* Residential Architecture: Robins Way House by Bates Masi Architects

Residential Architecture: Robins Way House by Bates Masi Architects: “..The clients, an interior designer and a DJ, requested a complete renovation and addition of a 1960’s kit house in Amagansett, NY, USA, to be a weekend retreat from their urban apartment. The clients gathered images of objects and conventional materials utilized in new, interesting ways as inspiration for the design. A single design solution that could unify the old remaining parts of the house to the new intervention was sought. This solution should solve acoustical, lighting, equipment coordination and simultaneously address the aesthetic décor requirements of the client’s collection of objects. A vocabulary was developed that allowed the patina and history that the client favored to remain and new experiences to evolve..The house was gutted and reduced down to the skeletal framework allowing the intervention to utilize the post and beam construction that remained. Between the existing ceiling joists, natural rope was woven through a digitally fabricated framework. Weaving patterns were used to signify different ceiling conditions. Lighting penetrates through a crossed weave of the rope. It transitions to a straight weave to shield speakers and utilities from view. Since the client is a DJ, sound is very important. The rope weave acts as an acoustic baffle absorbing background noise, but allows music from the ceiling mounted speakers to be emitted..To integrate with the décor, the rope was used structurally to support several items such as a large, custom steel framed mirror in the Master Bathroom and the Dining Room Chandelier. A large sliding door is woven with the same rope to provide privacy from the neighbors and shield the sun at various times of the day. The sunlight rakes through the openings casting linear shadows on the bathroom floor..Unifying the exterior is a dark stained cedar siding that wraps all of the exterior facades and transitions to the matching frames of the replaced windows and doors. The newly constructed interior walls and interior cabinetry were also resurfaced in reclaimed barn wood. Behind a sheet of glass, the same reclaimed wood lines the shower surround and one feels as though they are showering outdoors. The clients now have a quiet escape from city life..The frequent turnover within a vacation community can be wasteful. Some are eager to tear down what exists and start new. This project preserved the skeleton of the house and the history in the patinaed materials that the client desired. Conventional materials were utilized in new ways to unify the old and the new..”  Extensive glazing, natural light; interesting materiality and interior volumes and details..

See our posts on five other homes by Bates Masi Architects:

• Residential Architecture: Pryor House by Bates Masi + Architects
• Residential Architecture: Noyack Creek House by Bates Masi Architects
• Residential Architecture: Quail Hill House by Bates Masi Architects
• Residential Architecture: Lion’s Head by Bates Masi Architects
• Residential Architecture: Genius Loci, Montauk by Bates Masi + Architects

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image: Courtesy of Bates Masi Architects; article: Alarcon , Jonathan . “Robins Way / Bates Masi Architects” 13 Sep 2012. ArchDaily. <http://www.archdaily.com/272230&gt;

* Residential Architecture: Container Studio by MB Architecture

Residential Architecture: Container Studio by MB Architecture: “..New York studio MB Architecture have completed an art studio in the woods made of two steel shipping containers in Amagansett, New York..Called Container Studio, the structure features two containers positioned next to each other on a foundation wall, within which a basement has been created..The height of the space was increased by cutting away most of the floor of the containers, connecting them with the basement space beneath..Glass façades seal the containers at either end..”  Lovely site, extensive glazing, natural light, nature; interesting interior volumes, dark cladding, and container repurposing..

image: Dalton Portella; article: Dezeen

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* Residential Architecture: Quail Hill House by Bates Masi Architects

Residential Architecture: Quail Hill House by Bates Masi Architects: “..Approaching the house by the winding driveway, the gabled form, massive chimney, and shingled siding are all reminiscent of traditional houses on eastern Long Island. Looking closely, the shingles are, in fact, a woven screen of oak surveyors stakes, similar to those that dotted the steeply wooded lot when the clients first saw it. Similarly, the massive chimney that anchors the house to the site isn’t solid at all, but is actually made of thin concrete panels..”  Vernacular inspiration with many subtle, playful touches, interesting interior volumes offering advantageous settings for a large contemporary art collection, abundant natural light, indoor/outdoor sensibility..

See our post on two other homes by Bates Masi Architects: Residential Architecture: Lion’s Head by Bates Masi Architects and Residential Architecture: Genius Loci, Montauk by Bates Masi + Architects.

image: Christopher Wesnofske; article: Arthitectural

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