House FIVE
House FIVE is situated in the countryside of southern Berkshire County in the rural township of New Marlborough MA. House FIVE incorporates the adjacent river, wetlands and Berkshire mountain landscape beyond to organize and situate a series of view corridors that intersect and transport the interior spaces to the larger landscape beyond. The house is based on a modest footprint and is organized on two floors that combine an open living, dining and kitchen area on the main floor, in a pinwheel organization around a combined light shaft and primary stair to the upper floor. The upper floor inverts the open plan organization to present three compact bedrooms and two bathrooms organized along the central stair / hallway corridor. The house’s formal presence can be associated with the simple vernacular form found in the rural landscape through its silhouette, proportion and reinterpretation of materials. At the same time the aesthetic trajectory of the house strives towards a unified, minimal yet essential, presence afforded by advanced construction approaches and high performance building envelope technology.
