Shore House - Leroy Street Studio
A coastal residence precedent that integrates dark timber volume and extensive green roofing into a heavily wooded site.
- What we like about this project
- The upper charred volume floats visually above a continuous green roof baseline.
Materials
- charred-timber
- glass
- concrete
- native-vegetation
Visual identifiers
- charred-timber
- green-roof
- wooded-approach
- coastal-setting
Style tags
- contemporary
- modern-rustic
- site-responsive
Visual tags
- residential
- coastal
- landscape-integrated
- dark-facade
- nature-retreat
- Geometry
- Horizontal composition featuring a dark upper volume resting on a green-roofed base that steps into the landscape, connected by a central path.
- Facade system
- Charred vertical timber siding with minimalist punched window openings.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame or steel post-and-beam construction.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story massing at human scale, integrated into a sprawling natural landscape.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows through autumn foliage against a clear blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, autumnal tranquility blending dark architecture with natural woodland textures.
- Environmental context
- Wooded coastal site with mature trees, green lawn, and a view toward open water.
- Spatial experience
- Approached through a wooded clearing, the house reveals itself gradually across a lawn framed by large deciduous trees and distant water.
- Composition rhythm
- Balanced horizontal massing anchored by vertical tree trunks framing the central approach.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernism
- Program
- Coastal private residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- charred-timber, glass, concrete, native-vegetation
- Visual identifiers
- charred-timber, green-roof, wooded-approach, coastal-setting
- Style tags
- contemporary, modern-rustic, site-responsive
- Visual tags
- residential, coastal, landscape-integrated, dark-facade, nature-retreat
- Geometry
- Horizontal composition featuring a dark upper volume resting on a green-roofed base that steps into the landscape, connected by a central path.
- Facade system
- Charred vertical timber siding with minimalist punched window openings.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame or steel post-and-beam construction.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story massing at human scale, integrated into a sprawling natural landscape.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows through autumn foliage against a clear blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, autumnal tranquility blending dark architecture with natural woodland textures.
- Environmental context
- Wooded coastal site with mature trees, green lawn, and a view toward open water.
- Spatial experience
- Approached through a wooded clearing, the house reveals itself gradually across a lawn framed by large deciduous trees and distant water.
- Composition rhythm
- Balanced horizontal massing anchored by vertical tree trunks framing the central approach.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernism
- Program
- Coastal private residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture