CONTENTS STATEMENT ELIZABETH II TREE HOUSE UNDERHILL GENIUS LOCI CREDITS SAGAPONACK MONOGRAPH EXCERPT PIERSON’S WAY SELECTED TIMELINE STATEMENT Bates Masi + Architects LLC, a full-service architectural frm with roots in New York City and the East End of Long Island for over 50 years, responds to each project with extensive research in related architectural felds, material, craft and environment for unique solutions as varied as the individuals or groups for whom they are designed. The focus is neither the size nor the type of project but the opportunity to enrich lives and enhance the environment. The attention to all elements of design has been a constant in the frm’s philosophy. Projects include urban and suburban residences, schools, ofces, hotels, restaurants, retail and furniture in the United States, Central America and the Caribbean. The frm has received 127 design awards since 2003 and has been featured in national and international publications including The New York Times, New York Magazine, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Metropolitan Home, Interior Design, and Dwell. Residential Architect Magazine selected Bates Masi one of their 50 Architect’s We Love. In 2013, Bates Masi was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame. In 2014, 2015, and 2016, Bates Masi was nominated for the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Architecture. Paul Masi spent childhood summers in Montauk and currently resides in Amagansett. He received a Bachelor of Architecture from Catholic University and a Masters of Architecture from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He worked at Richard Meier & Partners before joining this frm in 1998. Harry Bates, a resident of East Hampton, received a Bachelor of Architecture from North Carolina State University. After ten years with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, he was in private practice in New York City for 17 years before moving the frm to Southampton on the East End in 1980. Our ofces have recently relocated to a new ofce building of our own design in East Hampton. TREE HOUSE 1967 On a National Seashore island with divergent deck on the second foor with views of the bay communities, this two-level house, referred to by its and treetops. Owner as his “tree house”, is situated in a dense grove of pines and hollies. Served for the most part by wooden All exterior and interior wall surfaces and cabinets are walkways, the island is primarily seasonal with a lively rough-cut cypress; the fooring is bleached oak. The social scene in the warmer months and a more refective ceilings are exposed fr structural members, and doors atmosphere in the cooler days and nights. and windows are aluminum. The wall-hung freplace provides heat on cool spring and autumn days and After briefy considering renovating an old waterfront evenings. The 1” X 12” cypress vertical louvers on the house, the Owner, an interior designer, bought the heavily high windows reduce the intensity of the southern sun. wooded lot close to the bay that he wanted to see from The east and west walls of the house have selected views the main living level. His aesthetic was simple, opting but are virtually blank because of the close proximity of for the architecture and natural surroundings to be the the neighbors and a community walkway. dominant elements. Whether alone or with guests and coupled with the often The approach to the closely positioned cubes leads to a erratic weather, the serenity of the elevated spaces was walled deck and glass entrance. Two guest bedrooms, a welcome respite for the Owner for many years from a bath, and guest deck are on the frst foor with a steel stair crowded and busy professional life in the city. leading to the living, dining, kitchen, master suite, and Community walkway T R E E H O U S E T R E E H O U S E T R E E H O U S E T R E E H O U S E T R E E H O U S E T R E E H O U S E Harry Bates, 1967 TREE HOUSE 5 3 5 2 1 4 4 ENTRY LEVEL PLAN 1. Entry Deck 2. Entry 3. Bath 4. Bed 5. Deck T R E E H O U S E 5 3 4 2 1 6 6 UPPER LEVEL PLAN 1. Living 4. Bed 2. Dining 5. Bath 3. Kitchen 6. Deck T R E E H O U S E GENIUS LOCI 2011 Montauk, NY, at the eastern end of Long Island, may and invites a second look, as do numerous other details. appear to be like any other small seaside community Architectural details throughout the house occur at upon frst glance; however, it possesses unique surprising moments. A wood, screen-covered bridge characteristics that imprint lasting memories. The weather unifes the two separate, cedar-shingle-clad volumes, is unpredictable with banks of heavy fog and gusty winds. allowing light into the grass paver courtyard below. The History is closer to folklore than truth, with stories of cedar screen of the bridge reads diferently from day to the Montauk Project Conspiracy, German submarines night. It appears fat during the day, but as darkness and, most recently, the Montauk Monster blurring the falls, light seeps out in an undulating pattern, showing line between fact and fction. Structural remnants of the the wedge shape cut in the back of the boards. In front past, such as a radar tower and bunkers, are scattered of several clerestory windows, a milled bluestone screen throughout the landscape. Socially, there is a seasonal is similarly detailed. The stone appears weightless, as migration and mix of economic classes. The clients alternating stones are removed from the stone wall pattern could have chosen to vacation anywhere in the world, to let light into the guest area. These unusual details but were lured to Montauk by the characteristics that reinforce the larger idea of capturing the unexpected. identify it from other areas. These characteristics embody the “Spirit of Montauk”, and the clients challenged the For the occupant there is no prescribed path of circulation, architect to design a house that would capture this spirit in encouraging diferent encounters, much like the social the architecture. experiences of Montauk. One can enter beneath the bridge that frames the sky beyond and up a series of The house responds to the site’s context and strengthens terraced planter steps, which reveal the pastoral rolling the “spirit of place”. Formerly a horse ranch, the rolling hills and ocean in the distance. This path draws a visitor green pasture of the site is located at one of the highest directly into the landscape, bypassing the house. One can elevations in Montauk. The extensive program is terraced also climb the exterior entry stair that directly connects to and embedded into the steep slope of the hill without the interior stair, separated by a wall of glass, and choose compromising access to the exterior or natural light. to enter the house or continue the journey to the outdoor Approaching from the south, the house appears to be freplace, dining area, and out to the pool. A guest staying two modest and separate one-story ranch houses. at the house can privately come and go by a stone terrace Circling around to the north, the house unfolds to reveal that wraps the exterior of the guest area from the entry a more extensive project. In this case, the conventional courtyard around to the pool with no need to enter Montauk building typology of the low-pitched gabled roof the house. is modifed by the geometries of the allowable building envelope and height restrictions of the site. The geometric The house celebrates the “spirit of the place” where it is anomaly is apparent upon entry and it is unexpectedly located. With the rise of technology and rapid transmission clear that the ridge is ofset and the walls converge, of information through the internet, the identity of place directing one’s view west to the lake. The optical illusion can be lost. This project explores regionalism and evolves caused by the parabolic roof is visible on the south side from the community where it is located. Montauk beach with bunker remnants G E N I U S L O C I G E N I U S L O C I G E N I U S L O C I G E N I U S L O C I G E N I U S L O C I G E N I U S L O C I G E N I U S L O C I G E N I U S L O C I G E N I U S L O C I G E N I U S L O C I Stone screen Armature folding diagram and assembly of stone onto armature G E N I U S L O C I 1 2 7 8 8 12 7 11 13 5 9 10 4 3 6 LOWER LEVEL PLAN 1. Driveway 6. Pool Bath 11. Laundry 2. Parking 7. Guest Bath 12. Maid’s Bed 3. Recreation 8. Guest Bed 13. Maid’s Bath 4. Gym 9. Garage 5. Common 10. Storage G E N I U S L O C I 14 15 1 7 9 11 8 12 13 2 3 4 5 10 10 6 UPPER LEVEL PLAN 1. Entry 6. Pantry 11. Closet 2. Deck 7. Powder 12. Master Bed 3. Living 8. Office 13. Master Bath 4. Dining 9. Kid’s Bath 14.