Situated simply outdoors of Redmond, Washington with a view of the Ames Lake, is the Treehouse Camp Residence, a picturesque dwelling nestled on a website that after held a Boy Scout Camp from the Fifties by the Nineties. The gorgeous residence is dwelling to a household with two younger youngsters. It’s tucked away inside the forest however is but fairly near the water’s edge.
Designer: Stephenson Design Collective
The house occupies virtually 3900 sq. meters and was designed by Stephenson Design Collective. The lakeside locale is taken into account a protected space, and therefore the architect took particular care to make sure that the house and its development gently interacted with the pure environment, with out immensely disturbing them or inflicting them any hurt. The architect needed to be extraordinarily delicate whereas designing and developing the house, which they have been profitable at, ensuing within the creation of a gorgeous glass, concrete, and wooden dwelling that pays tribute to the encompassing Pacific Northwest forests, in addition to the Danish heritage of the proprietor of the house.
The house owner is the CCO of the online game Minecraft, and therefore Stephenson Design Collective fairly curiously drew inspiration from the sport’s utilization of blocks whereas designing the house. The whole Treehouse Camp Residence is made up of stacked blocks. The bottom ground contains a board-formed concrete exterior that merges with the encompassing forest and consists of public areas such because the kitchen, workplace, and visitor room. The higher ground has been fantastically clad in charred shou sugi ban siding. The higher story gracefully extends and cantilevers previous the bottom ground, to supply extra area to accommodate three bedrooms, a household room, and laundry that are related by way of a suspended bridge. The house additionally homes a basement, with a glass-walled wine cellar, media room, and residential fitness center.
On the bottom ground, the open front room, kitchen, and eating room subtly open out to the outside, making a serene indoor-outdoor connection, and functioning as a wonderful area for entertaining or having fun with meals alfresco. This expertise is made much more fascinating, with the 16-foot cantilevered higher ground which gives safety. Large sliding doorways present gorgeous and unobstructed views of the encompassing lake and timber, making a picture-perfect backdrop!
