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the cabin gate
Now that the cabin itself is largely done and has been winning awards left and right (YAY!) the client has moved on to designing the pool house (an old corn crib from PA) and the entrance gate to the property. I was lucky enought to get to take the design lead on the gate – which is largely a sculptural expression (in addidion to being functional and security driven). The idea behind the gate is the meeting of old and new, of rough/natural and smooth/modern/man-made and the idea of an object or place-marker in the middle of wilderness. I was largely influenced by Andy Goldsworthy who has been a favorite artist of mine for a long time, and I was able to persuade my boss and the client on the design largely by showing Mr. Goldsworthy’s work. So, the design consists of two stone walls flanking the driveway, one very man-made and refined the other an ordinary rubble wall. The gate is made of huge corten panels which are sleek and modern but will rust and get a natural patina over time. The gate doors are asymmetrically sized to accomodate cars and people and are comprised of wood planks in raw steel frames which ties back to the work we did on the cabin. The rubble wall meanders through the landscape towards the Hazel River where it terminates in a stacked stone cairn – a marker. I am loving the way it is turning out so far! Check out these progress pictures:
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- original sketch
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- construction drawing
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- corten side panels
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- “modern” wall
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- corten panel
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- stone cairn
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cool! I love Goldsworthy, this should be cool! But most of your stuff is so that’s no surprise.
Did you know that the cabin was on the back cover of Fine Woodworking? Your father got the magazine and was pleasantly surprised to see the cabin featured on the back cover. Check it out.