Situated within a rural Vermont landscape, amongst white pines and maple trees, this Olson Kundig-designed cabin seeks to bring a family into closer connection with one another and the surrounding forests. "This is an intentionally straightforward and economical cabin where the family can come together and take part in the adventure of engaging with the natural landscape just outside," said Tom Kundig, FAIA, RIBA about the project.
With a modest 750-square-foot footprint, the three level cabin combines economy and materiality with a fluid functionality. Steel, wood, and concrete articulate the structure's character and connectedness to the surrounding wilderness. The lowest level engages the site and holds the garage that also functions as a game room in addition to a bedroom and powder room; the middle level contains the main entry along with two small bedrooms and a bathroom; and the top level consists of one large living area.
"We embraced the client’s challenge of maintaining design discipline to create a modest, efficient family cabin," Kundig expressed of the design approach.
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(to my knowledge) there are no laws to forbid rich(er) people from building expensive second homes. However I would like journalists and architects to refrain from calling them "modest and efficient" or "economical". I realize that few people of modest or lesser means hire architects or even want what they design. So I suppose there is some social justice at work?
Shed roofs may be Kundig's signature but they still look ugly and cheap to me. They make his whole buildings look like storage sheds. On the other hand an attractive roof can approve the appearance of an actual storage shed.
^ Looks like a stand-alone small studio, tbh
I agree with richmon above.
This building appears to also capture thermal heat transfer through the use of thermal bridge roof beams. Incredible! I don’t like the way it captures the snow on the roof. I hope ice damns don’t form as a result of the thermal bridging at the roof eave, which always allows water in, also resulting in mold.
#rickitect
Stunning and simple. The roof is actually my favorite part of the design.
I don’t understand how he resolves the problem of thermal bridge at the roof
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