cusabo island cabin :: shutters
One of the big design ideas for the Cusabo Island Cabin included a series of large sliding metal doors, which would allow the cabin to be opened up when the weather was nice, but be shut down completely when big storms rolled in off of the Coast. In addition, these shutters were meant to be insulated, so that closing them at night would further insulate the structure during the colder months. We conceived of these shutters as a design element, with large steel panels allowed to rust before clear sealing them, creating a deep red mottled patina across the face of the structure.
The large doors slide on Barn Door Hardware, mounted to a track that spans the length of the house, supported on the big steel beams. The steel angles you see above are designed to filter the harsh summer sun, while letting the lower, winter sun into the house.
