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Big Tree Camp by Progressive Solutions

Progressive Solutions provided massive custom windows & sliding doors for Big Tree Camp located in South Texas. Architect Tobin Smith, now part of Dado Group.

Spread out horizontally along a creek bed in the shadows of an oak mott, Big Tree Camp is designed to be an escape from the monotony of hermetically-sealed life for an east coast family. The house allows them to re-connect with the outdoors and closely follow the cycles of days and seasons. Devices including gear driven louvers, roll-up canvases, and large pocketing glass doors open and close the structure. Interior spaces including three guest suites, a central pavilion for cooking, dining, and gathering, and a master suite can open to accept the southern summer breeze. Screened circulation spaces, a large screened porch for living and dining, and exterior showers allow the family to live almost entirely outside.

Constructed of durable, rugged materials appropriate for a ranch, the house is anchored by its Texas-quarried sandstone north wall. Rust-colored like the sandy soil, the wall appears to grow from the earth and acts as a wind break in winter months. Strips of clerestory windows peer over the stone and allow indirect light into the long one room deep dwelling. Specific portals in the wall give glimpses of the field to the north. The opposing façade is a composition of steel, glass and screened panels with galvanized metal and cypress wood cladding, lighter in nature and a distinct contrast to the masonry façade. The southern side of the house offers large pristine views of the landscape and a sense of seclusion in each space.

A century old oak tree on axis with the entry welcomes visitors into the house and shades the main glass pavilion and screened living room. The crossing east-west corridor is bookended by an elevated hearth and trickling water feature charging the axis with sensory stimulation. Through filtered breezes, warming fires, evaporative cooling, and sheltering stone, the house weaves the elements of life from front to rear and side to side connecting it and its inhabitants to something greater. (source http://www.dado-group.com/portfolio/big-tree-camp/)
Country: United States