Sag Harbor | East Hampton | Manhattan
The ARC House was designed and built in 2009 by MB Architecture for Tammy Marek and Robert Stansel.
It is a seminal project in our repertoire and, to a great extent, ushered a resurgence of an environmentally rooted modern architecture on the East End.
Its idea is simple: a voluminous, column-less, space in the form of an Arch that would be reminiscent of many local forms of agricultural buildings in the area (green houses, farm buildings, even airplane hangars) as well as referencing the incredible — sadly later destroyed— Pierre Chareau-designed studio of artist Motherwell. The arch itself is made of industrial corrugated roofing that is found commonly, but here receives walls of glass at its two openings, rendering an industrial structure into an intimate living space.
This award-winning project has been featured in Wall Street Journal, Wallpaper, Hamptons Cottages & Gardens, East Hampton Star, NY Times and numerous other publications, books and online design journals.
These previously unpublished images show the genesis of the idea and its material elaboration.