On a two-acre lot in Bridgehampton, New York, Architecture studio Young Projects has completed Six Square house. Clad with a deep grey, slatted Accoya wood the a new, 3,500 square foot home is made up of six 24’ x 24’ gabled modules arranged to align roof ridges and create continuity from one module to the next. In contrast, each module’s roof eaves flow upward and downward, resulting in a variety of undulating surfaces and dynamic sightlines across the exterior and interior of the home.
The completion of the Six Square House coincides with the addition to the lot’s historic farmhouse dating from 1850. Located in the centre of the site, Six Square house is intended as a contemporary counterpart to an existing farmhouse on the property which the client had outgrown. The new house is now the nucleus of the property while the farmhouse, located at the front of the property, is intended as a guest house. The new house reimagines traditional barn typology while subtly referring to the historic farmhouse architecture of the area.
Approaching the house from the front of the property reveals a view of the garage and living room modules, separated by a polished concrete path that leads directly to the home’s focal point, being a triangular courtyard.
In term of plan, the six modules of the Six Square House tessellate around a central triangular courtyard, resulting in a compelling visual balance between symmetry and asymmetry. The hybrid roofscape, which combines aligned roof ridges and curving eaves, enhances this dichotomy.
The tessellation of spaces also creates programmatic divisions across the home with each module tied to a different use such as living, kitchen, main bedroom, secondary bedroom, porch and garage, all of which encircle the triangular courtyard. Each module is positioned to take advantage of views out to the landscape.
The deep grey Accoya façade with Western Red Cedar rainscreen is a durable, low maintenance engineered wood that plays off the farmhouse’s historic cedar façade while lending a thoroughly contemporary appearance. The material will eventually weather into a subtle platinum grey.
As black and platinum grey materials define the home’s exterior, ochre-hued cedar clads the home’s hybrid indoor/outdoor zones being the triangular courtyard and porch, as well as the frames for all exterior facing doors and windows. The interior is by contrast finished with alabasters and whites. This includes walls and ceilings of gypsum plaster, flooring and millwork in white oak and ash, countertops and selected shelving in light marble – resulting in a lightness and warmth appropriate in the Hamptons.
Overall, the house strikes an elegant, innovative balance across both its interior and exterior. ‘On one hand, the design of the house is governed by its own geometric logic,’ explains Young. ‘On the other, the design reframes and connects back to the overall site. ‘
