BSL2 实验室

Architect：emerymcclure architecture

Location：113 Sycamore St. Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, 39520 United States; | ;

Project Year：2017

Category：Private Houses

The BSL 2 House is a Gulf-side vacation home in historic Bay St. Louis. The simple goals for the home are to create a small interior 3-bedroom 2-bath house, efficient in space and low on maintenance while maximizing the exterior spaces. The more complicated goals include designing a house that can be open when occupied and closed when not as it is 300’ from the Gulf of Mexico and must be secure from storms. In hurricane prone areas, “boarding up the house” is an important part of storm preparation. The clients, who live far enough away and along the major evacuation routes to make “boarding up” even more difficult than it already is, requested that the house be boarded-up as part of the design. They did not want the off-the-shelf hurricane shutters, they wanted large pieces of glass, and they wanted the house to look inviting even when closed for a storm or when the owners were away.

The resolution is to shutter the house not only at the scale of the windows, but also the doors, the large porch, and the small porch. The house is detailed with shutters that hang from large, galvanized, sliding door hardware. The shutters close the house and are sized to match the openings they protect (some as large as walls.) They are constructed with a galvanized metal frame, stainless steel hardware, and stained treated lumber. These materials provide the stability needed for such large shutters and handle the Gulf air salts and storm winds. They also, because they slide in tracks that almost completely ring the house, allow the house to be constantly changed. It can be closed (for storm or absence), it can be partially open (to block the sun or create privacy) or completely open and slid out of the way. This flexibility captures all the characteristics of a true working shutter.

The interior of the house is designed to capture the exterior space of the porches and support vacation life. The bedrooms are small and dark for sleeping late. The main living space connects to the main large porch as one continuous room through a series of sliding glass doors. When open, the exterior and interior living become one, when closed they visually act as one. On the front porch, a fixed ladder accesses the kid’s loft, which runs from end to end. The loft space is framed by a box truss, which created the loft, the open floor plan in the main living area, and the exposed framing in the porch and living area ceilings.

The rear porch is designed for beach activities. It is the first space the owner meets when returning from a swim or kayak. It houses the outdoor shower, the beach stuff closet (hidden behind another more solid sliding wall,) the hooks/rails to hang wet towels, and the grated area to remove sandy footwear. As the rest of the house, it can be shuttered when the owner is away or a storm is coming.

1. James Hardie - HardiePlankLap Siding

2. Pravol - Dura-Shield Ultratex Composite Decking

3. Ikea - Godmorgen Odensvik Sinks and Cabinets

4. Shutters - Custom, emerymcclure architecture

5. Delta - Compel Single Handle Bathroom Faucet

6. Kohler - K-5873 White Kitchen Sink

7. Jeld-Wen - V-4500 Low E Insulated Glazing Windows and Doors

1. Google - Sketch Up Pro

2. Adobe - CC Suite

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