The owner is a philosophy professor and a well-known nature writer. She commissioned the studio as a retreat for herself and for visiting writer friends. Her first request was for a roof that would let her hear rain falling.

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Architects: FLOAT Architectural Research and Design

Location: Oregon, United States

Architect In Charge: Erin Moore

Area: 4600.0 ft2

Project Year: 2008

Photographs: Courtesy of FLOAT Architectural Research and Design

Courtesy of FLOAT Architectural Research and Design

From the architect. The owner is a philosophy professor and a well-known nature writer. She commissioned the studio as a retreat for herself and for visiting writer friends. Her first request was for a roof that would let her hear rain falling.
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The writing studio site is a small piece of land along the Marys River about 20 minutes from the owner?s home in town. The studio sits just uphill from riparian wetlands that are part of a project to restore hydrological and ecological function to the whole Marys River watershed.

Floor Plan

Thewriting studio is designed to reveal the ecological complexity of the site to visitors and in this way it is successful:  Small tunnels under the studio...