The homeowners currently live at a large farmhouse with traditional style and details in an exurban area north of Youngstown, Ohio. The home rests on a lot of nearly sixty acres, with some portions forested, save that immediately surrounding the house, which is landscaped, and includes a picturesque lake.

The homeowners have a young daughter with special needs, who would benefit from aqua-therapy and the sheer enjoyment of spending time in water. The nature of her physical impairment makes year-round use of the pool requisite, ergo it should be enclosed. This proposal is for the building that would house said pool. The Cabana building will host the pool, a slide with surrounding rockscape, a kitchenette with service area designated for the pool, a fire-pit with associated hood, a restroom, and a covered corridor to transition between the building and the home.

We designed the exterior of the Cabana to complement the vernacular of the area, namely, as a rural farm building. The appearance of a farm building with a strong aesthetic relationship to the existing farmhouse creates a seamless and harmonious expression.