Boy Scout Camp Becomes Lakefront House Inspired by Minecraft

Simply outdoors of Redmond, Washington overlooking Ames Lake, the Treehouse Camp Residence lives on a web site that was as soon as a Boy Scout camp from the Fifties by means of the Nineteen Nineties. The idyllic location is now residence to a household with two younger youngsters nestled throughout the forest but near the water’s edge. Stephenson Design Collective took nice care when designing the three,900-square-foot home by taking a look at how campsites gently work together with their environment. The lakeside locale is deemed a protected space, requiring the architect to be delicate to the setting all through the design and development course of. The result’s a surprising glass, concrete, and wooden residence that pays homage to the encircling Pacific Northwest forests and the home-owner’s Danish heritage.

Given the consumer’s job as CCO of the online game Minecraft, Stephenson Design Collective regarded to the sport’s use of blocks for inspiration. As soon as you recognize that truth, it’s unimaginable to not see the stacked blocks that make up the Treehouse Camp Residence. The bottom stage, with its board-formed concrete exterior that melds into the woodsy environment, homes the general public areas with the kitchen, workplace, and visitor room. The higher flooring, clad in charred shou sugi ban siding, extends out previous the decrease flooring’s footprint for much more house to deal with three bedrooms, laundry, and a household room, that are linked by a suspended bridge. A basement rounds out the house with glass-walled wine cellar, media room, and residential gymnasium.

The open lounge, eating room, and kitchen open to the outside, making it excellent for entertaining or having fun with meals alfresco, particularly with the 16-foot cantilevered flooring providing safety. Massive sliding glass doorways reveal unobstructed views of the lake and timber.

Whereas the house’s design is usually angular, the furnishings, just like the Bouroullec brothers designed Ploum couch for Ligne Roset and Finn Juhl Pelican Chair, add essential curves.

Within the double-height lounge, a blackened metal wall presents a dramatic but minimalist focus, full with a three-sided fire and seating ledge.

It took a village to design and engineer the floating concrete staircase set towards a glass wall.

The kitchen cupboards are made in white oak with a black-stained oak wall disguising home equipment to 1 aspect. In lieu of higher cupboards, massive home windows body forest views.

Design: Stephenson Design Collective
Construct: Dovetail
Images: Kevin Scott

Caroline Williamson is Editor-in-Chief of Design Milk. She has a BFA in images from SCAD and might normally be discovered trying to find classic wares, doing New York Occasions crossword puzzles in pen, or remodeling playlists on Spotify.