ISLAND TIME
PROJECT DETAILS
- Type: New construction vacation home
- Location: Orcas Island, WA
- Area: 1,750sf
- Contractor: Bluebird Builders
- Photos: Andrew Pogue
- Project by: Heliotrope Architects
- Role: Tony Salas - Lead Design + Project Manager @ Heliotrope Architects
Orcas Island vacation home designed on a limited budget for a retired couple and their family. A traditional gable form is bent along a hilltop focusing each end on distant mountain or water views. A detached garden shed acts as an entry portal to the main house while creating a deer-proof planting zone as part of a carefully choreographed entry sequence. A wooden boardwalk begins at the point of arrival and runs continuous through the pivot point (entry) of the house, cantilevering out into a densely forested ravine at the back of the property.
