Pocono Cabins

Pocono Modern Cabins

from Design 7 Architecture Studio with Craig Griffen

Designing a single family dwelling along the southern Rim Road of Big Pocono State Park at the top of Camelback Mountain, students will design a program that is rather simple to allow for exploration. Each cabin area will be around 1000 sf and have a living space, cooking pace, eating space, full bath and two sleeping areas. Projects should take advantage of outdoor spaces and the vies upon the mountain using means of balconies, decks, and terraces should be integrated. As with any building, the cabin should incorporate passive energy strategies.

Christopher Casserly
B. Architecture '22
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Orbit is a modern cabin that challenges traditional home living, and celebrates its environment. Focusing it’s resident’s on the natural beauty of the Poconos' night sky and great mountain views.

Orbit

Christopher Casserly

A stone and timber cabin anchored and stepped into its sloping landscape with an entry into a single loaded corridor that opens up at the end to the living area with panoramic views of the valley. Each space steps down to its own level following the slope of the mountain, with the bedrooms in the back of the cabin focusing views to the sky and the living areas in the front open to views and the south facing sun.

Paulina Tylutka
B. Architecture '22
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Cameltop Cabin

Paulina Tyluka

Victoria Oakes
B. Architecture '22
Sustainable Design Minor
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Treatment is divided between the more public north and the south which faces the mountainside view. The north is almost entirely submerged into the hill and a green room aims to seamlessly transition into the landscape. The south, in contrast, opens up entirely to the view. Circulation along the north and transient spaces between each enclosed living space are exterior to further bring the natural landscape in and through the built environment. Raw and simple materials were chosen to complement the natural material pallet. Sky portals piece the cabin to bring rhythmic lighting into the submerged north and offer occupants glimpses of the night sky to rooms on the south.

Mountain Cabin

Victoria Oaks

This concept revolved around two forms, a public and a private which were separated, allowing for an outside space in between. The forms were oriented South for the best views as well as optimal solar exposure. The forms were slightly angled to respond to the entry stair, which also allowed for more all-around views. Sustainable Design principles such as High Insulation, Optimal Solar Angles, Thermal Mass, Ventilation, and Rainwater Collection were also implemented.

Wyatt Zimmerman
B. Architecture '22
Sustainable Design Minor
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