Rustic yet Simple Family Retreat Surround The Farm

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Rustic still Simple Family Retreat Surround The Farm

August 24, 2020

This project is located on a rural site on Whidbey Island. A local family wants to brand a new home and retreat in their ain family subcontract. Since the site is facing the farmland, the architect make a modest and humble house in honor of the farmland. The design of the house is a combination of both retreat and part-time residence with strong local root, so it can exist used from generation to generation. The flexible and durable pattern create a space for summer BBQ, fishing and even a family gathering.

The goals that the clients want is a comfy house for two that tin can suit up to 20 people. That is why, the architect build a fur-chamber and a bunkhouse for other family members and guests. The house is divided into detached, modesty sized volumes that blend well with those large Douglas Fir trees, native shrubs and ferns. The architect choose a stacked local Basalt stone as a wall to organize the volume. It is subtly defines the perimeter of the courtyard. As the result, the courtyard is linked (both visually and physically) between the different volumes, providing access and connection, merely offering separation and retreat when desired.

To entering the site, a rustic gravel is the chief materials every bit the pathways. At the client's request, the architect trying equally best equally they tin not to damage the nature over construction expediency. The pocket-size, stored trefoils are carefully stored on site. And also, information technology is used as wood for agriculture, cattle fencing, and firewood: new fireplaces and fire pits at the border of the meadow.