Inspired by the tradition of Adirondack Great Camps, this modern family retreat was designed by GLUCK+. It is an escape nestled into a heavily wooded lakefront property in Upstate New York. The residential and recreational program is distributed among a series of buildings located across the site to promote engagement with the landscape. Full-height glass panels slide back in bedrooms to become sleeping porches, while sunken courtyards become outdoor living rooms.
The family house is the more private of these two main structures with entry and movement less prescribed through the building than the recreation building, whose program is designed as the gathering place for guests, arriving from their “cabins in the woods.” The former includes the master suite, guest bedrooms, living and dining, kitchen and an open art gallery. The latter houses lap pool and spa, gym, steam room, changing rooms, kitchens, open living spaces and a formal dining room that opens up to become a screened porch. Visitors navigate their own interpretative plan in and out and through the reconfigured landscape.
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