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An exterior precedent by Out of the Valley showing a compact dark timber cabin with a shed roof, integrated porch, and atmospheric steam rising from a timber-clad tub.
- What we like about this project
- Steam from the concealed porch tub billows dramatically across the dark facade and bare branches.
Materials
- charred-timber
- glass
- corrugated-metal
- stone
Visual identifiers
- charred-timber-siding
- corrugated-roof
- picture-window
- outdoor-tub
- shed-roof
Style tags
- contemporary-rustic
- minimal-cabin
- natural-materials
Visual tags
- cabin
- rustic
- retreat
- dark-facade
- woodland
- off-grid
- Geometry
- Low-slung rectangular volume featuring a shed roof with deep eaves, a glazed picture window, and a recessed porch wrapping an outdoor tub.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber board-and-batten or tongue-and-groove siding with a dark stain finish.
- Structural guess
- Light timber frame construction resting on low foundations.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story tiny cabin structure at human scale, intimate retreat sizing.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight with soft natural reflections on the large picture window and warm interior lighting glowing within.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, remote, and cozy, heightened by the contrast of dark charred wood against the misty winter woods.
- Environmental context
- Wooded rural setting with bare deciduous trees and dry brush in late autumn or winter conditions.
- Spatial experience
- The composition frames a sequence from the foreground dry-stone retaining wall up to the dark timber pavilion, ending in the intimate steam rising from the porch tub.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical wood siding grain counterbalances the horizontal lines of the low shed roof and stacked stone retaining wall.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rustic micro-architecture
- Program
- Off-grid wilderness retreat or sauna cabin
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- charred-timber, glass, corrugated-metal, stone
- Visual identifiers
- charred-timber-siding, corrugated-roof, picture-window, outdoor-tub, shed-roof
- Style tags
- contemporary-rustic, minimal-cabin, natural-materials
- Visual tags
- cabin, rustic, retreat, dark-facade, woodland, off-grid
- Geometry
- Low-slung rectangular volume featuring a shed roof with deep eaves, a glazed picture window, and a recessed porch wrapping an outdoor tub.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber board-and-batten or tongue-and-groove siding with a dark stain finish.
- Structural guess
- Light timber frame construction resting on low foundations.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story tiny cabin structure at human scale, intimate retreat sizing.
- Lighting
- Diffused overcast daylight with soft natural reflections on the large picture window and warm interior lighting glowing within.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, remote, and cozy, heightened by the contrast of dark charred wood against the misty winter woods.
- Environmental context
- Wooded rural setting with bare deciduous trees and dry brush in late autumn or winter conditions.
- Spatial experience
- The composition frames a sequence from the foreground dry-stone retaining wall up to the dark timber pavilion, ending in the intimate steam rising from the porch tub.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical wood siding grain counterbalances the horizontal lines of the low shed roof and stacked stone retaining wall.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rustic micro-architecture
- Program
- Off-grid wilderness retreat or sauna cabin
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture