BEACH HOUSE

Second Year - Studio - Clark Thenhaus

All three projects “Farm House”, “Beach House” and “Desert House” are part of a series that shares a commentary on the relationship between Architecture and Nature.

The Beach House is an architectural element that collides with the landscape resulting in an environmental scar. Here, nature has been permanently impacted by architecture creating an uncomfortable relationship with their coexistence.

It is common practice to excavate for a new building site. However, what is architecture's exposure to over use? Excavation sites are not only costly but they also subject both workers and local residents to potentially harmful contaminants while displacing our co-existants.

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Architecture at its core has two simple purposes. One is to create a visual landscape that sparks wonder inside the viewer, while the other is to respect and provide benefits to the ecosystem where it is built.

I graduated from California College of the Arts studying architecture. I am highly interested in material science, chemical engineering and the manipulation of existing materials through innovative fabrication processes. The future I see is not only formally and functionally beautiful but sustainable, efficient and accessible. We must challenge the possibilities of "now".