Daria Sheina Studio has designed The Nest, an off-grid cabin with cedar-wrapped rotated volumes that permit panoramic views of the Howe Hold forth the coast of British Columbia.
The 1,063-square-foot (99-square-metre) home sits on the very best level of a 10-acre website on Keats Island, a distant getaway with solely 50 full-time residents close to Vancouver.
Daria Sheina Studio, a design observe primarily based in Vancouver, designed the home to be an eco-friendly, self-sufficient, low-impact residence and a mannequin of how considerate design can forge profound connections between individuals and place.
“From the outset, the positioning context performed a central function in shaping the design,” Sheina advised Dezeen. “Perched atop the island’s highest elevation, with panoramic views of Howe Sound, the situation supplied a uncommon sort of luxurious – the feeling of getting your entire island to your self.”
The angular constructing peeks out from the rugged terrain with moss-covered bedrock and a dense evergreen cover.
Sheina instantly resonated with the shoppers’ proposed identify as a result of “it captured the important qualities we have been already exploring: shelter, intimacy and a way of belonging.”
“We started to interpret the nest not solely as an emblem, however as a spatial thought – formed by round motion and a deep connection to put,” she stated.
“The result’s a sculptural interaction of two rotated volumes, forming a compact but playful and provoking three-level residing expertise.”
Constructed out of mass timber, the bottom stage, which comprises the communal kitchen, eating and front room, is an oblong field, whereas the third-floor bed room is rotated 90 levels horizontally and 45 levels vertically – as if tipped on its nook – and sits below the pitched roof.
The ensuing second stage is a small lounge with outward-sloping partitions and a view of the general public areas under.
“Compact in footprint but expansive in spatial notion, The Nest maximises its small constructing space whereas sustaining a lightweight contact on the land,” the studio stated.
The merged types are clad in western pink cedar to age and mix into the encompassing forest, whereas the minimalist interiors mix uncovered wooden with inexperienced marmoleum flooring.
Elevate-and-slide doorways open the bottom flooring to the outside, whereas bands of home windows on both aspect of the slanted roof present views of the Keats Island panorama.
“The consumer’s choice of distinctive homeware provides a playful, joyful contact, balancing the pronounced architectural types with distinctive character,” the studio stated.
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The cabin operates totally on solar energy utilizing a roof-mounted array and contains an incinerating rest room and rainwater filtration system.
Daria Sheina Studio collaborated with BC Passive Home to prefabricate the mass timber parts, which have been airlifted by helicopter to the inaccessible website.
“The method was an intricate puzzle of design, engineering, and logistics, however the result’s a house that feels each intentional and easy,” Sheina stated.
“It is a design I am extremely pleased with, made potential by means of a detailed collaboration with the consumer.”
Different off-grid cabins have been just lately accomplished in Helsinki, Finland, by Littow Architectes, in Victoria, Australia, by Gardiner Architects and in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains by Marc Thorpe.
The images is by Andrew Latreille.
Challenge credit:
Design: Daria Sheina StudioStructural: Equilibrium ConsultingPrefabrication: BC Passive HouseContractor: Lincoln ConstructionEnergy advisor: Form EnergyWindows and doorways: Innotech Home windows + DoorsSiding: Westcoast Wooden DistributionCLT provider: Mercer
