Eudaemonia

Fall River, Wisconsin · 2024

The Greek word for a life going well — not happiness exactly, more a sense of being suited to one’s own circumstances. The house is drawn to earn the name: heavy in the ground, light at the eaves and open along the south where the terrace and balcony runs.

The plan is washed in a red poche at the bearing walls, highlighting the structural system: 12” thick load bearing masonry exterior walls support a slate tile roof and timber bracketed dormers — for a home designed to last 500 years.

Preliminary drawings. Not for construction.

Graphite elevations of a two-storey stone and shingled house. The south elevation shows four gabled dormers above a band of windows and a low stone garden wall; the east elevation shows a steep gable end in coursed stone. — South and east elevations

First level floor plan drawn in graphite with the structural walls washed in red, showing stairs, a central hall, bathrooms, and a covered terrace with a dining table to the south. — First level plan