“Salmon River House”


Academic, Architectural Design, Modelling, Cartographic Analysis9.18-12.18 

Instructed by Leckie Studio
Faculty Selection, Studio Sessions
This work seeks to trace time through built form. The speculative project is situated along the Salmon River near Otis, Oregon. The swelling seasonal river, eroding basalt banks and ever-expanding old-growth forests shape a site in constant flux. Thin steel columns act as yardsticks to measure the changes in site through corrosion, erosion, and growth. 
The program’s first life as a residential home for retirees gives way to a second life as a natural interpretive centre after their passing.



Negatives became useful diagrams. Abstraction helped make visible the interconnected flows weaving the site together. 





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