Built as an adult getaway on a larger site with an existing family cottage, this pavilion building combines the rustic feel of a pine cottage with the clean and open feeling of contemporary living.

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The structure sits in a forest upon a stepped podium, rotated perpendicular to the shoreline. The podium extends from a higher elevation at the North, down to the sand beach at the South. It also functions as a covered deck and visually extends the plane of the interior finished floor to the outside, making the building feel larger than it is.

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The interior pine finishes glow as sunlight spills in through wall-high and clerestory glazing. Partition walls were omitted, save for the shared wall of the kitchen and bathroom, to create a singular space whose program is articulated by the architectural framing of the roof above.