REID
REID Architecture PLLC
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MENOKIN GUEST CABINS

mENOKIN GUEST CABINS
THE MENOKIN FOUNDATION, WARSAW, VIRGINIA


AREA: group of 300 SF cabin units
PROGRAM: prefabricated Guest Cabins
DURATION: In Design, fundraising
TOTAL COST: TBD
ARCHITECT: REID ARCHITECTURE PLLC
structural engineer: lera Consulting structral engineers

The Gathering House facility and project is linked to prefabricated compact Guest Cabins that will provide housing to visiting artists and guests attending events or conferences at the foundation. The first guest cabin is planned as mockup for the Gathering House and a cabin prototype to work through the details and logistics of fabrication, transportation, and one site deployment that will need to happen for the large project. The cabin and / or cabins that are installed on site will also be used for housing members of the construction crew at the site for both the Gathering House and the Glass House projects.

Rendering of interior cabin space with wooden table and wall glazing

SITE LOCATION PLANS

Aerial view of site with patches of tree canopies and fields, labeled sites

SITE PLAN

3D printed, PLA model with a coat of paint

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

BUILDING SECTIONS AND ELEVATIONS

Render of long elevation of cabin with entrance portal off of porch
Exterior rendering of cabin with glazing on small facade in field
Render of cabin facade with floor to ceiling glazing and wooden surface
Graphic representation of the wall material layers

CONSTRUCTION ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM

Three 3D printed PLA models in line
3 3D printed models in line with scale figure

STUDY MODELS

Graphic axonometric with emphasis

CLT Panel Diagram

Graphic axonometric with emphasis on glazing

Glazing Diagram

MATERIAL AND CONSTRUCTION DIAGRAMS