The property
consists of a high bluff overlooking the bay on one side and a natural pond
surrounded by flat lawns stretching back to the main road on the other side.
The proposed house is to sit between the pond and the edge of the bluff and is
to be made up of individual volumes connected by a long “floating”
telescope-like corridor. Each individual volume is designed and located so as
to best take advantage of the site’s natural features and views. Most of the
volumes are simple geometric forms clad in phenolic wood boards to remind the
traditional wood shingle cladded houses . The only volume that is to be
constructed differently is the lantern-like glass and steel cube located at the
center of the new home. This volume, housing the dining and library functions
of the house, is intended to anchor the house at its center and to
provide a visual connection to all the individual volumes of the house and to
the surrounding landscape as well.