Green Haven
An exterior facade precedent for low-slung residential architecture featuring horizontal wood siding, a continuous glowing clerestory, and integrated site walls.
- What we like about this project
- The upper clerestory volume appears to float above the lower roof plane due to the recessed metal flashing band.
Materials
- timber
- glass
- concrete
- metal
Visual identifiers
- horizontal-wood-siding
- clerestory-monitor-roof
- glowing-windows
- paved-courtyard
Style tags
- contemporary
- regional-modern
- warm-minimal
Visual tags
- residential
- timber-cladding
- twilight-lighting
- clerestory
- low-profile
- Geometry
- Low horizontal wood-clad volume capped by a stepped clerestory monitor roof, anchored by a poured concrete retaining wall and stone paved courtyard.
- Facade system
- Horizontal timber board siding with recessed aluminum-framed glazing and metal flashing details.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with concrete foundation and retaining walls.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale, intimate entry zone balanced against towering background pines.
- Lighting
- Twilight exterior with warm, amber interior glow radiating from the clerestory and central entryway, contrasting with cool blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, inviting twilight mood created by the contrast of cool forest shadows and warm interior light.
- Environmental context
- Wooded site with mature evergreen trees forming a dense vertical backdrop behind the low roofline.
- Spatial experience
- The approach moves across an open paved forecourt toward a deeply recessed, warmly lit central entryway.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong horizontal stratification balanced by the vertical rhythm of background pine trees and clerestory window panels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernism
- Program
- Single-family residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, glass, concrete, metal
- Visual identifiers
- horizontal-wood-siding, clerestory-monitor-roof, glowing-windows, paved-courtyard
- Style tags
- contemporary, regional-modern, warm-minimal
- Visual tags
- residential, timber-cladding, twilight-lighting, clerestory, low-profile
- Geometry
- Low horizontal wood-clad volume capped by a stepped clerestory monitor roof, anchored by a poured concrete retaining wall and stone paved courtyard.
- Facade system
- Horizontal timber board siding with recessed aluminum-framed glazing and metal flashing details.
- Structural guess
- Wood frame construction with concrete foundation and retaining walls.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story residential scale, intimate entry zone balanced against towering background pines.
- Lighting
- Twilight exterior with warm, amber interior glow radiating from the clerestory and central entryway, contrasting with cool blue sky.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, inviting twilight mood created by the contrast of cool forest shadows and warm interior light.
- Environmental context
- Wooded site with mature evergreen trees forming a dense vertical backdrop behind the low roofline.
- Spatial experience
- The approach moves across an open paved forecourt toward a deeply recessed, warmly lit central entryway.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong horizontal stratification balanced by the vertical rhythm of background pine trees and clerestory window panels.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernism
- Program
- Single-family residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture