Fostering Resilient Ecological Development, Hastings-on-Hudson Waterfront Vision Study
A visionary waterfront precedent illustrating elevated multi-volume architecture on stilts designed to integrate with sensitive ecological marshlands.
- What we like about this project
- Living volumes float entirely above the water plane on slender pilotis while maintaining green roofs above.
Materials
- timber
- metal
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- stilt-supported
- timber-cladding
- elevated-volumes
- waterfront-marsh
Style tags
- contemporary
- ecological
- resilient
Visual tags
- resilient-design
- waterfront
- elevated
- timber
- ecological
- Geometry
- Asymmetric multi-volume masses cantilever and step over slender vertical stilts, framing interstitial water and wetland views.
- Facade system
- Combination of vertical wood slat cladding and light metal panels with punched openings and deep balconies.
- Structural guess
- Slender concrete or steel columns supporting lightweight cantilevered timber and steel-framed floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential volumes elevated on stilts at human scale relative to kayaks and vegetation in the foreground.
- Lighting
- Bright late-afternoon sun casting crisp, directional shadows across timber and metallic siding panels.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, luminous waterfront atmosphere merging architecture with a natural wetland habitat.
- Environmental context
- Ecological marsh or waterfront setting with reedy wetlands, open water, distant trees, and native planting.
- Spatial experience
- Movement from open water and marsh up into elevated living volumes suspended directly over the natural landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical pilings paired with alternating timber-clad and metal panel volumes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary ecological architecture
- Program
- Waterfront ecological housing or vision study pavilion
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, metal, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- stilt-supported, timber-cladding, elevated-volumes, waterfront-marsh
- Style tags
- contemporary, ecological, resilient
- Visual tags
- resilient-design, waterfront, elevated, timber, ecological
- Geometry
- Asymmetric multi-volume masses cantilever and step over slender vertical stilts, framing interstitial water and wetland views.
- Facade system
- Combination of vertical wood slat cladding and light metal panels with punched openings and deep balconies.
- Structural guess
- Slender concrete or steel columns supporting lightweight cantilevered timber and steel-framed floor plates.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential volumes elevated on stilts at human scale relative to kayaks and vegetation in the foreground.
- Lighting
- Bright late-afternoon sun casting crisp, directional shadows across timber and metallic siding panels.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, luminous waterfront atmosphere merging architecture with a natural wetland habitat.
- Environmental context
- Ecological marsh or waterfront setting with reedy wetlands, open water, distant trees, and native planting.
- Spatial experience
- Movement from open water and marsh up into elevated living volumes suspended directly over the natural landscape.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical pilings paired with alternating timber-clad and metal panel volumes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary ecological architecture
- Program
- Waterfront ecological housing or vision study pavilion
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture