Simply outdoors of Redmond, Washington overlooking Ames Lake, the Treehouse Camp Residence lives on a web site that was as soon as a Boy Scout camp from the Fifties by way of the Nineteen Nineties. The idyllic location is now residence to a household with two younger kids nestled throughout the forest but near the water’s edge. Stephenson Design Collective took nice care when designing the three,900-square-foot home by how campsites gently work together with their environment. The lakeside locale is deemed a protected space, requiring the architect to be delicate to the atmosphere all through the design and building course of. The result’s a shocking glass, concrete, and wooden residence that pays homage to the encircling Pacific Northwest forests and the house owner’s Danish heritage.
Given the shopper’s job as CCO of the online game Minecraft, Stephenson Design Collective seemed to the sport’s use of blocks for inspiration. As soon as you already know that reality, it’s not possible to not see the stacked blocks that make up the Treehouse Camp Residence. The bottom degree, with its board-formed concrete exterior that melds into the woodsy environment, homes the general public areas with the kitchen, workplace, and visitor room. The higher ground, clad in charred shou sugi ban siding, extends out previous the decrease ground’s footprint for much more house to accommodate three bedrooms, laundry, and a household room, that are linked by a suspended bridge. A basement rounds out the house with glass-walled wine cellar, media room, and residential fitness center.
The open lounge, eating room, and kitchen open to the outside, making it good for entertaining or having fun with meals alfresco, particularly with the 16-foot cantilevered ground providing safety. Massive sliding glass doorways reveal unobstructed views of the lake and bushes.
Whereas the house’s design is usually angular, the furnishings, just like the Bouroullec brothers designed Ploum couch for Ligne Roset and Finn Juhl Pelican Chair, add crucial curves.
Within the double-height lounge, a blackened metal wall gives a dramatic but minimalist focus, full with a three-sided fire and seating ledge.
It took a village to design and engineer the floating concrete staircase set in opposition to a glass wall.
The kitchen cupboards are made in white oak with a black-stained oak wall disguising home equipment to at least one facet. In lieu of higher cupboards, massive home windows body forest views.
Design: Stephenson Design Collective
Construct: Dovetail
Pictures: Kevin Scott
