Six Square House

Young Projects has completed Six Square House, a 3,500-square-foot residence on a verdant two-acre lot in Bridgehampton, New York. Six 24-by-24-foot gabled modules align roof ridges for continuity, while each module's eaves flow up and down to create undulating surfaces and unexpected sight lines. Deep-grey slatted Accoya wood cladding enhances the dynamic roofscape. The studio designed the house as a contemporary counterpart to the property's historic farmhouse, which the client had outgrown, nodding subtly to Long Island's architecture while reimagining the barn typology as an elegant, innovative home. Approaching from the front, the garage and living modules are separated by a polished concrete path leading to the focal triangular courtyard. The rainscreen facade aligns slatted roof and walls in long vertical striations from ridge to ground, built from charred, stained, sealed Accoya and Western red cedar that weather from striking black to a refined platinum grey while playing off the farmhouse's cedar. The six modules tessellate around the triangular courtyard, balancing symmetry and asymmetry, with loosely assigned living, kitchen, master, secondary bedroom, porch, and garage. Each module frames a different lush view; bedrooms look out to mature trees for privacy, and the master directly faces an ancient purple beech. Living spaces open to the courtyard, meadow, and pool, while the kitchen at center abuts the triangular courtyard through an open porch. The undulating ceiling arises from straight rafters rotated slightly relative to neighbors rather than bent timber, producing a ruled curved surface. Material palettes follow a neutral organic spectrum: black and platinum grey outside, ochre cedar on indoor-outdoor zones, and alabaster and white inside with gypsum plaster, white oak and ash floors, and light marble countertops. The overall balance is governed by the house's own geometric logic while reframing and reconnecting to the whole site.