Point of View Residence
A congested, idiosyncratic water front site with marginal and poorly fitted existing structures and a road in its foreground, including a series of overlaid zoning and shoreland restrictions with promising east, south and west fresh and salt water views and southerly exposure.
Project Details
Location:
Peaks Island, Maine
Structural Architects:
Whitten Architects Project: Winkelman Lead
Builder:
LHA Builders
Photography:
James R. Salomon, Winkelman
Recognition
Project Requirements
The clients, with grown children and grandchildren, sought a two-part program; A living, dining, kitchen, den, and master suite zoned distinctly separate from a guest quarters of 2 bedrooms, bath, and studio/recreation overflow space.
The Site
A congested, idiosyncratic water front site with marginal and poorly fitted existing structures and a road in its foreground, including a series of overlaid zoning and shoreland restrictions with promising east, south and west fresh and salt water views and southerly exposure.
Design Concepts
The solution is a highly tailored fit of their program to this site. the two-part program created the opportunity to break up the mass of a 3,500 sf program to better integrate into its island context.
Its stairwell, which is just behind the forward living/dining/master suite zone, weaves together the split-level rear zone, integrating access from the lowest level garage and a central mudroom. this stairwell, a source of daylight into the center of the house, is transparent, visually linking the rear and forward zones and the upper living deck.
