Description:
Seattle Residential Accessory Structure, 1600 sf, New Construction.
Vision:
Create a multifunctional pavilion that embraces the dramatic site through balance and tension.
Planning:
Functionally the building provides vast shelving space for the client’s collection. The main floor area is open allowing for large gatherings and flexible gallery-like space. The building flow from indoor to out is through layers of transparency and screen. The 180° unobstructed Puget Sound view spans the western edge of the project.
Design:
The building anchors into the hillside with an exposed, board-formed concrete wall. From this concrete spine a steel frame superstructure rises and cantilevers over a natural ravine. The interior volume includes a 17 ft tall display wall accessed by a suspended steel catwalk and 1250 sf of open floor area. The downhill side, facing the view, is an aluminum-framed curtain of glass. All building elements – concrete, steel, stone, glass, metal and wood are layered and exposed in purposeful, as well as coincidental, geometric patterns.
