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News • Detail • 11 May 2023
Detail: Reimagined vernacular of North Salem Farm
The North Salem Farm project by Brooklyn-based architectural studio Worrell Yeung, is an aesthetic reimagining of agrarian vernacular in northeastern New York. The studio, led by Max Worrell and Jejon Yeung, creates work that on the surface appears straightforward and unembellished, but is in fact rooted in rigorous design and analysis.
North Salem Farm is one such case in point. In a conversation with Max Worrell and Jejon Yeung, they discuss a number of the design aspects that coalesce to create this contemporary dwelling.
Photography by Naho Kubota
Three distinct buildings
North Salem Farm comprises the design and renovation of three new and existing buildings, set within the agricultural landscape of Westchester Coun... More
Project • By Studio de Arquitectura y Ciudad • Housing
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The house is located in a residential gated community in Querétaro, México. The existing tipology is defined by buildings that compete within themselves to be the most original, more detailed, more expensive and excesive. All of this while showing a lack of interest towars the street scale and the shape of the land they are built upon. For these reasons, the project begins by adapting its shape to the site. There is a 8ft slope that allows the section of the house to step into the site easily. Being the corner of the block, and given the local building restrictions, it was important to emphasize and keep a reasonable human scale towards the street. This is the reason why the house has a lower relationship towards the corner and concentrates... More