House and Orchard
Belleville, Wisconsin

This design developed from the owner’s desire to approach traditional rural building forms and massings with a sleek, more modern edge. A conversation between hard steel and fiber cement & softer wood and stone (re-claimed from existing buildings on site) is detailed inside and out.Above: View of the site.

Southern orientation provides controlled daylight and solar tempering to a 2 story (plus) living/ kitchen space as well as bedrooms, with appropriately sized overhangs and vine covered trellisses keeping the house cool in the summer sun. A lower level walk-out onto a trellised court with one side set into the hill, provides a year-round exterior micro-climate. A greenhouse bridge connects the house to the garage/drive, and it, as well as exterior spaces created by terracing, help the building and its massing adapt to the steep terrain. Left: Interior section view.

Above: Exterior views showing the overhangs and trellisses.