Designed by Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects, Nestled into a second growth cedar forest on a 10 acre Whidbey Island parcel, this project consists of two artist?s studios, a house, and a garage. These buildings are carefully arrayed around the site?s high point, each focused outward toward a distinct view of the adjacent cedars, gullies and small meadow. The buildings are expressed as industrial objects within the landscape, eschewing the idea of ?blending? with the surroundings and, instead, striving for a harmonious composition of elements in the forest – an arrangement encouraged by the adventurous aesthetic of the artist clients.
Photographs: Steve Keating
A neutral material palette of concrete galvanized metal and polycarbonate is punctuated by moments of saturated color. The warm spectrum of colors was chosen with the clients on-site to compliment the cool palette of the surrounding woods and other exterior materials. Photographs: Steve Keating
Double sloped roofs cap simple rectangular volumes, creating dynamic forms that respond to topography and light. Clerestories of polycarbonate panels fill the volume left by the elevated roof edge, admitting diffused light and obscuring the landscape into an artistic abstraction. The double slope roof is applied uniformly to the primary spaces yet the orientation varies to enhance the program of the associated space.
Studio Plans
Concrete floors, white walls, and warm wood tones provide a quiet and light-filled in...