Clay Hill House
An exterior architectural rendering by Almost Studio showing a hillside complex that integrates heavy stacked-stone retaining walls with stepped timber volumes and integrated public stairs.
- What we like about this project
- Large multi-story arched glass openings tucked behind the terrace stairs, bringing light deep into the terraced volume.
Materials
- stone
- timber
- glass
- gravel
Visual identifiers
- stone-retaining-walls
- timber-clad-volumes
- terraced-stairs
- stepped-rooflines
Style tags
- contemporary
- contextual
- rustic
- mass-timber
Visual tags
- terraced
- hillside
- public-realm
- landscape-integration
- wood-clad
- Geometry
- Tiered composition stepping up a sloping site, combining low stacked stone retaining walls in the foreground with cascading timber-clad volumes and pitched roof forms above.
- Facade system
- Combination of dry-stack stone veneer walls and vertical timber board cladding with punched window openings.
- Structural guess
- Stone masonry bases supporting timber frame or mass timber superstructure above.
- Spatial scale
- Large civic or multi-building residential complex stepped across a hillside, populated with numerous human scale figures on grand outdoor stairs.
- Lighting
- Bright directional sunlight from the side, casting crisp shadows across the stone stairs and highlighting the warm timber cladding.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting, lively outdoor public gathering space nestled within a sunlit pine forest.
- Environmental context
- Sloping natural site densely populated with mature pine trees and native understory planting.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from a wooded public clearing up a central grand stair, visitors move through layered outdoor plazas nested into the landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stone tiers offset by vertical pine trees and ascending staggered stair runs.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual rustic architecture
- Program
- Cultural center or multi-unit residential retreat
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stone, timber, glass, gravel
- Visual identifiers
- stone-retaining-walls, timber-clad-volumes, terraced-stairs, stepped-rooflines
- Style tags
- contemporary, contextual, rustic, mass-timber
- Visual tags
- terraced, hillside, public-realm, landscape-integration, wood-clad
- Geometry
- Tiered composition stepping up a sloping site, combining low stacked stone retaining walls in the foreground with cascading timber-clad volumes and pitched roof forms above.
- Facade system
- Combination of dry-stack stone veneer walls and vertical timber board cladding with punched window openings.
- Structural guess
- Stone masonry bases supporting timber frame or mass timber superstructure above.
- Spatial scale
- Large civic or multi-building residential complex stepped across a hillside, populated with numerous human scale figures on grand outdoor stairs.
- Lighting
- Bright directional sunlight from the side, casting crisp shadows across the stone stairs and highlighting the warm timber cladding.
- Atmosphere
- Inviting, lively outdoor public gathering space nestled within a sunlit pine forest.
- Environmental context
- Sloping natural site densely populated with mature pine trees and native understory planting.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from a wooded public clearing up a central grand stair, visitors move through layered outdoor plazas nested into the landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stone tiers offset by vertical pine trees and ascending staggered stair runs.
- Style reading
- Contemporary contextual rustic architecture
- Program
- Cultural center or multi-unit residential retreat
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture