Sail House Bequia Island, Grenadines Property, New Building, Caribbean Architecture Photos
Sail House on Bequia Island
16 Jul 2021
Design: David Hertz Architects, Studio of Environmental Architecture
Location: Bequia Island, Grenadines, Caribbean

Sail House – Bequia Island Property
The Sail House by David Hertz Architects, Studio of Environmental Architecture, has been selected as the 2021 Architizer A+Awards Jury Winner for Residential, Private House (XL >6,000 sq ft). The house was designed by international award-winning sustainable architect, David Hertz, of Los Angeles, CA. The Sail House is a dappled array of structures, consisting of a primary residence and several guesthouses.

The project is named for the nautical-inspired tensile roofs, which are a contextual response to the Grenadines’ sailing culture and environmental building systems. David Hertz states: “The main inspiration for the Sail House was a wooden boat with its masts and sails, the expressed stainless steel rigging and hardware, which is referenced in the home.”
Since construction in the Caribbean can be difficult with its limited resources, the buildings were prefabricated and flat-packed to the island in 15 shipping containers. The goal of the shipping process was to maximize density and efficiency with zero waste. The prefabricated structure is set upon a concrete box that acts as a cistern for water collection and anchors the residence to the ground.

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