The Lake House was conceived as a 21st Century retreat – an escape from expectations of modern life to a lakefront cabin near the city. The site is a narrow plot of land tightly wedged between existing single-family houses. The houses have an imposing presence on the site creating a need for visual privacy.
The program allowed the design to be conceptually simplified into three components – a thick wall extruded from the topography, a low horizontal roof, and a volume for sleeping. The site conditions led us to carve multiple indoor/outdoor spaces into the topography - by filling some of the spaces with water we were able to expand the sense of the waterfront deeper into the property. The resulting spaces relieved the pressure for privacy from the waterfront exposure. A low roof provides a horizontal datum; a reference point to the sloping topography and a sense of open privacy from the neighbors.
Material Used :
1. Fleetwood Sliding Glass Doors
2. Oldcastle Window Wall
3. Tech Lighting Cable Lights
4. Kitchen Island Light – Designed by Suyama Peterson Deguchi, Fabricated by Landbridge Lighting
5. Custom Outdoor Fire Element – Designed by Suyama Peterson Deguchi
6. Kitchen Island Countertop Material – Neolith Slab
7. Living Room Candle Holders – 3x10
8. Spa Tile – Daltile
9. Kitchen Faucet – KWC
10. Kitchen Cabinet Pulls – Doug Mockett Tab Pulls
