Mudarse a una propiedad en el campo

Marzo 22, 2020 Estados Unidos

Moving to property in the country

The client

Diseñado por: Ming Yang Fu, Canadá
Built by: A client in Estados Unidos
Likeness to the design: 5/10
Design award: $1,396
Contractor: James Henderson Construction

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From design to built

A long, low country home with a pool at its heart, from render to real life

5/10 likeness to the winning design

The finished home keeps the winning design's main idea: a long, one-story farmhouse with gabled metal roofs, two stone chimneys, a three-car garage wing and a wall of glass opening onto a pool terrace. Along the way the palette warmed up, with a silver metal roof, honey-toned local stone and rough-sawn board-and-batten taking the place of the black roof and cool gray stone. Inside, a soaring timber-trussed great room delivers the high ceilings and country views the family asked for.

What was kept

A single-story, long linear house with steep gabled metal roofs, as in the renders
Two tall masonry chimneys rising from the main roof, placed much as designed
A three-car garage wing at one end of the front facade
A rear elevation lined with tall glazed doors and windows facing the pool
A rectangular pool with an inset spa set directly off the back terrace, with an outdoor kitchen along the house
The mix of stone and warm wood cladding as the main exterior materials
A separate casita volume across the outdoor space, keeping the idea of guest quarters apart from the main house
Large windows framing the country view, which was central to the brief

What changed

The roof became a silver galvanized standing seam instead of the black metal shown in the renders
Cool gray stacked stone gave way to a warm, buff-colored natural stone
Smooth wood siding became rough-sawn board-and-batten, especially on the gable ends
The rear terrace's open pergola posts became a deep covered porch under a continuous roof
Window frames read as dark bronze and wood-toned rather than crisp black
The casita appears as a freestanding gabled cottage facing the pool; the photos don't show the connecting breezeway from the design, so it's unclear how it links
The renders don't show the interior, so the timber-truss great room can't be compared directly

Highlights

The vaulted great room with heavy timber trusses and black iron straps, truly the high, open room the family dreamed of
A floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace flanked by built-in shelves, anchoring the den
The open kitchen with marble island looking across the dining table to the living area, just as the brief asked
The back porch glowing at dusk, reflected in the pool
The charming gabled casita mirrored in the water beyond the stepping-stone path

SpaceApp reviewed this with its AI, from the client's photos and the winning design. Judged on: exterior massing, rear pool side and front garage wing only; no comparable interiors in the design images, so the score sets aside the interior photos.

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