Archetech - Issue 22 [Page 8]
The main body of the house is
composed of two rectangular boxes
connected by an all-glass library/den.
The main entry is located at the top of
the upper volume with the living spaces
unfolding from the most public to the
most private. The living room kitchen
and dining room are an open plan with
subtle changes in levels and roof planes
to differentiate the various functions.
The lower volume, a double-cantilevered
master bedroom suite, acts as a
promontory above the ocean, offering
breath-taking views from its floor-toceiling windows. The link between these
two volumes is the glass library/den; it
is the hearth of the house, a room that
unites the house inside and out both
with its geometry and its transparency.
A one-story concrete wing
perpendicular to the house includes a
ground-floor bedroom, building services
and a green roof; it is the boulder
locking the house to the land.
The house has two main facades, the
south one is clad in copper which wraps
up the wall and over on the roof. Copper
clad roof overhangs protect windows
and the front door from the sun and the
wind of the ocean. The façade to the
north is made all glass; clear expanses of
glass open the house to the view.