Kindred Oaks

Beloved heritage oaks of this family retreat are the organizing features of the site design, an intergenerational cabin placed on axis with the lakeshore. Sited to protect and preserve the sites’ trees, the new cabin accommodates multiple families with flexible and shared common outdoor spaces and lakeshore. Outdoor spaces are defined with subtle horizontal planes delineated by low board-form and Corten walls. The landscape functions as a figurative bridge melding the sites’ original 1920s era walls and buildings with the new modern cabin and creating an entrance bridge of metal mesh above and through a copse of existing oak trees.