Arising from a concrete garage, Trilogy House’s rectilinear massing, triple-pane glazing, and vertical wood batten feel nearly commercial next to the traditional residential homes in Portland’s Alameda neighborhood. But it is a home for Jeanne Feldkamp and her husband Dan Diephouse. The duo are cofounders of Corollary Wines in Willamette Valley. Feldkamp is also the founder of the Portland-based interior design firm Heirloom Modern. She came to Waechter Architecture with a plot of land and a dream of a forever home. The collaboration brought forth a unique vision, devised into three distinct experiences.
While Trilogy House may appear distinct from its neighbors, one of the driving factors of its design was a connection to the community. “Most of the houses on the street are built on a berm, and the garage is built into the hill,” said Ben Waechter, founder of Waechter Architecture. Thus, the architects did something similar with cast-in-place concrete. As Waechter explained, “Similar to the other houses, we built a garage into the berm, but we also built a house into the berm, and then we re-bermed it so that it felt like it was kind of carved into the ground.”…