Barn vernacular

O projecto North Salem Farm do estúdio de arquitectura Worrell Yeung, sediado em Brooklyn, é uma reimaginação estética do vernáculo agrário do nordeste de Nova Iorque. O estúdio, liderado por Max Worrell e Jejon Yeung, cria trabalhos que, à primeira vista, parecem simples e sem embelezamentos, mas que, na realidade, se baseiam numa concepção e análise rigorosas. North Salem Farm é um desses casos. Numa conversa com Max Worrell e Jejon Yeung, estes discutem uma série de aspectos de design que se conjugam para criar esta habitação contemporânea. Photography by Naho Kubota   Três edifícios distinto... Mais

On a pastoral site bordering meadow and woodland, the Stony Hill residence by Bates Masi Architects is located in Amagansett, an early English and Dutch farming settlement on the East End of Long Island. The project references the agrarian history of the location by dividing the site into zones in a manner similar to the original pasture parcels.  Bates Masi + Architects Emphasizing historic connections to pasture and different planting zones, the scale of planting in each zone are designed to vary in response to modern needs. High grasses and shrubs provide an acoustic and visual buffer from the road, medium grasses screen the access approach to the house, and low-level grasses and ground covers are used in areas where open view... Mais