Trolley House
A waterside facade precedent utilizing expressed diagonal wood bracing and dark cladding to create a rhythmic, reflective architectural composition.
- What we like about this project
- The prominent use of external 'X' bracing acts as both structural support and rhythmic facade ornamentation.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- shingle
- dark-siding
Visual identifiers
- diagonal-wood-bracing
- water-reflection
- dark-timber-cladding
- multi-pane-windows
Style tags
- contemporary
- vernacular
- industrial-chic
Visual tags
- waterside
- timber-structure
- symmetry
- rustic-contemporary
- facade-rhythm
- Geometry
- Rectangular two-story mass with a pitched shingle roof, raised on a waterside site, featuring a repetitive double-height structural bay system.
- Facade system
- Dark panel siding with exterior timber moment frames and multi-lite glazing.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame with diagonal bracing for lateral stability.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential or commercial scale building sitting directly across a tidal wetland or body of water.
- Lighting
- Golden hour light catching the large multi-pane windows and casting warm reflections onto the water.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, emphasized by the symmetrical mirror image on the water.
- Environmental context
- Waterside edge with marsh grasses in the foreground and mature trees flanking the structure.
- Spatial experience
- Viewed across water, the facade presents a rigid, rhythmic grid that mirrors directly onto the calm surface below.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict alternating bays defined by exposed diagonal struts and large vertical windows.
- Style reading
- Contemporary vernacular-industrial hybrid
- Program
- Residential or mixed-use waterside building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, glass, shingle, dark-siding
- Visual identifiers
- diagonal-wood-bracing, water-reflection, dark-timber-cladding, multi-pane-windows
- Style tags
- contemporary, vernacular, industrial-chic
- Visual tags
- waterside, timber-structure, symmetry, rustic-contemporary, facade-rhythm
- Geometry
- Rectangular two-story mass with a pitched shingle roof, raised on a waterside site, featuring a repetitive double-height structural bay system.
- Facade system
- Dark panel siding with exterior timber moment frames and multi-lite glazing.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame with diagonal bracing for lateral stability.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential or commercial scale building sitting directly across a tidal wetland or body of water.
- Lighting
- Golden hour light catching the large multi-pane windows and casting warm reflections onto the water.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, emphasized by the symmetrical mirror image on the water.
- Environmental context
- Waterside edge with marsh grasses in the foreground and mature trees flanking the structure.
- Spatial experience
- Viewed across water, the facade presents a rigid, rhythmic grid that mirrors directly onto the calm surface below.
- Composition rhythm
- Strict alternating bays defined by exposed diagonal struts and large vertical windows.
- Style reading
- Contemporary vernacular-industrial hybrid
- Program
- Residential or mixed-use waterside building
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture