Single-story coastal cabin with a faceted timber and metal pyramidal
A coastal cabin precedent featuring a faceted pyramidal roof and continuous perimeter glazing shielded by vertical timber slats, designed to harmonize with open dune landscapes.
- What we like about this project
- A single triangular skylight pierces the steep faceted metal roof plane.
Materials
- timber
- metal
- concrete
- glass
Visual identifiers
- pyramidal-roof
- timber-screen
- coastal-setting
- dusk-lighting
- hip-roof
Style tags
- contemporary
- vernacular
- minimal
- coastal
Visual tags
- coastal
- cabin
- dusk
- timber-cladding
- isolated
- pavilion
- Geometry
- Low single-story rectangular base capped by a steeply pitched, multifaceted pyramidal hip roof.
- Facade system
- Continuous vertical timber louvers over glazing atop a low concrete plinth.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame roof structure resting on a low concrete base.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale single-story structure, emphasizing horizontal integration with the low-lying coastal terrain.
- Lighting
- Twilight ambient light with warm interior illumination glowing through timber-screened windows and a single roof skylight.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and secluded, balanced by the warm glow of an isolated retreat against the cool twilight dunes.
- Environmental context
- Coastal landscape of sand dunes, native grasses, and a gravel road under a clear evening sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approached via a gravel path through dune grass, the cabin presents an intimate, glowing pavilion scale against a vast horizon.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical timber slats create a rhythmic screen around the perimeter base below the monolithic roof planes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary vernacular coastal pavilion
- Program
- Coastal retreat or cabin
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, metal, concrete, glass
- Visual identifiers
- pyramidal-roof, timber-screen, coastal-setting, dusk-lighting, hip-roof
- Style tags
- contemporary, vernacular, minimal, coastal
- Visual tags
- coastal, cabin, dusk, timber-cladding, isolated, pavilion
- Geometry
- Low single-story rectangular base capped by a steeply pitched, multifaceted pyramidal hip roof.
- Facade system
- Continuous vertical timber louvers over glazing atop a low concrete plinth.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame roof structure resting on a low concrete base.
- Spatial scale
- Human-scale single-story structure, emphasizing horizontal integration with the low-lying coastal terrain.
- Lighting
- Twilight ambient light with warm interior illumination glowing through timber-screened windows and a single roof skylight.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and secluded, balanced by the warm glow of an isolated retreat against the cool twilight dunes.
- Environmental context
- Coastal landscape of sand dunes, native grasses, and a gravel road under a clear evening sky.
- Spatial experience
- Approached via a gravel path through dune grass, the cabin presents an intimate, glowing pavilion scale against a vast horizon.
- Composition rhythm
- Vertical timber slats create a rhythmic screen around the perimeter base below the monolithic roof planes.
- Style reading
- Contemporary vernacular coastal pavilion
- Program
- Coastal retreat or cabin
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture