JB Hardy

  1. Concept Design

    A schematic showing usage zones of the space. This appx. 1300-sf roof deck is located on the 8th floor of a building on East 22nd…

  2. Elevation Detail

    The terraces as seen from the meadow below, elevation view.

  3. Site Plan

    Based on the design of the house, the landscape would have to reflect the obvious sun worship of its occupants. The property is mo…

  4. Tree House

    A rendering of the 'Baumraum' tree house, suspended by wires in the birch forest.

  5. Tree House

    A rendering of the tree house from below.

  6. Sketches

    Doodles riffing on design elements found in E-1027 and other nautical themes.

  7. Model

    A balsa wood model of the site.

  8. Inspiration

    Images of Eileen Gray's E-1027, aka The Boat House, on the Fench Riviera. It is an intimate house, which was doubled in size for t…

  9. Site Plan Detail

    To the north is a tree house, for kids and adults alike, plan view.

  10. Site Plan Detail

    Back up the hill on the south east side of the property lies the terraced vegetable garden, as much following the existing contour…

  11. Site Plan Detail

    Hidden from view but easily accessible is a badminton court at the southwest corner of the property; surrounded by trees and deli…

  12. Site Plan Detail

    I included one patio at grade with the lower level of the house for cocktails, barbecuing, entertaining; half of it is under the u…

  13. Section View

    A slice through the house to show the many levels, evoking the cliffs of the Riviera where the original house stands, section view…

  14. Section Detail

    A closer look at activities on each level, section view.

  15. Elevation

    The lowest terrace level is for strolling along, looking at the surrounding evergreen and birch forest (the bark of which mimic th…

  16. Elevation Detail

    The pool terrace is covered in short-cropped lawn, to soften the hardscape of the 5’ wall above it; along this wall is a small wat…

  17. Model Views

    The farm looking west.

  18. Model Views

    View of some existing trees and the rainwater catchment system, looking south.

  19. Model Views

    The farm from the 4th floor of the Grant Houses, looking west.

  20. Model Views

    The farm from above.

  21. Model views

    The individual plots.