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Skip Stone House
A stone ricochets off the water’s surface,
the impact causes a momentary
displacement of water and surface tension
propels it along in a series of seemingly
impossible steps. This is the moment - the
pleasure and efficient simplicity of that
first successful leap - that informs the
design of the Skip Stone house.
The carved ground plane appears
displaced by the inertia of the home
alighting upon it and accommodates offstreet
parking. An adjacent stair slices into
the ground and light from the level above
welcomes residents to ascend from the
car park.
The shell of the home is conceived as
a gently folded plane with the outward
presence of a river rock: just the right
combination of flat and smooth, and worn
round in all the right places. The tesselated
skin, comprised of BIPV panels, ceramic
tile and green roof modular elements
nods to the possibility of such a stone’s
more crystalline past. The secondary
enclosure system is comprised of a
folding ribbon wall of glass. A service core
longitudinally bisects the home’s interior
into public and private spaces and is the
distribution and circulation point for HVAC,
plumbing and hydronic radiant floors, and
electricity. Storage, bathing and cooking
functions also quietly reside in the core
and the bed and counter space carve out
territories in its center.
the impact causes a momentary
displacement of water and surface tension
propels it along in a series of seemingly
impossible steps. This is the moment - the
pleasure and efficient simplicity of that
first successful leap - that informs the
design of the Skip Stone house.
The carved ground plane appears
displaced by the inertia of the home
alighting upon it and accommodates offstreet
parking. An adjacent stair slices into
the ground and light from the level above
welcomes residents to ascend from the
car park.
The shell of the home is conceived as
a gently folded plane with the outward
presence of a river rock: just the right
combination of flat and smooth, and worn
round in all the right places. The tesselated
skin, comprised of BIPV panels, ceramic
tile and green roof modular elements
nods to the possibility of such a stone’s
more crystalline past. The secondary
enclosure system is comprised of a
folding ribbon wall of glass. A service core
longitudinally bisects the home’s interior
into public and private spaces and is the
distribution and circulation point for HVAC,
plumbing and hydronic radiant floors, and
electricity. Storage, bathing and cooking
functions also quietly reside in the core
and the bed and counter space carve out
territories in its center.
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