Lake Edge Residence

This house makes the most of being on the edge. It is on the edge of Utah Lake, which was on the edge of being polluted and forgotten, but is now being remembered as a natural resource. The dynamic roof structure is on the edge of technological innovation. It draws on parametric explorations from Squaremoon’s Sanctuary project. It bounds a living space that opens to the lake while acting as a scultural backdrop that also filters light, referencing the layers of reeds between the bank and lake.

Being on the edge can be illuminating. One can feel fully immersed or can reside in the fringe. Here we play with proximity, progressive sequencing, differentiation through massing, and the choice of visual and auditory immersion. On this practical side, this project is also on an edge between clients with conflicting priorities - an aversion to ostentation, a commitment to function and simplicity, and paradoxically an distaste for modernism as a “style,” which we address by, paradoxically returning to the origins of modernism which are rooted in experience over form.