essential house





Instructor: Karen Van Lengen
Location: Sewanee, TN
Program: House
Term: Spring 2022 (fourth year)


This design is a mountain house adjacent to my grandparents' home. This personal connection to the site has inspired a project that is about the place historically and physically. The design will join with the land to tell a story of the Cherokee who once lived here as well as my own memories. This house is a re-centering of architecture and living.




Concept models
Site analysis: view from site (top left), site map (top right), nearby Fiery Gizzard trail (bottom left), and grandparents’ home (bottom right)
Geological analysis of Tennessee
First floor plan
Second floor plan
Model view from above
Model, 1/16”=1’-0”
Section model, 1/8”=1’-0”
Section model, 1/8”=1’-0”

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