ABSTRACT
The Gefter-Press House, sited on a 12-acre property in the Hudson Valley, is accessed by crossing a quarter mile expanse of farming fields before passing into a forested site. The slow approach to the prismatic glass house is the initial phase of movement that instigates the general organization of movement and time in the building. Offices marking the end of each of the two wings allow refuge in separate work areas, which are both enhanced by uninterrupted views of the surrounding forest. The axonometric section of the plenum details demonstrates how the placement of the glass just below the floor conceals the edges; the sills are recessed two inches below floor level. The glass is at the same time cantilevered slightly outside the structural steel in order to produce subtle shifts in perception. In this way, the glazing is either flush with the building volume and projected inboard of the structural framing or six inches outboard of the structural framing.
