Shore House - Leroy Street Studio
A coastal residential precedent by Leroy Street Studio featuring earth-sheltered subterranean entry sequence, extensive green roofing, and a contrasting charred timber upper volume.
- What we like about this project
- The upper charred timber volume floats visually over an expansive planted green roof that acts as the fifth facade.
Materials
- board-formed-concrete
- charred-timber
- glass
- steel
- vegetated-green-roof
Visual identifiers
- subterranean-entry
- concrete-stair
- green-roof
- charred-timber-cladding
- ribbon-windows
Style tags
- contemporary
- regional-modern
- sustainable
- earth-integrated
Visual tags
- coastal
- earth-sheltered
- green-roof
- contemporary-residential
- timber-cladding
- concrete
- Geometry
- Low-slung subterranean and ground-level volumes anchored by concrete retaining walls, topped by a grass-covered green roof and surmounted by a dark timber-clad box block.
- Facade system
- Combination of board-formed concrete retaining elements, glass curtain wall system, and vertical charred timber rainscreen.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete lower retaining structure supporting timber frame or steel framing above.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story massing split between a grounded lower level with green roof and a distinct upper timber pavilion.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows into the stairwell and across the concrete retaining walls.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, balancing raw concrete mass with soft green planting and dark timber warmth.
- Environmental context
- Open coastal site with mature deciduous trees and water view visible in the background under clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The approach steps downward into the earth, transitioning from an expansive sunlit landscape to a sheltered, recessed glass threshold.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification of grass, green roof, ribbon glazing, and dark upper timber siding counteracted by the vertical plunge of the concrete stair.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernist residential with sustainable landscape integration
- Program
- Coastal residential single-family dwelling
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- board-formed-concrete, charred-timber, glass, steel, vegetated-green-roof
- Visual identifiers
- subterranean-entry, concrete-stair, green-roof, charred-timber-cladding, ribbon-windows
- Style tags
- contemporary, regional-modern, sustainable, earth-integrated
- Visual tags
- coastal, earth-sheltered, green-roof, contemporary-residential, timber-cladding, concrete
- Geometry
- Low-slung subterranean and ground-level volumes anchored by concrete retaining walls, topped by a grass-covered green roof and surmounted by a dark timber-clad box block.
- Facade system
- Combination of board-formed concrete retaining elements, glass curtain wall system, and vertical charred timber rainscreen.
- Structural guess
- Cast-in-place concrete lower retaining structure supporting timber frame or steel framing above.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story massing split between a grounded lower level with green roof and a distinct upper timber pavilion.
- Lighting
- Bright direct daylight casting crisp shadows into the stairwell and across the concrete retaining walls.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, balancing raw concrete mass with soft green planting and dark timber warmth.
- Environmental context
- Open coastal site with mature deciduous trees and water view visible in the background under clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The approach steps downward into the earth, transitioning from an expansive sunlit landscape to a sheltered, recessed glass threshold.
- Composition rhythm
- Horizontal stratification of grass, green roof, ribbon glazing, and dark upper timber siding counteracted by the vertical plunge of the concrete stair.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernist residential with sustainable landscape integration
- Program
- Coastal residential single-family dwelling
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture