IMO if off the grid is your plan then lower the ceiling to 8’ and forgo the fan . I have a 50’s ranch with huge overhangs that protect from the sun in the summer but allow the heat from the sun in the winter and we require no fan to have a nicely heated home in the winter . we do have hot water rads since we live in S BC Canada where winters can get cold.

PCC is right. Have you started construction?

Thank you Patricia and Mark... we have started construction and the home is kind of a unique design because we want it to be laid out so each guest has a sense of solitude with nature and an expansive view of the sky/mountain/outdoors. So the house is in an octagonal shape with an inner courtyard and each room flares from inner to exterior both horizontally and vertically. It came out great so far, with a sense of motion from the design, but we do have this conundrum of heat stratifying up to the top of the highest point of the ceiling.

"... we want it to be laid out so each guest has a sense of solitude with nature and an expansive view of the sky/mountain/outdoors."

You should design the home for the people who will be living there full time. Not for the occasional guest.

Thank you Lindsey. Our purpose in building this project is to provide hospitality to people who need to re-connect with the natural world and themselves, their partners, families, etc as needed, in a quiet place where the mountains and skies are imminent. So it's really not about us, except insofar as we are all about creating that beautiful experience for people. But we also love the design ourselves anyway!