Ridge Barn
Columbia County, New York
Completed 2024
Design Team
Jejon Yeung, Max Worrell, Beatriz de Uña Bóveda
Collaborators
Interiors: Jean Lin (Colony)
Structural Engineer: Silman
Civil Engineer: Crawford Associates
Mechanical Engineer: Baukraft
Landscape Design: Understory
Meadow Consultant: Pennington Grey
Contractor: Heitmann Builders
Designed as a companion to the Ridge House project, Ridge Barn emerges at the end of a long driveway and serves as the threshold to the larger property. Taking advantage of the natural terrain, the structure nestles into the hillside and accommodates a guest house above with more utilitarian spaces below.
On the upper level, an open breezeway extends into a gravel court, creating a bridged walkway on one side and framing a dramatic view of the Taconic Mountains on the other. The breezeway establishes a strong axial relationship within the building, defining an open-plan bunkhouse for guests to the south and a flexible fitness space to the north.
The singular form of the barn, wrapped with corten steel panels, is carved into by a breezeway lined with charred wood that contrasts against the weathering steel.
Photographs by Rafael Gamo