System Cohesion

It was important to us to create a certain cohesion between our different roof elements. The underside of our Pinos roof mimics the Fehn style with the addition of the cross beams. The entryway is a hybrid of both the Pinos and the Fehn with the angularity (Pinos) and the beams on the underside (Fehn). The vertical supports that hold the structure up also reference the nature of a tree with its diagonal branches. Finally, the bird's eye view of our system shows how we melded the entryway with the Fehn roof. Even though there is a physical break within the structure (which we wanted in order to keep the courtyard open), the overhang fills in the "gap" and creates a cohesion between the two structures.