Narrative Home II
Type: Private Residence
Status: Design Completed 2019
Size: 2,500 sf
Narrative Homes is an ongoing research project exploring home design through the lens of literature. The creative exploration focuses on the relationship of narratives to the architecture design process. The design of each home in the series is based on a different selected portion of literature. The Narrative Homes series was the recipient of a Faculty Research Grant the Syracuse University School of Architecture and was selected for the International Artists-In-Residence program at the I-Park Foundation.
Narrative Home II is based on a scene from the 1930 novel As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. The selected scene, Faulkner describes the family rescuing their mother’s coffin from a burning bar. As revealed in the novel the mother’s coffin becomes a central theme for the home’s design process and meaning.
The home is designed as a split plan, with a private master bedroom wing. A minimal material palette is used with poured in place concrete walls and light weight wood framing above. Over the main living space there are glass skylights that allow light in to beautifully illuminate the interior. The wood framing acts as a trellis casting shadows across the interior living spaces.
