Wood is the most common material used for cabins and chalets. The one we present you today (found on contemporist.com) mixes wood with concrete and steel in a spectacular project. Chicken Point Cabin is located in a rural area of Northern Idaho, USA and it was designed by Olson Kundig Architects, a firm that began its creative existence with architect Jim Olson. His work in the late 1960s explored the relationship between dwellings and the landscape they inhabit in the Northwest. Olson started the firm based on some simple ideas: “buildings can serve as a bridge between nature, culture and people, and that inspiring surroundings have a positive effect on people’s lives.” The idea for the cabin is that of a lakeside shelter in the woods—a little box with a big window that opens to the surrounding landscape. The cabin’s big window-wall (30 feet by 20 feet) opens the entire living space to the forest and lake.
A ingenious system opens the large window and brings nature inside.
You can admire the whole panorama over the lake surroundings lying in your bed.
Materials are low maintenance—concrete block, steel, concrete floors and wood—in keeping with the notion of a cabin, and left unfinished to naturally age and acquire a patina.
The lake has over 80 kilometers of timber shoreline and beaches, of which Kundig has taken successful advantage.
Open interior spaces are intended to be a seamless extension to the natural setting.
The wooden stair that goes up on the next level.
A cabin made of concrete, wood and steel offers shelter in the forest.
Is there something more impressive and astonishing? I would love to spend a weekend here!
Peeking inside from the terrace…
The main entrance leads to stairs.
System in action :)
Connected to nature… the cabin offers special moments of relaxation for its guests.
