An Attached Barn
A barn added to an existing farmhouse. This project has not yet been built.
Traditional barn functions have been conceptually adapted to the clients’ needs:
1. The ground floor for beasts becomes the car and machinery garages.
2. The second floor hay loft becomes a library for 10,000 books and a large fireplace.
3. Storage corners become twin offices
4. The “roof” spanning over and between the storage/offices becomes a reading alcove in a dovecote zone
5. The traditional barn cupola becomes a widow’s walk for viewing the night sky over the Berkshires.
6. The covered Link between the Farmhouse and Barn is a large farmhouse kitchen with a fireplace which interpenetrates the barn volume to place the thermal mass of the masonry and chimney inside the building envelope.