Retro+Fit Design stacks protruding cyprus-clad volumes into home overlooking North Carolina valley
This large residence by Asheville-based Retrofit Design reaches away from its hillside perch to frame vistas of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The Privé is situated in the outskirts of Asheville, the seat of a University of North Carolina campus. Its vantage point offers views of the small city and the mountain ridge beyond.
Retro+Fit Design wanted the house to make the most of the valley-scape, as well as to address developer Ciel's request for a "modern, marketable, and exceptional" residence.
Three floors make up the building. The lowest storey spans the full footprint of the structure, while the two smaller volumes above only partially cover the same area.
The offset stacking creates terraces across the home ? the gap formed between the southeast protrusions of the bottom and top levels becomes a partly covered terrace on the entry floor, while two patios flanking the top volume spread out over the roof of the storey below. The out-reaching extensions help to enhance valley views from the interior and give the residence an angular silhouette.
The designers clad the exterior with stained cyprus wood, which helps the home blend in with the encircling forest.
"The concept behind the finish colour was to hide the building somewhat from the valley below, during the time when the leaves were off the trees in this deciduous forest by creating a cladding close to the colour of the natural tree trunks," said the architect.
Retro+Fit Design set the residence...
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