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Project:Douglas House Location: Harbor Springs, Michigan Architect: Richard Meier Year: 1973
Fall 1994 4.203 Geometric Modeling |
ARC Gallery |
Douglas House
visualization design Allison Stamides |
| The Douglas House is situated on the steep shores of Lake Michigan and is surrounded by a large number of conifers. It appears like a machine contradicting the natural world, both in color and geometry, therefore asserting its presence but also contradicting the beauty of the landscape. Because of the steep slope you enter the house at the top floor, which is also the only visible part from the road. The volume below contains five more stories and 4,500 square feet of living space. Once you enter the house you can see both the living and the dining levels, and a large roof deck overlooking Lake Michigan. A curved skylight between the entry level and the roof deck, together with the tall smokestacks of the fireplace, help frame the view of the lake. | |
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