“At the first meeting, the clients introduced both their family and growing art collection. They were particularly excited about a new artist, Vik Muniz, whose works based on photographs of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis provided a delightful discovery upon closer inspection: paintings of the iconic images rendered in peanut butter and jelly. This moment of discovery and playful deception became the design concept of the house”.
As you approach the house by the winding driveways, the gabled form, massive chimney, and shingled siding are all reminiscent of traditional houses on eastern Long Island. When looked at closely, the singles are, in fact, a woven screen of oak surveyors stakes, similar to those that dotted the steeply wooded lot when the clients first saw it. The massive chimney that anchors the house to the site isn't solid at all, but is actually made of thin concrete panels.
Special thanks to HomeDSGN for the above images.
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