Ship's Passage House
Salt Spring Island
British Columbia
Project Team:
Pete Sweetnam Woodworking Ltd.
Blackwell Structural Engineering
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
This modern, nature inspired, west coast home is built into the rock. A radial wood post and beam structure supports, wide, passive solar designed overhangs that protect the curving window wall with its panoramic view of the sea. An organic green roof with native vegetation and walls made from stones collected from the site integrate the structure to the natural bedrock outcrop.
Completion in 2026
Spending time on the site we saw the potential of a wedge shaped bedrock outcrop. Using boulders from the site the natural shape has been accentuated to become a prow shaped outdoor living area. This organizes the site and roots the built form to the ground. The living space arcs from the top of the outcrop to another fold in the rock. The bedroom wing is fully dug into the jagged cliff. It roof is covered in solar panels. The bending green roof links the two wings to the each other and the ground.
Ferry from Victoria to Salt Spring Island
First ideas in the sketchbook
Visualize and demystify post and beam construction
Construction Starts
Down by the waterfront
Site meeting by Kayak
West coast modern home design at its best using principles of organic architecture inspired by Frank Lloyd wright Bruce Goff and John Lautner