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Architects: Aaron Schiller, Gray Organschi Architecture
- Area: 6000 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Bayerwald Fenster Hausturen, Connecticut Stone, Floor Works, Livingstone Concrete, Solar Innovations, Specialty Builders Supply
Text description provided by the architects. Chilmark’s long agrarian history on the windswept southern edge of Martha’s Vineyard underpins the design approach to this house and studio for a multi-generational family. The site, a former sheep grazing field, overlooks Chilmark pond, with long views to the Atlantic, and is edged by a series of Chilmark’s massive, meandering stone fences. In deference to the field’s history, and to the simple New England forms that shape the area’s architectural heritage, we developed the house and studio as a pair of barns with low pitched roofs that sit quietly in the landscape. Two buildings form a series of courtyards and outdoor spaces, with varying degrees of privacy and views. In a nod to New England’s bank barns, the long barn is set into the hillside, diminishing its scale from the north and creating direct connections to the outside from both upper and lower levels.
