What does an architect do when tasked with planning designs for two vastly different homes—built 100 years apart—that will coexist on the same property?
That was the challenge presented to Timothy Schouten, design principal, and Jake Weber, project architect, of Giulietti Schouten Weber Architects (GSWArchitects.net). Timothy Schouten shares the creative ways they made the two buildings seem seamless.
“The project included designing a new main house and converting a deteriorated, 100-year-old farmhouse to a new guesthouse in the same ‘vocabulary’ as the main house,” he explains.
RUSTIC LOCATION
The site is an old, 3-acre sheep farm in Southwest Hills, Portland, Oregon, that features a small, 100-year-old farmhouse, mature nut trees, a small vineyard, forested ravine and a small stream, Schouten notes. The center of the property has two established wetlands…