The idea of working with repeated motifs of a barn gable is inspired by the American painters Charles Sheeler and Andrew Wyeth. Sculptural monoliths of barns are oriented according to the sloping landscapes giving interesting compositions where many volumes in various directions can be seen as a layered additive structure.

Courtesy of Sigurd Larsen

Architects: Sigurd Larsen

Location: Diamond Point, NY 12845, United States

General Contractor: Darrow Mansfield

Area: 140.0 sqm

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Courtesy of Sigurd Larsen

Courtesy of Sigurd Larsen

The idea of working with repeated motifs of a barn gable is inspired by the American painters Charles Sheeler and Andrew Wyeth. Sculptural monoliths of barns are oriented according to the sloping landscapes giving interesting compositions where many volumes in various directions can be seen as a layered additive structure.
Courtesy of Sigurd Larsen

The house is located in an ensemble of vernacular saddle roofed barns gradually extended and added over the last 200 years. The new extension of the main house continues building on an unplanned system of diversely oriented volumes on a sloping meadow.

Plan

It contains a large open sleeping space overlooking a clearing in the forest, a bathroom as well as a connecting room u...