Fall 2022

Harvard University STU-1309 Cabin on a Hill [M1]

Professors: Paul Preissner & Paul Andersen

Despite its ubiquity, wood framing is one of this country’s most overlooked contributions to architecture. Its lack of disciplinary prestige stems from the same characteristics that make it so prevalent—it’s easy, thin, and inexpensive. This project pushes the typical timber joist to an extreme by thickening and draping the member so that it takes on an entirely new reading in the proposal for a cabin on a hill for a carpenter. The site is Joe English Hill in New Hampshire.