Woodlands

Sprucehouse



Artist Retreat
Description

Woodlands is a rural 17-acre development with ten lots and a shared common area. Each house is sited on a 1/2 acre lot, nestled into its own meadow. The building sites were carefully planned to best utilize existing trees and native vegetation to provide privacy between houses, and to maximize solar access. Shared in common is a timber-frame picnic shelter, garden, ballfield, meadows and forest preserve. The roads are on the perimeter of the property so the outlook from each homesite is into the roadless Commons. This project was designed with and constructed by Kim Hoelting.