Architects: PIQUE llc
Location: Bend, Oregon, USA
Contractor: J.M. Garren Inc.
Project Area: 350 sqm
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Tom Owen, Bob Woodward, Peter Jahnke
Central Oregon is known for its access to a variety of outdoor sports. The region’s variety of climates provides a unique opportunity to access a myriad of activity types in the same season. It is not uncommon for a person to go skiing in the morning and biking in the afternoon. A building in this region should reflect this lifestyle and provide a variety of ways to access the outdoors on daily and annual cycles.
The High Desert Pavilion focuses on engagement. The building is designed to provide a myriad of ways to engage the outdoors and surrounding site. On a daily scale, the intimate, northeast patio is a perfect place to watch the sunrise, the large south-facing patio is designed for outdoor eating, and the private patio next to the master bedroom is meant for reading and star watching. On an annual scale, the overhang on the south patio is sized to flood the patio with sunlight in the winter months, creating a warm place to sit outside protected from prevailing westerly winds. In the summer the “Void” (interior courtyard) provides a cool place to escape the sun and remain outdoors.
Just as the low-slung roof lines are a function of passive solar management, the three parallel axis walls orient the house toward prominent views and define outdoor rooms, expanding the small footprint into the landscape. The steel clad spine-wall rigidly defines the public spaces from private and draws in the saturated colors and textures from the surrounding site.
The High Desert Pavilion delivers structure to a family’s living cycle and celebrates their rituals.
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Beautiful, simple, straight forword. I just like it!
Functional, elegant and well crafted!!!!!!!!!!!!
Indeed a nice project, but those living cycle diagrams are
pseudo -scientific and unnecessary.
reminds me of frank lloyd wright.
looks good. inspiring.
Beautiful desert house. Quite FLR in many places. http://is.gd/8SLtx
Este diseño es realmente excelente. pocas veces se puede decir eso de un diseño. felicitaciones a los diseñadores.
indeed, looks inspired by the great Wright… congrats
elegant! some lovely textures there. the quality of the materials in sunlight is exquisite!
Great job , Could you provide elevation drawing and a site plan ?! And I want some information a bout the structure systems ( roof and wall ) and the materials used
Could you please provide an elevation drawing and a site plan
Could you please provide an elevation drawing and a site plan
Great job , Could you provide an elevation drawing and a site plan ?!!