Residential — Hatch + Mason
A residential pavilion precedent showcasing low-profile horizontal architecture set on a masonry plinth, integrating seamlessly with a wooded slope.
- What we like about this project
- The sprawling vine growth along the stone base blurs the boundary between built retaining wall and natural hillside.
Materials
- glass
- stone
- steel
- masonry
Visual identifiers
- glass-pavilion
- stone-retaining-wall
- flat-roof
- sloping-woodland
Style tags
- modernist
- contemporary
- minimalist
Visual tags
- modernist
- pavilion
- landscape-integration
- floor-to-ceiling-glass
- rural-retreat
- Geometry
- Low horizontal pavilion resting on a raised stone plinth, featuring thin steel columns and an extended flat roof plane that frames the hillside.
- Facade system
- Floor-to-ceiling floor-to-ceiling glazed curtain wall system set beneath a thin flat roof overhang.
- Structural guess
- Steel post-and-beam frame sitting atop a reinforced concrete and stone retaining foundation.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story horizontal scale, expansive in length but low in profile against the tall backdrop trees.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast natural daylight providing even, shadowless illumination across the glass facade and landscape.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and contemplative, blending transparent shelter with the surrounding natural greenery.
- Environmental context
- Rural or parkland setting with a dense, mature deciduous forest rising directly behind the structure.
- Spatial experience
- The raised glass volume projects outward from the sloping landscape, offering continuous horizontal views out while anchored by the heavy stone base.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification of foreground grass, stone retaining wall, glass ribbon, and tree canopy.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modernist pavilion
- Program
- Single-family residential pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, stone, steel, masonry
- Visual identifiers
- glass-pavilion, stone-retaining-wall, flat-roof, sloping-woodland
- Style tags
- modernist, contemporary, minimalist
- Visual tags
- modernist, pavilion, landscape-integration, floor-to-ceiling-glass, rural-retreat
- Geometry
- Low horizontal pavilion resting on a raised stone plinth, featuring thin steel columns and an extended flat roof plane that frames the hillside.
- Facade system
- Floor-to-ceiling floor-to-ceiling glazed curtain wall system set beneath a thin flat roof overhang.
- Structural guess
- Steel post-and-beam frame sitting atop a reinforced concrete and stone retaining foundation.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story horizontal scale, expansive in length but low in profile against the tall backdrop trees.
- Lighting
- Soft, overcast natural daylight providing even, shadowless illumination across the glass facade and landscape.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and contemplative, blending transparent shelter with the surrounding natural greenery.
- Environmental context
- Rural or parkland setting with a dense, mature deciduous forest rising directly behind the structure.
- Spatial experience
- The raised glass volume projects outward from the sloping landscape, offering continuous horizontal views out while anchored by the heavy stone base.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification of foreground grass, stone retaining wall, glass ribbon, and tree canopy.
- Style reading
- Contemporary modernist pavilion
- Program
- Single-family residential pavilion
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture