Context
Where a home is set can drive its design, whether the design stays in tune with the setting or strikes a contrasting note
No home exists without a context, which is simply the surrounding setting. The context can be urban, suburban, rural, mountainous, prairie or some other kind of environment. In many ways the context for a home can drive the overall design approach.
A home's design can be "in context" with its setting or be "out of context," relating more to a different direction. A home's design can complement, echo or contrast its context.
A home's design can be "in context" with its setting or be "out of context," relating more to a different direction. A home's design can complement, echo or contrast its context.
The design of a home can complement its context through its use of form and color. For example, a flat, open field can provide the setting for a home that resembles a village and pays homage to the historic farmhouses nearby.
A waterside dwelling in a city can complement its context with an urbane, vertical design, enhanced by its reflection in the water's surface.
A home's design can echo its context. For example, the shapes and forms found in a mountainous setting can be used for the design of a home's roof, as here.
Or the design can contrast with its context, as shown here, with a modernist design inserted among a streetscape of traditional suburban houses.