![Centered around the view - the client’s reason for purchasing this four-acre plot along Cayuga Lake, the design of this home was inspired by the simplicities of vacation living and the local historical typologies of upstate New York.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61c203089f77de087d58daeb/1640123159501-Z4RUYDSGEU66VMM0LR3Z/ps10_lumion.jpg)
Centered around the view - the client’s reason for purchasing this four-acre plot along Cayuga Lake, the design of this home was inspired by the simplicities of vacation living and the local historical typologies of upstate New York.
![Designed using cutting-edge daylight analysis and embodied carbon content technology, Cayuga Cabin was formed to meet the AIA 2030 goal of a 70% carbon reduction when compared to the standard home of this size.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61c203089f77de087d58daeb/c8add111-2532-43ea-be72-66cc65249a20/Cayuga_Cabin_exterior2%5B1%5D.jpg)
Designed using cutting-edge daylight analysis and embodied carbon content technology, Cayuga Cabin was formed to meet the AIA 2030 goal of a 70% carbon reduction when compared to the standard home of this size.
![As a vacation get-away for this young couple, the house expresses a forward directionality - pointing one's gaze towards the open water, and their lives ahead.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61c203089f77de087d58daeb/6aacd247-7af2-42f9-bd7b-35f877a5260a/Cayuga_Cabin_exterior%5B1%5D.jpg)
As a vacation get-away for this young couple, the house expresses a forward directionality - pointing one's gaze towards the open water, and their lives ahead.
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YEAR Winter, 2020
PHASE Paper Project
TEAM John Conrad
EXHIBITION Featured in Asuni CAD - VisualARQ publication, 2022