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Project Year: 2024

Country: United States

Zip Code: 14170

‘Site’ was not just a deliciously southeast-sloping, pond-punctuated meadow transitioning to woodland and terminating at Cazenovia Creek.

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A PATH BACK TO NATURE. The existing house turned away from nature, its living room isolated in a former garage in the NW corner. A stair bisected and blocked any easterly connection to the meadow and woodland. We slid support spaces to the north, bumped vertical circulation out of the way, and...

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A DIALOGUE BETWEEN DWELLING AND PLACE. Perhaps the biggest challenge was reinventing the form. The owner nudged us towards this “jaunty-angled hat” as a solution to reinforce the dominant east-west axis while also opening it to the south. To achieve that form we pressed down the entry-side roof to...

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ENGAGING EARTH AND SKY. Section is critical. The double-height living space permits southern light to filter in through high windows above an outdoor screened porch

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At its east end, tall windows capture sky, forest and meadow.

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To its west, a mezzanine holds individual spaces for the couple - personal perches for refuge and work. At its heart, a wood stove anchors the gathering space and punctuates the tall space. It will be fed for years by the fallen trees on site, compliments of a recent tornado.

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