Vacation house

In response to the constraints of a congested site and a tight schedule, Gray Organschi Architecture dramatically compressed the on-site work on the buildings and canopy by pre-fabricating the building components. The buildings take their position from paving patterns that surround the existing pool: stone bands interrupted by wide grass joints, their rhythm and geometry projecting into the topography of the surrounding landscape. Gray Organschi conceived the structures as simple sculptural volumes that would change in form and with the seasons. During warm-weather months, the small buildings open to create roofed sofas beneath the a cloth canopy strung on a high-tension aircraft cable trellis; in the winter, screens made from a lattice of white cedar enclose the containers for the storage of garden furniture. Lit from within, the boxes transform into lanterns in the winter landscape, austere free-standing lamps that echo their function in warmer weather and the promise of summer months to come. A small footprint loaded with charm.

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