Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Design

Dry Creek Outbuildings

Dry Creek Outbuildings
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DRY CREEK OUTBUILDINGS

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
Murray Engineers

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Umerani Associates

MEP ENGINEERING
C&B Engineers

PHOTOGRAPHS
Nic Lehoux

AREA
600.0 m2

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Woodside, United States

CATEGORY
Refurbishment

Dry Creek Outbuildings
© Nic Lehoux
Dry Creek Outbuildings
© Nic Lehoux

Text description provided by architect.

These simply organized structures, a cottage and office, replace preexisting buildings that were inefficient, structurally compromised and in serious disrepair.

Dry Creek Outbuildings
© Nic Lehoux
Dry Creek Outbuildings
© Nic Lehoux

Rebuilding within the footprints of the former structures allowed for the introduction of a clear relationship between the buildings and better response to the site.

While architecturally similar, the two new buildings are programmatically diverse with the cottage housing the living elements of the program, and the office hosting the working component. 

This project received a 2010 Design Award, Custom Residences Category AIA Housing Award, a 2010 Green GOOD DESIGN The European Center for Architecture and The Chicago Athenaeum, a 2009 Merit Award for Excellence in Architecture AIA San Francisco.

Dry Creek Outbuildings
© Nic Lehoux
Dry Creek Outbuildings
© Nic Lehoux
Dry Creek Outbuildings
© Nic Lehoux

More photographs and drawings of Dry Creek Outbuildings following the break.

Material, structure and craftsmanship played a vital role in the realization of these two modest buildings.

They sit at the edge of a creek between the public world of the entry drive and the secluded forested creek.

Dry Creek Outbuildings
© Nic Lehoux
Dry Creek Outbuildings
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The weathered cedar boxes contain the service' elements of the program: a galley kitchen, bathrooms, an office and utility rooms.

Delicate ribbon windows are strategically placed in the simple façades providing specific views, introducing light, and maintaining privacy where required.

Dry Creek Outbuildings
© Nic Lehoux
Dry Creek Outbuildings
© Nic Lehoux

The language of this cedar skin continues inside, at times peeled away, revealing Douglas Fir siding and structure.

Rafters project from the cedar boxes extending outwards, drawing one's eyes towards the tangled oaks and moss covered rocks of the active creek.

Dry Creek Outbuildings
© Nic Lehoux
Dry Creek Outbuildings
© Nic Lehoux

The pure glazed living areas open themselves onto the natural world. 

The siding and structure provide warmth to the glass boxes, and in the evening hours the spaces glow.

Dry Creek Outbuildings
© Nic Lehoux
Dry Creek Outbuildings
© Nic Lehoux
Dry Creek Outbuildings
© Nic Lehoux


Dry Creek Outbuildings
Elevation
Dry Creek Outbuildings
Elevation


Dry Creek Outbuildings
Sketch
Dry Creek Outbuildings
Window Sketch


Dry Creek Outbuildings
Section Sketch

Dry Creek Outbuildings
Site plan

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