Shokan House | Jay Bargmann
Designed by Jay Bargmann, Shokan House stands at the edge of the Ashokan reservoir, just below the summit of a Catskill mountain, with views extending south across and beyond the reservoir to the horizon. Oak, fir, spruce, and an occasional birch surround the house. Hawks, turkey, fox, deer and bear regularly appear.
A ½-mile gravel road curves around a grass-banked pond, leading to the long western elevation of the house and then extends, in an arc, around the southern elevation.
Photography: Brad Feinknopf
The 6,00 square foot house is entered from the east or west through doors set into the concrete foundation enclosing a vestibule, a bedroom, and the garage. From the concrete-walled vestibule with its fireplace, one turns and enters the steel-framed living room with views across the treetops to the reservoir, the distant mountains, and the surrounding forest.
At the top of the stair, the dining room and kitchen afford a second, more elevated view across the Reservoir to the mountains extending to the East and West. Two bedrooms and a library complete this level. The hose terminates in a boulder-faced cliff, a stone terrace and herb garden on the West and a single bench to the east that sits in the tree-filtered morning light.
Photography: Brad Feinknopf
The exposed, reinforced concrete foundation bears on a rock, the glass enclosure is built of ?T? sections, bolted to the foundation, supporting open web joists, 4 feet on center. The ?T? sections also serve as the fra...
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