Familienanwesen in Water Mill: Poolhaus
A pool house pavilion featuring a delicate steel-and-metal canopy set against low board-formed concrete walls, ideal as a precedent for modern residential outdoor living structures.
- What we like about this project
- The roof canopy cantilevers extensively past its central steel column line without visible heavy bracing.
Materials
- steel
- concrete
- wood
- glass
Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-roof
- steel-columns
- concrete-retaining-wall
- pool-pavilion
Style tags
- modernist
- contemporary
- minimalist
Visual tags
- poolhouse
- outdoor-living
- mid-century-modern
- pavilion
- residential
- Geometry
- Symmetrical single-story pavilion centered behind a lap pool, defined by thin steel columns, an expansive folded-plate or louvered flat roof canopy, and low flanking board-formed concrete retaining walls.
- Facade system
- Open-air pavilion with wood-paneled rear partition wall and slender steel structural supports.
- Structural guess
- Slender steel columns supporting a lightweight cantilevered metal roof deck.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled residential pool pavilion; single story with a slender steel structure proportioned for outdoor dining.
- Lighting
- Direct overhead summer sunlight casting sharp shadows and producing high contrast against the bright white canopy underside and clear blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, bright, and calm poolside atmosphere under an open blue sky.
- Environmental context
- Surrounded by a dense canopy of mature deciduous and pine trees at the edge of a residential pool terrace.
- Spatial experience
- An open-air dining pavilion that frames views of the surrounding tree line while anchoring the pool terrace with shaded, sheltered seating.
- Composition rhythm
- Symmetrical composition with vertical steel columns repeating across the central dining opening, balanced by solid horizontal concrete walls.
- Style reading
- Modernist residential pavilion
- Program
- Residential pool house and outdoor dining shelter
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- steel, concrete, wood, glass
- Visual identifiers
- cantilevered-roof, steel-columns, concrete-retaining-wall, pool-pavilion
- Style tags
- modernist, contemporary, minimalist
- Visual tags
- poolhouse, outdoor-living, mid-century-modern, pavilion, residential
- Geometry
- Symmetrical single-story pavilion centered behind a lap pool, defined by thin steel columns, an expansive folded-plate or louvered flat roof canopy, and low flanking board-formed concrete retaining walls.
- Facade system
- Open-air pavilion with wood-paneled rear partition wall and slender steel structural supports.
- Structural guess
- Slender steel columns supporting a lightweight cantilevered metal roof deck.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scaled residential pool pavilion; single story with a slender steel structure proportioned for outdoor dining.
- Lighting
- Direct overhead summer sunlight casting sharp shadows and producing high contrast against the bright white canopy underside and clear blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Crisp, bright, and calm poolside atmosphere under an open blue sky.
- Environmental context
- Surrounded by a dense canopy of mature deciduous and pine trees at the edge of a residential pool terrace.
- Spatial experience
- An open-air dining pavilion that frames views of the surrounding tree line while anchoring the pool terrace with shaded, sheltered seating.
- Composition rhythm
- Symmetrical composition with vertical steel columns repeating across the central dining opening, balanced by solid horizontal concrete walls.
- Style reading
- Modernist residential pavilion
- Program
- Residential pool house and outdoor dining shelter
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture