The Barn House in Diamond Point, New York by Sigurd Larsen Design & Architecture

Article source: Sigurd Larsen Design & Architecture

The idea of working with repeated motives of a barn gable is inspired by the American painters Charles Sheeler and Andrew Wyeth. Sculptural monoliths of barns are orientated according to the sloping landscapes giving interesting compositions where many volumes in various directions can be seen as a layered additive structure.

Image Courtesy © Sigurd Larsen

• Architects: Sigurd Larsen Design & Architecture
• Project: The Barn House
• Location: Diamond Point, New York, Lake George, USA
• Photography: Sigurd Larsen
• Client: Ruth and Mark Ward
• General Contractor: Darrow Mansfield
• Size: 140m²
• Year of completion: 2016

Image Courtesy © Sigurd Larsen

The house is located in an ensemble of vernacular saddle roofed barns gradually extended and added over the past 200 years. The new extension of the main house seizes to continue building on an un-planned system of diversely orientated volumes on a sloping meadow.

Image Courtesy © Sigurd Larsen

Image Courtesy © Sigurd Larsen

It contains a large open sleeping space overlooking a clearance in the forest, a bathroom as well as a connecting room used for storage of books from floor to ceiling. The lower level accessed from the outside contains a working space with bath and utility room.

Image Courtesy © Sigurd Larsen

Image Courtesy © Sigurd Larsen

Every element of the new extension; the building itself, the connector, the deck and the ramp are given individual orientations following an existing logic of the old surrounding buildings. Every window is carefully positioned to frame a specific view of the landscape or the surrounding old barns. This way all buildings old and new are directed by the sloping landscape, views and sunlight.

Image Courtesy © Sigurd Larsen

Image Courtesy © Sigurd Larsen

The cedar wood facade is sealed in a local traditional manner by burning the wood till the point where the surface turns black. The result is a lively texture that changes color during the day from a deep monochrome black to a silver grey reflecting the sunlight.

Image Courtesy © Sigurd Larsen Design & Architecture

Image Courtesy © Sigurd Larsen Design & Architecture

Image Courtesy © Sigurd Larsen Design & Architecture

Tags: New York, USA

Categories: Barn, House

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 11th, 2016 at 7:53 am. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.