Hi, Eric here with 30 by 40 design workshop today. We're going to be talking about how a site can shape a home
Good design is the result of strong simple concepts that give meaning to a home shape form and materials
When you look to your site for inspiration these ideas often arise very naturally a site is composed of many things
topography Plants Trees
regional and local climate surrounding structures water bodies and zoning and code regulations
Each site has very specific solar orientations views both good and bad and often a very explicit character
each one of these areas is an opportunity to generate a meaningful conceptual approach to your home's design a
Way to devise its shape layout form and materials
The following examples employ one or more of these as starting points each site is interpreted in [different] yet
Poetic ways in the home at the Edge of the sea - Simple Elegant building elements create a courtyard sheltered from the prevailing winds
The material selections were born of the site's textures Amber color and coastline
The structures will weather with time further reinforcing their connections to this place
The Building's shape location and materials all work to connect it to the site
Appearing chiseled from stone monoliths these simple sculptural forms are elegantly tied to local materials
Stone Walls cut into the landscape recalling an agricultural past
The vertical reaches of the stone Chimneys Mark important gathering places in the home visible from all points on the site
Contrasting areas of Airy open windows and heavy stones speak to notions of shelter and thoughtfully controlled light and views
Views light and a position [carefully] tucked into the surrounding landscape Convey the concept for this home
The architect envisioned the space between the roof and the floor plains as a porch to the puget sound
The Glazing and openness reinforced this concept the roof gestures Toward views and like the plane of the deck below extends Outward to the land
The deck appears to Hover above the undulating Terrain and connects the interior to the exterior
Here are three playful building volumes were arranged to shield the owners from the coastal winds and create exterior courtyards for playing?
Gathering and viewing the shed roof forms were derived from the rounded landforms
And the central flat roof volume makes perfect sense as a raised viewing platform
a desire to capture and exploit all aspects of the site informed this simple detached structure concept
moving between each structure
refocuses the inhabitants on a variety of experiences not one particular view
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Another view of the same house we see that the architect had ideas about how people would interact with one another and the unique surroundings
The different shapes and the decision to separate and reconnect have been reinforced the frame views
Passageways and variety of Vantage Points are always to appreciate the sight
The shotgun style of house was developed in the u.s. South in response to the local climate
breezes passively cooled these long narrow dwellings
Using deep overhangs in an understanding of how the sun moves across the site
The architect positioned the long axis of the shotguns to take advantage of wind patterns
Separating the buildings into individual shotguns the architect maximized this cooling effect and created additional pockets of shade between the structures
The architect oriented the long axis of the building toward a stand of oak trees to take advantage of Cooler pools of air
created by their shade
Linear view Corridors on the site are echoed in the building forums and the long views through the shotgun structures
Notice the family of colors and tones of the forest represented in the building materials
The Coloration of the siding and building materials also draw from the site the russet pine needles and the Gray bark
Correlate to the hues [of] the home siding and roof
topography informs the shape and massing of this home the meandering floorplan follows the existing contour of the site and pays homage to
Topography the excavated soil was used for its rammed Earth walls keeping all [of] the spaces as single height minimized the Building's
Mass and allowed it to stretch out along the hillside opening to views and light from all sides
Meanwhile the Roof shape Echoes the land form and Gathers rainwater for reuse as landscape irrigation
this site's agricultural history suggested the building idea and while this Modern barn doesn't rely on the
Archetypal barn roof to signify barn its materials bold massing and proportions communicated
Corten steel recalls rusted farm implements
And dry laid stone walls recall the site's agrarian past when stones were stacked at the edges of cultivated plots
the barn stretches across the landscape
Both building inside are intentional designed elements that support the story about cutting into and living within a site
Changes in elevation have been artfully handled
Corten steel was used to retain the Earth around the trees to link the landscape with the barn cladding the
length of the structure references the Tobacco barns of New England
Almost an inversion of the typical barn siding the glazed Walls open the large volume of the home to the site Beyond
These gestures speak to the idea of a barn without relying on mimicry
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