A pair of homes, one in Chatham County and another in Carrboro, recently earned statewide recognition for their modernist designs.
NC Modernist, which is a nonprofit and website based in Durham, named the Domeck Residence design by ThoughtCraft Architects as first place winner of the George Matsumoto Prize. The annual jury award is a top honor for modernist residential architecture and is named after one of the founding faculty members of North Carolina State’s College of Design.
The Domeck house, which has a Chapel Hill address in Chatham County, is split into four pavilions across a single level. The separation of sleeping, living, auto/storage and recreation space into different buildings is described as helping its owners move through all of the home throughout their days. The site also features small landscape courts between each pavilion, an entry court garden and a swimming pool deck bordering two of the pavilions.
In a video about the design, the architects describe the effort as “celebrating routine movement, making you aware of the slow passage of time and providing moments of Zen.”
(Photo via Mark Herboth Photography.)
(Photo via Mark Herboth Photography.)
(Photo via Mark Herboth Photography.)
(Photo via Mark Herboth Photography.)
(Photo via Mark Herboth Photography.)
“The award carries a lot of prestige with its renown jury and lineage and we’re very excited to have won,” ThoughtCraft Architects Founding Partner Jason Hart said to Chapelboro. “We strive for each home to be unique and fitting to the owner’s lifestyle. A lot went into choreographing the experience of daily routines with natural daylight and the beautiful views of the property. It’s nice for everyone involved to have some recognition.”
Meanwhile, a home in Orange County also earned recognition. “Hillside House,” where architect Doug Pierson and designer Youn Choi live with their two children off Old Pittsboro Road, won third place in the jury award. Pierson and Choi run pod architecture + design based in Chapel Hill, have lived in Orange County for six years and completed construction on the striking three-level home earlier in 2022.
In a video submission for the award, Pierson describes the houses tiers as snaking down a steep hill and “fitting into the context” of the surrounding neighborhood by being removed from the road. The building is partially built into the hillside terrain and flows from sleeping areas at the top, to work spaces in the middle and living spaces at the bottom. Pierson and Choi’s submission describes that floorplan’s narrow form as offering “visible connectivity across the length and height of the house to facilitate communication,” while also providing privacy spaces.
Photo via pod architecture + design.
Exterior window wall (Photo via Allen Weiss)
A balcony overlooks the kitchen space (Photo via Allen Weiss)
The entrance hallway to Hillside House (Photo via Allen Weiss)
(Photo via Allen Weiss)
(Photo via Allen Weiss)
(Photo via Allen Weiss)
(Photo via Allen Weiss)
Youn Choi and Doug Pierson pose with their 2022 George Matsumoto award. (Photo via BluePlatePR.)
According to NC Modernist, the house stood out with its “symbiosis between the architecture and the land.” It is also built to be more environmentally friendly in several ways. pod architecture + design say with its “thermal mass slab foundation and walls,” the inside temperatures stay warmer during the evenings and cooler during the day. The house’s placement into the hill also helps temperatures remain cooler or warmer, helping cut down on energy needs. Additional details in the walls, roofing and glass reduce energy consumption as well.
The 2022 George Matsumoto Prize competition was hosted by Leland Little Auctions in Hillsborough on July 28.
Additional photos of the Domeck Residence can be found on the ThoughtCraft website, while photos of “Hillside House” can be found on the pod architecture + design website.
Featured photo via Mark Herboth Photography.
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