Commercial
An aerial precedent showcasing contemporary rural housing that pairs traditional dual-pitched gables with flat-roofed green-roof podiums.
- What we like about this project
- A glazed rooftop terrace sits atop the lower front garage wing, acting as an outdoor room.
Materials
- timber
- slate
- stucco
- glass
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- dual-pitched-roof
- timber-cladding
- green-roofs
- slate-tiles
- aerial-view
Style tags
- contemporary
- vernacular
- rural
- modern-rustic
Visual tags
- residential
- rural-context
- contemporary-vernacular
- pitched-roof
- green-roof
- Geometry
- Two parallel gabled volumes with offset lengths, sitting atop a flat-roofed single-story concrete base featuring green roofs and terracing.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber slat rainscreen combined with rendered masonry ground floor and dark slate roof.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame superstructure over masonry or concrete lower podium.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, dominating its immediate enclosed plot against a vast horizon.
- Lighting
- Soft twilight illumination; warm interior lights glow through windows against a cool dusk sky.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, with warm interior lighting contrasting against the cool twilight countryside.
- Environmental context
- Open agricultural flatlands and farmland surrounding a suburban residential fringe.
- Spatial experience
- The elevated view reveals how the massive rural landscape transitions into tightly controlled private courtyards and terraces around the residence.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating window modules and twin gabled roof forms establish a balanced bilateral symmetry.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rural vernacular
- Program
- Detached rural residence
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, slate, stucco, glass, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- dual-pitched-roof, timber-cladding, green-roofs, slate-tiles, aerial-view
- Style tags
- contemporary, vernacular, rural, modern-rustic
- Visual tags
- residential, rural-context, contemporary-vernacular, pitched-roof, green-roof
- Geometry
- Two parallel gabled volumes with offset lengths, sitting atop a flat-roofed single-story concrete base featuring green roofs and terracing.
- Facade system
- Vertical timber slat rainscreen combined with rendered masonry ground floor and dark slate roof.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame superstructure over masonry or concrete lower podium.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, dominating its immediate enclosed plot against a vast horizon.
- Lighting
- Soft twilight illumination; warm interior lights glow through windows against a cool dusk sky.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and grounded, with warm interior lighting contrasting against the cool twilight countryside.
- Environmental context
- Open agricultural flatlands and farmland surrounding a suburban residential fringe.
- Spatial experience
- The elevated view reveals how the massive rural landscape transitions into tightly controlled private courtyards and terraces around the residence.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating window modules and twin gabled roof forms establish a balanced bilateral symmetry.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rural vernacular
- Program
- Detached rural residence
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture