East Coast Modern

The core vision of this project treats the entire site as an encompassing ‘house’, rather than simply a plot of land with a building on it.

The site plan leverages topography and program; a recreation room opening to a pool supports a substantial 55’ square roof lawn which organizes the first-floor spaces, serving as a visual anchor and allowing natural light to permeate the glazed walls.

The first-floor plan draws inspiration from early Mies Van der Rohe designs, utilizing a structural steel frame to enable continuous floor-to-ceiling glass panels. Solid walls rendered in Brick, travertine and Claro Walnut walls guide movement through the open volumes. Perception of space is defined between these ‘material’ walls and the outer green hedge.

Second floor bedrooms are oriented to maximize views of the rear garden. A spiral stair continues to the third-floor; a glassy pavilion that opens to an expansive green roof.