Covered outdoor breezeway framed in timber and steel by Michael Hsu
A covered outdoor breezeway precedent by Michael Hsu Office of Architecture that connects indoor wings while framing distant natural vistas.
- What we like about this project
- A ceiling fan centered in the outdoor breezeway bridging indoor comfort into the open landscape.
Materials
- timber
- steel
- glass
- concrete-pavers
- standing-seam-metal
Visual identifiers
- breezeway
- timber-cladding
- steel-columns
- large-glass-openings
Style tags
- contemporary
- regional-vernacular
- rustic-modern
Visual tags
- outdoor-living
- rural-retreat
- post-and-beam
- symmetry
- framing
- Geometry
- Symmetrical single-story pavilion featuring a central covered breezeway flanked by glazed timber-clad wings under a continuous metal roof.
- Facade system
- Stained vertical wood siding with black-framed metal casement windows and structural steel posts.
- Structural guess
- Steel column and beam superstructure supporting a timber-lined roof deck.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story human scale, expansive horizontal roofline framing the horizon.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting crisp shadows under deep roof overhangs, with clear blue sky and scattered white clouds.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, open-air refuge balancing protected shelter with vast rural expanses.
- Environmental context
- Open rural or semi-arid landscape with native scattered trees and dry grasses.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the gravel foreground, the eye is drawn through the open breezeway frame straight to the distant landscape beyond.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical window mullions and timber columns establishing a balanced symmetrical composition.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional vernacular pavilion
- Program
- Residential outdoor living / breezeway
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, steel, glass, concrete-pavers, standing-seam-metal
- Visual identifiers
- breezeway, timber-cladding, steel-columns, large-glass-openings
- Style tags
- contemporary, regional-vernacular, rustic-modern
- Visual tags
- outdoor-living, rural-retreat, post-and-beam, symmetry, framing
- Geometry
- Symmetrical single-story pavilion featuring a central covered breezeway flanked by glazed timber-clad wings under a continuous metal roof.
- Facade system
- Stained vertical wood siding with black-framed metal casement windows and structural steel posts.
- Structural guess
- Steel column and beam superstructure supporting a timber-lined roof deck.
- Spatial scale
- Single-story human scale, expansive horizontal roofline framing the horizon.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting crisp shadows under deep roof overhangs, with clear blue sky and scattered white clouds.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, open-air refuge balancing protected shelter with vast rural expanses.
- Environmental context
- Open rural or semi-arid landscape with native scattered trees and dry grasses.
- Spatial experience
- Approaching from the gravel foreground, the eye is drawn through the open breezeway frame straight to the distant landscape beyond.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical window mullions and timber columns establishing a balanced symmetrical composition.
- Style reading
- Contemporary regional vernacular pavilion
- Program
- Residential outdoor living / breezeway
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture