Moonstone
A contemporary stone home - PAD studio
A contemporary residential precedent by PAD studio demonstrating articulated stone volumes opening toward a natural swimming pool and landscape.
- What we like about this project
- Stepping stone path that cuts directly through the planted wetland filtration edge of the pool.
Materials
- stone
- glass
- timber
- metal
Visual identifiers
- stone-facade
- swimming-pool
- staggered-volumes
- floor-to-ceiling-glazing
Style tags
- contemporary
- modern
- regionalist
Visual tags
- residential
- stone
- poolside
- indoor-outdoor
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Staggered rectilinear volumes step across the site, combining two-story stone-clad blocks with lower masonry wings and expansive glazing.
- Facade system
- Ashlar stone cladding with large floor-to-ceiling sliding glass panels and glass balconies.
- Structural guess
- Steel and concrete frame with stone masonry cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale framing a large garden pool terrace.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting crisp shadows across the stone facade and reflecting off the water pool.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, sunlit, and resort-like residential atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural plot surrounded by mature trees, manicured lawns, and native planting beds.
- Spatial experience
- The architecture opens directly onto a terraced landscape and swimming pool, creating a seamless indoor-outdoor residential transition.
- Composition rhythm
- Alternating bands of solid stone masonry and vertical glass openings.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernism
- Program
- Single-family residential villa
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stone, glass, timber, metal
- Visual identifiers
- stone-facade, swimming-pool, staggered-volumes, floor-to-ceiling-glazing
- Style tags
- contemporary, modern, regionalist
- Visual tags
- residential, stone, poolside, indoor-outdoor, contemporary
- Geometry
- Staggered rectilinear volumes step across the site, combining two-story stone-clad blocks with lower masonry wings and expansive glazing.
- Facade system
- Ashlar stone cladding with large floor-to-ceiling sliding glass panels and glass balconies.
- Structural guess
- Steel and concrete frame with stone masonry cladding.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale framing a large garden pool terrace.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting crisp shadows across the stone facade and reflecting off the water pool.
- Atmosphere
- Calm, sunlit, and resort-like residential atmosphere.
- Environmental context
- Suburban or rural plot surrounded by mature trees, manicured lawns, and native planting beds.
- Spatial experience
- The architecture opens directly onto a terraced landscape and swimming pool, creating a seamless indoor-outdoor residential transition.
- Composition rhythm
- Alternating bands of solid stone masonry and vertical glass openings.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional modernism
- Program
- Single-family residential villa
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture