From FARM to FAB
ARCHITECTS USE MID-CENTURY ELEMENTS TO ACHIEVE A COHESIVE LOOK BETWEEN TWO DISPARATE HOMES IN THIS NE W-BUILD PROJEC T.
Written by MERYL SCHOENBAUM
Photographed by JEREMY BITTERMAN
Architects: TIMOTHY SCHOUTEN AND JAKE WEBER, GIULIETTI SCHOUTEN WEBER ARCHITECTS
“THE HOME’S MCM ARCHITECTURE WAS DESIGNED WITH A LONG, SIMPLE GABLE ROOF FORM FOR THE MAIN HOUSE AND ATTACHED GARAGE, ALONG WITH AN ENCLOSED GLASS BREEZEWAY THAT FORMS THE ENTRY,” TIMOTHY SCHOUTEN SAYS. IT WAS BUILT ON A SINGLE LEVEL, WITH SIMPLE VERTICAL CEDAR SIDING AND CONTINUOUS CLERESTORY WINDOWS TO MAINTAIN PRIVACY.
What does an architect do
when tasked with planning designs for two vastly different homes—built 100 years apart—that will coexist on the same property?
That was the challenge presented to Timothy Schouten, design principal, and Jake Weber, project architect, of Giulietti Schouten Weber Architects (GSWArchitects.net). Timothy Schouten shares the creative ways they made the two buildings seem seamless.
“The project included designing a new main house and converting a deteriorated, 100-year-old farmhouse to a new guesthouse in the same ‘vocabulary’ as the main house,” he explains.
THIS VIEW OF THE EXTERIOR HAS A LIGHT AND AIRY APPEARANCE—DESPITE THE USE OF HARD MATERIALS SUCH AS CONCRETE AND METAL. THE ARCHITECTS ETCHED THE HOME’S CONCRETE TERRACES AND WALLS FOR A LIGHT, SOFT TONE AND SIMPLE FINISH.