Florida, USA

Category:           Vacation Homes
Year:               2025
Architects:         Studio YAY!
Design Team:        Catherine Schultz and Tim Keepers
General Contractor: Martin Day Construction
Client:             Private
Photographers:      CaptisLUX Photography

Situated along the liminal edge of a tropical riverine landscape, this Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) establishes an ordered relationship with its context. Rather than imposing upon the site, the architecture engages it through a calibrated porosity—achieved via large pivoting and sliding apertures that enable a fluid relationship between interior and exterior.

The ADU is structured around two orthogonally arranged shipping containers, forming an L-shaped plan that negotiates spatial economy and environmental responsiveness. This compositional move articulates a threshold condition, simultaneously framing the landscape while generating a micro-courtyard that serves as an interstitial space—partially enclosed, yet open to prevailing breezes and filtered light.

The strategic layering of weather-resistant siding and stucco aligned with the client’s desire for a modern, yet resilient, architectural form. One that used the shipping container not as an outward form giver but merely the structural backbone of the ADU.

This ADU strives to balance privacy with an open-air living concept, facilitating a lifestyle that is both comfortable and responsive to the local climate.