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Approached by the Client with the barn as an archetype for the family chalet, we addressed the other structures as non-architectural, submerging one in the landscape to be one with it and the other with the perimeter concrete fence and the large span subterranean double-T structure. The barn is elevated from the ground to maximize its views, without blocking the same to rear structures on the relatively narrow deep site. The barn elevated structure spans in between the service core on one side and the elevated landscape on the other, to provide a see-through and an underpass to connect the landscape to the sand beach/poolside. The ‘guesthouse’ underneath the landscape is connected to it at multiple levels. A library snakes between the two otherwise autonomous structures to trespass in between via ‘secret doors’ meant for shortcuts in between.
Award: AIA Merit Award
