We chose to make the shed reserved in form yet have a unique presence within the landscape. During the day, the shed resembles a tobacco barn with charred wood spaced incrementally. At night, the shed’s interior shines and gives light to an otherwise starlit space between parking lot and house. The existing tiny house also uses reclaimed lumber and the well shed reflects this material palette. ​Utilizing reclaimed lumber taken from an old barn on site helped accommodate our limited budget. Special attention was paid to the joining and detailing as the material itself could not be expensive.

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The well was lined with insulation first then was covered with hardwood flooring on top of wood framing with a hatch door to allow for well access. Timber members create six individual frames within which polycarbonate panels and cross support threaded rod is placed. Aluminum channels capture the polycarbonate. Timberlocks secure the frames to floor and roof. The roof is made from salvaged sheet metal found on site. The cladding is made from wood salvaged from an old barn structure on site and charred back at our workshop then nailed to the frames on site. LED lighting strands were fished through holes drilled in the top of the timber members to light polycarbonate cells.

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Design and fabrication completed at a workshop in Cincinnati and assembled on site in two days.

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Design Build Seminar

Fall 2016

In collaboration with Luis Musa, Caleb Lang, Sanjay Sridhar, Dilip Muralidharan, Chi Zhang & Qisheng Zhu

Instructor Whitney Hamacker

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Special thanks to Whitney Hamacker and Vincent Sansalone for providing the necessary resources and facilities needed to make this project possible.