bercy chen studio has completed ‘edgeland house’, a residence in austin, texas, located on a rehabilitated brownfield site. the design reinterprets one of the country’s oldest architectural typologies — the native american pit house. typically sunken, the building takes advantage of the earth’s mass to maintain thermal comfort throughout the year. the residence’s relationship to the landscape both in terms of approach as well as building performance involves an insulating green roof and a seven‐foot excavation — raising awareness about a diminishing natural landscape and its finite resources by creating a balance between the surrounding industrial zone and the natural river residing on the opposite side of the site.
the house is located on a rehabilitated brownfield siteall images courtesy of bercy chen studio
both visually and functionally, bercy chen studio’s design touches on architecture as site‐specific installation art and as an extension of the landscape. the program is broken up into two separate pavilions, for the living and sleeping quarters, and requires direct contact with the outside elements to pass from one to the other. an insulative green roof benefits from the earth’s mass to help it stay cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. such an architectural setting presents an opportunity for maximum energy efficiency when combined with high performance systems such as the integrated hydronic HVAC system. see more architecture in texas on designboom here.
the design reinterprets one of the country’s oldest architectural typologies — the native american pit house
the building takes advantage of the earth’s mass to maintain thermal comfort throughout the year
the design touches on architecture as site‐specific installation art
the program is broken up into two separate pavilions, for the living and sleeping quarters
the configuration requires direct contact with the outside elements to pass from one to the other
‘edgeland house’ is situated in austin, texas
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am sooooo impressed by this studio!!!and it lets me to design such amazing studio for my final project in school!!!
I am very much impressed of this design and creativity. It is a mixture of Art, creativity, nature, space utilization, modern technology and uniqueness. Hats off to the designer !! Amazing Work !!
It will be interesting to see more pictures of this house, especially of bedroom, which are not shared anywhere. In case anyone has more details of this house, please share with me. Thanks
This looks to be a wonderful design. The light quality and openness of the design is a refreshing change to other earth homes. The trailer I understand but why not add the space to the house Airstream really seems to be out of place and not as thoughtful as the remainder of the design. (Strange comes to mind.) The big question is where are the cars parked? I like this building a lot.
great!!!
Love the fact that it is so well integrated into the environment and that you can hardly see the house at the front. But the pointy swimming pool with overhanging roofs is just aweful, such sharp corners. You feel like being stabbed!
A beauty. Roof edge steel is beautiful. A wonderful design that would be very interesting to live in.
I agree – not your typical enviro-friendly goofiness, this is a good strong piece of design from all aspects
It’s a delight to see a house so well integrated in the environment ! But not only is it eco concerned it’s also a cutting edge architecture that actually seems extremely confortable to live in… Loving it