workac combines passive efficiency with expressive form
WORKac’s Riverhouse in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, turns floodplain constraints into a specifying architectural gesture that combines climate durability with spatial clearness and formal accuracy. The project is conceived as a compact, raised volume defined by a faceted blue metal roofing system that folds inward to take a central yard. Developed to satisfy Passive Home requirements, the home is raised above the ground in response to floodplain conditions. The timber-clad base supports a dramatically articulated upper shell, where incorporated solar panels and accurate openings provide your home a clear, almost graphic presence within its woody setting.
Changing a weathered rural retreat, the compact structure increases above the ground to satisfy regulative requirements. Its lifted volume frames viewpoints across the website and redefines the relationship in between home and terrain, placing elevation as a spatial technique.
all images by Bruce Damonte shaped spatial system formed by light defines the riverhouse Led by Amale Andraos and Dan Wood, the group at WORKac embeds environmental performance into the core of the house. Triple-glazed windows, photovoltaic panels coupled with on-site battery storage, and 35-centimeter insulated walls support a completely electric, year-round operation. Instead of defaulting to the neutrality frequently connected with high-performance structures, the task embraces contrast and expression, using color, texture, and material variation to reflect the tones of its surroundings.
This toned envelope operates as more than a formal gesture, organizing your house around a sequence of inward and outside views. The angular geometry of the roofing system pulls light into the central void while maintaining a compact footprint, permitting the interior to expand through area, while the courtyard presents a secured outside space at the center of the house.
Throughout the house, architecture unfolds as a collective field. A customized dining table by MOS Architects anchors the central area, operating simultaneously as structure, furnishings, and social condenser. A big, theatrical drape by Petra Blaisse covers the living room, modulating light and privacy while presenting seasonal variability. In the bedrooms, linen drapes by Austėja Walter soften the interiors, while tiles established with Karim Chaya generate patterns rooted in Lebanese craft traditions.
faceted blue roofing incorporates solar panels within its sculpted geometry living area opens to the landscape through large glazed openings
central dining space includes custom furnishings and a big curtain that modulates light kitchen and dining area extend towards the outdoors
color and light shape movement through the house
patterned tiles and strong color clad the bathroom
nestled within thick forest along the river project info: name: Riverhouse designer: WORKac|@work. ac
location: Hopkinton, Rhode Island, United States
principals: Amale Andraos + Dan Wood
job designers: Kristina Dittrich, Matt Voss
group: Reuben Cheeks, Din Din, Ryan Fagrie, Jenna Hussain, Madha Nawal, Smiley Scott, Rondela Spooner, Henry Wotowicz, Men Yushan
contractor: Alan Hill and Eze Bongo R&R
MEP, passive home + sustainability: Jordan Goldman, No Energy Style
landscape architecture: Anne Penniman Associates, Golden Root Inc.lighting: Tillotson Style Associates structural: Augeri Engineering concrete: Cagin Concrete electrical experts: Bruce Kenyon, Kurt Holman excavation+ civil: David Benn metal cladding
+ roof: Jason Senior plumbing: Ron Zanella pool: Chuck NeJame
, Pools RI masonry: Gary Williams