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the terrain house

MAIN ENTRY

TERRACE

Lounge during the day

Lounge AT NIGHT

MASTER SUITE VIEW TO LOUNGE

TRANQUIL MASTER SUITE BATH

PLANS & ELEVATIONS

HIGHLAND PARK

BEECH GLEN

LOCATION: ROXBURY, MA N

SECOND FLOOR

A

Beech glen street elevation

B

B

A

GROUND FLOOR

LOWER LEVEL

LEFT & RIGHT ELEVATIONS

PRECEDENTS

ABOUT THE HOME

NIGHTTIME VIEW OF THE TERRAIN HOUSE

THE ENTIRE HOUSE BECOMES A GALLERY

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The Terrain House is design for an

The Terrain House emerges from the earth

expatriate couple who are looking to settle

like a rock, embedded deep into the ground,

down into a custom home after years of

blending into the landscape as a monolithic

extensive travelling. The Nick- a pilot (not for

entity that was carefully carved and sculpted

United), and Anna- a sculptor, commissioned

with wood inserts. These wood inserts not

an architect to create their dream home: a

only serve as punched openings, but also

place where artifacts and people can

ascend in scale from small display

harmoniously exist side by side. Their

compartments near the street and main

primary aim was to avoid placing items in a

entrance, to windows, doors, and finally

singular set of cabinets within the home- so

entire rooms.

the fundamental concept was to creatively make the entire home one big, living, breathing, inhabitable gallery.

From the street, the intent of the home is evident to pedestrians, who can view both objects and people inhabiting select rooms within the home. The overall design exudes a dynamic play on the role of seeing and being seen.

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