Sag Harbor, NY, Usa
Neil Logan of Neil Logan Architect with Lee Mindel of SheltonMindel has transformed a modest, solitary-tale L-formed cottage into SheltonMindel Curtain Wall A lot too, a freed from charge-standing, two-tale quantity on a bayside web site in Sag Harbor in Extended Island, New York.
For its delicate design and elegance, the Shelton Mindel Curtain Wall Additionally has simply currently been awarded a 2022 American Structure Award Honorable Level out, by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Structure and Structure and The European Centre for Structure Artwork Design and City Stories.
A vital intent of the construction was to develop a notion of privateness from the avenue on the entrance of the dwelling although on the again once more opening the inside to character and open waterfront views.
The entrance of the family serves because the constructing’s neighborhood image.
Set again once more and parallel to the street, it has a reserved and silent character with a number of clues as to what lies inside.
A projecting cowl one-way hyperlinks the on-web website parking to the doorway.
On the bottom flooring, a nominal amount of window openings give privateness from the avenue.
The once more of the residence going through the shoreline is marginally angled to the East to each of these fast the see and convert away from the adjoining avenue nook.
The following trapezoidal type makes a broader side for the double high dwelling spot to the North and a shallower width place for the analysis on the ground quantity and bedrooms on the bottom greater than.
In method, the amount extends to the aspect property, terminating with a swimming pool obtainable from the residing location.
With the compact dimension of the property, (1,200 sq. ft on the ground flooring and 800 on the subsequent floor), an laborious work was constructed to every reveal and canopy dissimilarities inside.
From the outside, the 2 concentrations are distinguished by the offset rhythm of the fenestration.
Going through the ingesting water, bands of horizontal sliding glass doorways hyperlink the residing house to the kitchen space and eating space whereas masking their numerous heights.
Mild-colored regular components with out further finishes are employed on each equally the within and exterior, offering the residence a notion of lightness and transparency.
For working example, as the delicate however quite simple maple millwork via the family grounds the working expertise, the freestanding Poul Kjaerholm picket display screen ends in being an animated connection to the picket pool enclosure and stripped down the wall to the water.
Within the west stair overlooking the daily sundown, Ugo Rondinone’s sensible environmentally pleasant and yellow solar unifies the first and subsequent ground concentrations simply because it unifies the beginning and the end of the working day.
The landscaping on the waterside elevation is a projected reflection of the once more façade producing a plinth or podium for the house and gently grades into the net web page, unifying structure, inside and context.
The architects observe that it was an excellent experience to have a shopper so involved and devoted to the model methodology, who in his very personal phrases states:
“’The Cove Highway model system up till ultimately now has been a collaborative, if reasonably chaotic one specific, in portion attributable to my a number of pals within the structure globe, as completely as my very own have to sensible expertise and undoubtedly keep within the room earlier than committing to a novel design and elegance plan. Neil Logan did the unique idea, structure, and building paperwork. However within the shut (or is it the start) it was Lee Mindel of Shelton Mindel, whose friendship and sheer genius helped to unravel what at conditions appeared unfinished and discordant, and established interiors and gardens that not solely honored the architectural intent, however produced stylish, joyful environments for residing and enthusiastic about the purely pure splendor of the location.”
Undertaking: SheltonMindel Curtain Wall Method too
Architects: Neil Logan Architect
Direct Architect: Neil Logan
Affiliate Architects: Shelton Mindel
Normal Contractor: Neil Logan Architect
Buyer: Personal
Photographers: Michael Moran
