Construite dans une retraite privée située sur l’ile de San Juan dans l’Etat de Washington aux Etats-Unis, un petit clin d’oeil pour cette excellente « False Bay Writer’s Cabin », une sorte de cabane de jardin haut de gamme pour écrivain dont les façades, entièrement vitrées, s’occultent grâce à des pan en bois basculant à l’aide de treuils pour venir créer un plancher de terrasse. Imaginée et conçue par le studio d’architecture et de design Olson Kundig Architects, découvrez tous les détails en images dans la suite !

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Description originale

The cabin is five hundred square feet and is a private writers retreat and guest cottage. Located on San Juan Island, Washington, the owners wanted the cabin to feel contacted to its setting, the climate, the wildlife and views. They also needed a structure that could be easily secured when not in use.

The cabin was designed as a glass house surrounded by three wooden slat decks that can be raised by a hydraulic system of wires, rope, pivoting sheaves and lead blocks, that serves as shutters.  When open, the shutter decks are outdoor living spaces; when closed they secure the cabin.  The fireplace rotates 180 degrees to be enjoyed indoors or out.  An inverted roof with deep overhangs forces water to  drain to the rear of the cabin.

The cabin is a single room with a small kitchenette and a bathroom.  Finishes are restrained, punctuated only by a blackened steel inlay that bisects the floor from the fireplace to the slot window at the rear of the cabin.

Credits photos Tim Bies/Olson Kundig Architects – via
Design by Olson Kundig Architects