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Artist Retreat

Artist Retreat
© Paul Warchol

ARTIST RETREAT

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ARCHITECTS
Gluck+

GLAZING CONSULTANT
Forst Consulting Co. Inc., Forst Consulting Co.inc

MANUFACTURERS
Rais, Arcadia Custom, Excelsior Wood Products, Herrington's, Ipe, Northeast Precast

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Silman

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER
Gifford

MEP
Ibc Engineering Services Inc.

PROJECT TEAM
Shannon Bambenek, Andrew Brown, Peter Gluck, Eric Schaefer, Luke Winata, Stacie Wong

LIGHTING
Lux Populi

PHOTOGRAPHS
Paul Warchol

AREA
6080 ft²

YEAR
2014

LOCATION
United States

CATEGORY
Cabins & Lodges

Text description provided by architect.

Located on a land conservancy, a collection of wood-clad cubes orient toward a pond on a sloped site. These eight forms touch the ground lightly and follow the contours of the land, linked by glass enclosed hallways.

Artist Retreat
© Paul Warchol
Artist Retreat
© Paul Warchol

The simple shapes are strong silhouettes in an agricultural landscape, organized in a shifting grid akin to farming plots in the area.

The slatted weathered hemlock cladding is a nod to the utilitarian barn structures that dot the local landscape.

Artist Retreat
© Paul Warchol
Artist Retreat
© Paul Warchol

From the drive approach, the house gives little away. The solid and almost barn-like cubes flank the entry that is simply enclosed by a burnished concrete wall with high clerestory.

Upon entering, the entry opens up to a glass “bridge,” revealing the pond beyond. Designed as a working retreat for an experimental photographer, the single room structures are divided by function — live, work, sleep.

Artist Retreat
© Paul Warchol
Artist Retreat
© Paul Warchol

A detached cluster of cubes houses the photography studio and darkroom. Living, dining and bedrooms comprise another cluster centered around an outdoor courtyard.

There is a porosity to the interior world of this retreat. Glass hallways link the cubes and transform into open air bridges with simple sliding doors.

Artist Retreat
© Paul Warchol
Artist Retreat
© Paul Warchol

Large picture windows and door openings align for expansive views to the landscape.

The result is privacy between the different programmatic elements in each cube, with a visual layering of space as the land is slowly revealed.

Artist Retreat
© Paul Warchol


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