ above sea level. The Casa Garcia project architects are Chula Ross Sanchez, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP, Brax Easterwood, AIA, LEED AP, and Keiji Asakura, ASLA, Asakura-Robinson (LandCristina Garcia with her children scape Architect).