the terrain house
MAIN ENTRY
TERRACE
Lounge during the day
Lounge AT NIGHT
MASTER SUITE VIEW TO LOUNGE
TRANQUIL MASTER SUITE BATH
PLANS & ELEVATIONS
HIGHLAND PARK
BEECH GLEN
LOCATION: ROXBURY, MA N
SECOND FLOOR
A
Beech glen street elevation
B
B
A
GROUND FLOOR
LOWER LEVEL
LEFT & RIGHT ELEVATIONS
PRECEDENTS
ABOUT THE HOME
NIGHTTIME VIEW OF THE TERRAIN HOUSE
THE ENTIRE HOUSE BECOMES A GALLERY
SECTION BB
The Terrain House is design for an
The Terrain House emerges from the earth
expatriate couple who are looking to settle
like a rock, embedded deep into the ground,
down into a custom home after years of
blending into the landscape as a monolithic
extensive travelling. The Nick- a pilot (not for
entity that was carefully carved and sculpted
United), and Anna- a sculptor, commissioned
with wood inserts. These wood inserts not
an architect to create their dream home: a
only serve as punched openings, but also
place where artifacts and people can
ascend in scale from small display
harmoniously exist side by side. Their
compartments near the street and main
primary aim was to avoid placing items in a
entrance, to windows, doors, and finally
singular set of cabinets within the home- so
entire rooms.
the fundamental concept was to creatively make the entire home one big, living, breathing, inhabitable gallery.
From the street, the intent of the home is evident to pedestrians, who can view both objects and people inhabiting select rooms within the home. The overall design exudes a dynamic play on the role of seeing and being seen.
SECTION AA