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Architecture as Assembly

A schematic study for a house in the woods. Three wings, one water axis.

Single-storey house with charred cedar cladding and a deep cantilevered roof over a bluestone terrace
Approach
Charred cedar volume, cantilevered roof, bluestone terrace
Three low wings of a courtyard house arranged symmetrically around a long reflecting pool
The Water Axis
Three wings held around a single reflecting pool
Courtyard house in autumn woodland, charred timber and weathering steel wings flanking a lap pool
Wings
Charred timber to the west, weathering steel to the east
The house at night, warm interior light and lanterns reflected in the lap pool
After Dark
Lantern light along the water, the concrete core lit from within

Two skins, one roofline

The west wing is charred cedar, dark and closed toward the approach. The east wing is weathering steel, its sliding screens filtering the afternoon. Between them a board-formed concrete core anchors the plan and carries the chimney. One continuous roof plane ties all three together.

Built around water, not around a corridor

Three volumes set around a single sheet of water. No corridor holds the plan together. The courtyard does that work, and every room opens onto it.

  • Three wings, no internal circulation spine
  • Board-formed concrete core and hearth
  • Charred cedar and weathering steel
  • Full-height glazing to the courtyard

From schematic to built

This is a schematic design study. Massing, materials and light are resolved before a single detail is drawn. It is how every project begins here.

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