QIANJIANG TERMINAL

RESIDENTIAL

Client Private
Location Berkshire County, Massachusetts, US
Program Private Residence
Area 326 m² (3,512 ft²)
Value $ 2.6 million
Status Completed 2020
Photography Iwan Baan

The project reinterprets and expands on the glass house typology through its dynamic relationship to the native landscape and a plan configuration that organizes the 6 interlocking pavilions into “petals” around a central open courtyard. Partially excavated into a hillside, the project’s topography offers thermal insulation while modulating the interior spaces along spectrums of open to closed, public to private, above and below grade.

“TO LIBERATE INTERIOR MOVEMENT AND MAINTAIN CLEAR SIGHT”

Uphill to the west, clerestory windows illuminate the bedrooms and baths; while downhill to the east, the more public programs open to the surrounding landscape through floor-to-ceiling windows. Similarly in plan, the six pavilions are oriented to optimize varying sun exposures and levels of privacy, while the cantilevered roof canopies provide weather protection, passive shading for the interior, and a dramatic frame that expands the transition from interior to exterior.