Semple
Brown designed the Kern residence in Castle Pines, Colorado.
The design team’s intent was to create a 12,000 square foot
residence, similar in scale and character as the clients’ New York loft.
Significant effort was made to resist repeating the typically conservative
style of Castle Pines Village – create a modern and sophisticated piece of
architecture, suited for the clients’ modern and sophisticated personalities.
The architecture was intended to be ambient, in that it was
secondary to, and served as a backdrop for the rest of the site.
The building wanted to relate to and compliment the site’s meticulously
manicured landscape – Japanese Gardens, ponds, pathways, and architectural
feature.
Given the size and scale of the project, the site – a long
slender lot with significant grade change – became a challenging factor during
design. Developing the building’s massing became a crucial exercise in
delicately fitting the program onto the site while creating the illusion of a
smaller structure.
In order to best respond to the site and relate the
structure to its context, the entry point into the house needed to be a full
story lower in elevation than the arrival point onto the site, thus resulting
in the challenge of gracefully bringing the home owners and visitors alike down
to the front door through a landscaped outdoor room.
The interior spaces are laid-out in a horizontal format with
clean modern lines, carrying the language of the exterior inside. There
is a strong and deliberate dialog between the exterior and interior spaces
created within this project.
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