Ocean Sundial light pours into this vacation home and because the staircase acts light shaft, directs light through the house.As one rises through the stairway, views are experienced at each floor and a panoramic view occurs as one arrives at the top level.Decks at every level are added on the ocean side to encourage outdoor living and ocean air.Beyond the shading the fins provide, they reference dune fencing. Which is associated with saving our coastal environment by stabilizing dunes.Wire-brushed ShouSugiBan fins are used to achieve this which is a natural material not needing paints or refinishing.The spacing is based on a mathematical sine curve mimicking a wave-like effect.Wider spacing coincidences fenestration to increasing view.The base of the home is left open so that the so that actual referenced dune fencing at the back of the property are in full view under the home as one approaches the street side.Because increased view, in turn, increases heat gain, measures are taken to control direct sunlight to manage overall heat gain.First, direct sunlight time on the east walls is limited by a screen porch roof and deep decks.This dials back direct sun exposure times on all first and second floor and the kitchen.Morning light is further managed by keyholing through a diagonal shaft of light created by arranging stair flights end to end.This invites light and warmth into the most center of the house rather than the surface This occurrence coincidences with summer solstice when the home is most used.The project’s minimal, 1090 square-foot footprint and elevated first floor allows site drainage to continue to a pre-construction pattern.Parking at the street side of the property is pervious gravel and from the home’s front gravel, sand continues under home at open piers to the back of the property line.So, the site is 100% permeable including at the home’s footprint.Indigenous self-seeding grasses are solely used on the property in front and back up to the property line’s dune fencing.Wildlife is continuous under the raised home and the site permeable.Exterior stairs to the rear yard on the ocean side retract so that they are out of impact points during hurricanes where they could dislodge and fragment polluting the environment.ShouSugiBan fins are used to achieve this which is a natural material not needing paints or refinishing.All roof and deck runoff is drained onto the property and the new home also has less footprint than the 1950’s home it replaced.
Category:Vacation HomesYear:2022Location:South Bethany, Delaware, USA Architects:Donald Lococo Architects, LLC.Design Team: Donald Lococo and David MooreContractor:Shay Gallo Construction Inc.Client: PrivatePhotographer: Anice Hoachlander, Anice Hoachlander Photography and Christine Campos, Campos Media OC
