Architecture
Oct 2025 · 6 min
The roofline as a horizon line
On flat sites, we often pitch the roofline to echo the distant horizon rather than the property's own geometry.
Introduction
A flat site gives you no natural roofline cue, so we borrow one from the horizon itself.
The Technique
We survey the exact angle of the visible horizon from the main living space and pitch the roof to within a degree or two of it.
The Effect
The roof stops reading as a shape imposed on the land and starts reading as an extension of it.
Journal
Oct 2025 · 6 min
