Some of This, Some of That House, Upstate New York Real Estate, NY Residence, US Architecture Photos
Some of This, Some of That House in Upstate New York
Oct 3, 2022
Architects: Kwong Von Glinow
Location: Hudson Valley, New York State, USA

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House, Some of This, Some of That, New York State
House, Some of This, Some of That serves as both the formal name for a retreat in a forested clearing as well as an architectural approach to space-making for a young family with two children.

The starting point for the retreat begins with nine T-shaped volumes that house all the utility, storage, and wet spaces. Positioned on a grid, the nine T-shaped volumes rotate relative to each other to create uniquely shaped spaces for the family room, dining room, kitchen, office, library, reading room, and bedrooms, and give a sense of spatial differentiation for each within the open plan. At the same, the specific arrangement of the Ts allows for visual access across the house from one end to the other and out towards the surrounding forested view. This planar organization liberates the floorplan from a reliance on walls to define separate rooms and instead uses shapely elements that concentrate back of house spaces – the Ts – to internally organize a fully open space with soft divisions within.

To connect the retreat to the landscape further, the cast-in-place concrete floor follows the natural grade of the land, ascending 2 feet over ...