The retained meadowland above Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater is the site of six new cottages. The meadow, which is a fragment of a ‘recent’ cultural landscape, provides a complimentary experience to the surrounding native forest from which to appreciate and understand both native ecology and cultural history. It opens a clearing in the forest; a clearing that establishes the possibility of a sustainable relationship between human occupancy, site and sun.

Falling Water Model

• Architect: Patkau Architects
• Project Name: Cottages at Fallingwater
• Client: Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
• Location: Mill Run, Pennsylvania
• Use: Housing for Educational Programs
• Site Area: Bear Run Nature Reserve, 5189 Acre (21 k㎡)
• Gross Floor Area: 63㎡ (678 sqft) (one bedroom unit) x 4 units = 252 ㎡ (2712 sqft)
• 86㎡ (925 sqft) (two bedroom unit) x 2 units = 172 ㎡ (1850 sqft)
• 99㎡ (1063 sqft) (community pavilion) x 1 units = 99 ㎡ (1063 sqft)
• Total = 523㎡ (5625 sqft)
• Bldg. Coverage Ratio: Not Applicable
• Gross Floor Ratio: Not Applicable
• Bldg. Scale: 1 story below grade
• Structure: Pre-Engineered Corrugated Steel Culvert
• Max. Height: 3.6m (12ft)
• Landscape Area: 26150㎡ (6.5 acre)
• Parking Lot: shared parking with adjacent buildings (1 car per unit = 6 cars)
• Exterior Finish: Grass, Weathering Steel
• Design year: 2010
• Completion year: To be determined

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