Day-Night House, Monterey MA
Located on a wooded lot with partial sun, this energy efficient lake house is inspired by a Georges Braque lithograph "Le Canard". The house is divided functionally into a single story 'day' side with living spaces and a roof deck, and a 2 story 'night' side with bedrooms and private spaces. The two sides are connected by a stair tower containing an open interior stair rising toward a skylight. The house explores the power of transitions between spaces, moments in time, and states of mind; between earth and sky, woods and field, shore and lake, sun and shadow, arriving and being there, day and night.
““It can be difficult to find a firm that is willing to remove ego, collaborate, and design what the client envisions. Clark and Green not only translated our words to the page but enhanced that vision many times over.””