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Intertwining Walks
Water Mill, NY, United States
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Intertwining Walks
Water Mill, NY, United States
Awarded AIA Peconic Jurors Award for Architecture 2011
A pool house for an existing residence.
Wrapped with tall hedges, the site is in a coastal, residential area on eastern Long Island. The main house is a barn-like wooden building, approached from the north, opening only to the east and west yards. The east yard incorporates a Japanese-influenced, stone garden. The west yard is an open lawn surrounded by trees; a large deck attached to the house, and a swimming pool at the southern end of the yard. Since the house does not have any openings to the south, the south yard was a non-distinctive back yard.
The owner wanted the pool house to be located in this south yard where it could naturally become a crossing station for the entire outdoor space. Taking the micro context of the location, this project explores a building as a device to generate “walking connections” in the outdoor places, in addition to the existing “picture frame, visual connections” of the two side yards from the main house.
Two accesses are located on the east and west ends of the pool house. The east access is composed of shady stone steps with a side lattice wall, extending to the east garden. The west access is an open wooden deck topped with a lattice canopy, facing the pool. The sequence from shadow to light continues in the pool house, corresponding to the linear path of a walker. The walking circulations are intertwined with directional views opening outward, allowing the walkers to rediscover destinations, interests, and visual connections in the yard.
PROGRAM: A pool house for an existing residence
CONTRACTOR: Richard Roesel
A pool house for an existing residence.
Wrapped with tall hedges, the site is in a coastal, residential area on eastern Long Island. The main house is a barn-like wooden building, approached from the north, opening only to the east and west yards. The east yard incorporates a Japanese-influenced, stone garden. The west yard is an open lawn surrounded by trees; a large deck attached to the house, and a swimming pool at the southern end of the yard. Since the house does not have any openings to the south, the south yard was a non-distinctive back yard.
The owner wanted the pool house to be located in this south yard where it could naturally become a crossing station for the entire outdoor space. Taking the micro context of the location, this project explores a building as a device to generate “walking connections” in the outdoor places, in addition to the existing “picture frame, visual connections” of the two side yards from the main house.
Two accesses are located on the east and west ends of the pool house. The east access is composed of shady stone steps with a side lattice wall, extending to the east garden. The west access is an open wooden deck topped with a lattice canopy, facing the pool. The sequence from shadow to light continues in the pool house, corresponding to the linear path of a walker. The walking circulations are intertwined with directional views opening outward, allowing the walkers to rediscover destinations, interests, and visual connections in the yard.
PROGRAM: A pool house for an existing residence
CONTRACTOR: Richard Roesel
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