Vestibule North
Structural Engineering: Isbell Consulting EngineersCivil Engineering: Design Solutions
Defined on the east by a thick pine forest, the site opens to the west, looking to the ocean past a dramatic bluff that leads to beach below.
The clients plan to use the site both as a second and future full-time home and also as a site for artist residencies and events – bringing the program of a gallery they operate in the city to the country, and expanding on the gallery’s existing program.
The building that will serve as artist quarters, studio, and workshop hugs the sloping grade of the site approaching the bluff. The interior volumes of the studio grow in size, in plan and section, down the slope towards the ocean, with the roof maintains an even datum above. The roof deck becomes a site for less defined program. Covered by a polycarbonate roof and surrounded by screen walls, the roof / porch above will be a space for art installations, gathering, and sleeping outdoors.