Lake House
Lake House is the second expression of Skywood, which can be seen on Youtube. This expression is larger, and aims to create a unique relationship with its setting. A series of elements carefully modelled and placed in nature seeks to contrast with the natural landscape in form and material. The house sits in the confluence of water and ground resulting in a series of different internal experiences. The architectonic language is based on clean lines and a limited palette of materials, emphasizing the idea of a man-made object in nature.
Purist and integrative.
Lake House is the second expression of Skywood, which can be seen on Youtube. This expression is larger, and aims to create a unique relationship with its setting. A series of elements carefully modelled and placed in nature seeks to contrast with the natural landscape in form and material. The house sits in the confluence of water and ground resulting in a series of different internal experiences. The architectonic language is based on clean lines and a limited palette of materials, emphasizing the idea of a man-made object in nature.
Lake House
Lake House
Lake House is the second expression of Skywood, which can be seen on Youtube. This expression is larger, and aims to create a unique relationship with its setting. A series of elements carefully modelled and placed in nature seeks to contrast with the natural landscape in form and material. The house sits in the confluence of water and ground resulting in a series of different internal experiences. The architectonic language is based on clean lines and a limited palette of materials, emphasizing the idea of a man-made object in nature.
Lake House
The house has been deliberately hidden from the entrance gates. On the first bend of the driveway an amazing vista reveals the house floating over the lake. The journey continues in the woods to finish in the entrance gravel courtyard as a reminder of the rural courtyards of the farms houses in the English countryside.
The plan of the building is based on a classic pinwheel form of ultra-long, 3m-high walls that extend well beyond the enclosed spaces into the lake and mature landscaping also defining the pathways. The deceptively simple expression of the walls belies the precast concrete frames within, acting as the cantilevers and the high tech insulated render system not only providing high thermal performance and low maintenance but enables the purist architectural expression.
Purist and integrative.
The house has been deliberately hidden from the entrance gates. On the first bend of the driveway an amazing vista reveals the house floating over the lake. The journey continues in the woods to finish in the entrance gravel courtyard as a reminder of the rural courtyards of the farms houses in the English countryside.
The plan of the building is based on a classic pinwheel form of ultra-long, 3m-high walls that extend well beyond the enclosed spaces into the lake and mature landscaping also defining the pathways. The deceptively simple expression of the walls belies the precast concrete frames within, acting as the cantilevers and the high tech insulated render system not only providing high thermal performance and low maintenance but enables the purist architectural expression.
Area
547 m²
