four-pitch-one-roof
A proposal for a house in Durham, North Carolina
four-pitch-one-roof
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Date: 2020
Type: A CLT House in American South
The house merges the aesthetics of American South Vernacular, captured through the lens of contemporary artists William Christenberry and Beverly Buchanan with the Scandinavian Effect to reinterpret the meaning of constructing a home. Using the readily available CNC technology, diagrid patterns are routed into large sheets of CLT panels, which are then folded to form a self-standing roof structure of four repeating gable pitches in order to achieve a free plan. The exterior is cladded with tree logs that will otherwise be displaced due to the building placement. Window attachment pays homage to the beauty of banal tectonic employed in traditional American Southern homes.
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Date: 2020
Type: A CLT House in American South
The house merges the aesthetics of American South Vernacular, captured through the lens of contemporary artists William Christenberry and Beverly Buchanan with the Scandinavian Effect to reinterpret the meaning of constructing a home. Using the readily available CNC technology, diagrid patterns are routed into large sheets of CLT panels, which are then folded to form a self-standing roof structure of four repeating gable pitches in order to achieve a free plan. The exterior is cladded with tree logs that will otherwise be displaced due to the building placement. Window attachment pays homage to the beauty of banal tectonic employed in traditional American Southern homes.