Architecture | New Construction | Residential - Single Family
Carrboro, North Carolina : completion 2022
AWARDS
Carrboro Hillside House Receives a 2022 Matsumoto Prize
PUBLICATIONS
GREEN BUILDING & DESIGN, November 17, 2021 : “How Hillside House Thrives in the Face of Challenging Terrain”
INHABITAT.COM, October 21, 2021 : “Carrboro Hillside House looks like a giant black snake.”
DURHAM MAGAZINE, May 7, 2020 : “How We Live Now – Personal Experiences During Quarantine”
Chapel Hill Magazine January /February, 2021 : Labor of Love
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: “For These Unique Homes, Being the Odd One Out Has Its Ups and Downs” 2020
Project Description
This 2200-square-foot, three-level house perches upon a problematic 1.2-acre site: Within a preserved wooded area adjacent to a flood plain and creek setback, the buildable area came with a steep hillside and dense forest coverage. The solution: Let the land suggest a modern, minimal form, initiating a regenerative architecture inseparable from its site and place. Clean lines, clear volumes, and high-performance materials (black corrugated metal, thermal glass, and polished concrete block), complement the form. Inside, the open floor plan follows the exterior’s formal journey. Pines felled from the building area were milled locally and returned to wrap the core interior mass, winding in tandem with the exterior, touching every room.
Credits
Architecture & Interiors: Doug Pierson, AIA, and Youn Choi, pod architecture + design, Carrboro, NC
Photography: pod architecture + design, Allen Weiss & Cornel Watson for Chapel Hill Magazine