farmHOUSE

by Mark Meyer — last modified 2006-05-02 12:36

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A roughly 1600 s.f. house on a historic farm in Texas, the house is every bit as functional a response to the environment and day to day living on remote land as an early ranch house. Laid out under a 120'x20' flat roof deck, the 16' wide bar of public space opens with large expanses of glass and sliding doors to a well defined "yard" (complete with stock-tank like pool at one corner), while the master suite is seperated from the rest of the house by the entry/dining porch. A large communal table/work surface cantilevers from the kitchen, both into the entry/dining porch as well as into the interior dining space. The kitchen and dining space play a pivotal role in the life of the house, much as it would on a working ranch. While this design does provide some amenity it is very much a functional response to climate, terrain, and the vagaries of construction and daily life.

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