The Miller Hull Partnership, LLP

Sky Ranch

Sky Ranch
© Benjamin Benschneider

SKY RANCH

The Miller Hull Partnership

LOCATION
Seattle, United States

CATEGORY
Houses, Houses Interiors

AREA
800 ft²

YEAR
2008

Text description provided by architect.

Millions of square feet of warehouse roofs exist in cities, occupied primarily by pigeons and mechanical units.

Sky Ranch
© Benjamin Benschneider
Sky Ranch
© Benjamin Benschneider

In Seattle, many warehouses are near waterways with beautiful territorial views.

This small, urban residence exemplifies what is possible when looking at these forgotten landscapes as new opportunities.

Sky Ranch is a small caretaker’s unit—only 20-feet wide by 40-feet long—overlooking an active marina on a working waterfront.

Perched on top of a warehouse bigger than a football field, the unit is close to the building’s edge to provide oversight of the marina and waterway below, while taking advantage of sweeping views of the Olympic Mountain range beyond.

Sky Ranch
© Benjamin Benschneider
Sky Ranch
© Benjamin Benschneider

This unique space provides an opportunity to re-imagine how people can reconnect to the water in zones where the scale of the ubiquitous industrial structures tends to sever that relationship.

Sky Ranch
© Benjamin Benschneider
Sky Ranch
© Benjamin Benschneider

With similar industrial warehouses lining many urban waterfronts, there exists a chance to reconnect people with working waterways even in industrialized settings.

Sky Ranch
© Benjamin Benschneider


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