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The Salt Box Residence | Parnagian Architects LLC

Mantoloking, United States

The Salt Box Residence | Parnagian Architects LLC

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PROJECT DETAILS:

Project: The Salt Box Residence
Location: Mantoloking, New Jersey, USA

Architects: Parnagian Architects LLC
Architecture Team: Brian Parnagian, AIA
Status: Unbuilt
Completion:  2018
Visualizations: Parnagian Architects LLC

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The Salt Box Residence is a 2,400 square foot home sited in the low-lying, flood-prone salt marshes of New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay. The client’s brief was to design a lasting replacement for a multi-generational family home that had been damaged beyond repair during Hurricane Sandy. The site is situated at the end of a small peninsula, bound directly to the west by a commercial shipyard and marina, and to the north, south, and east by expansive views of the Barnegat Bay.

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Constrained by local ordinance to the existing footprint of the previous home, Salt Box takes on a narrow, rectilinear form. Slight internal shifts in plan and volume create spaces for both retreat and gathering. A patterned rain screen, composed of alternating width Atlantic White Cedar boards, cloaks the exterior. The cedar weathers to a natural grey, a subtle design move to give it the appearance of having always been there.