When our clients approached us to discuss the feasibility of designing a fully appointed 6000 square foot summer house in the oceanside town of Southampton, New York, our immediate concern was that the lot ? located in a FEMA floodplain, on a property that is approximately 50% unbuildable wetlands ? wouldn?t deliver the square footage or the living spaces required to create a ?Hamptons Home?. 

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Architects: Office of Architecture

Location: Long Island, New York, USA

Architects In Charge: Aniket Shahane, Principal; Ivan Kostic, Valentin Bansac, Tristan Walker, Stephen Maher, Edward Simpson, Joshua Eager

Area: 6000.0 ft2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Rafael Gamo
Others Participants: General Contractor: Aran Construction; Structural Engineer: Blue Sky Design; MEP: Altieri Sebor Wieber; Pool: Pristine Pools

Landscape: Summerhill Landscapes, Inc.; Interior Designer: ; Friedman Moore; Design Collaborator: Asheshh Saheba

© Rafael Gamo

From the architect. When our clients approached us to discuss the feasibility of designing a fully appointed 6000 square foot summer house in the oceanside town of Southampton, New York, our immediate concern was that the lot ? located in a FEMA floodplain, on a property that is approximately 50% unbuildable wetlands ? wouldn?t deliver the square footage or the living spaces required to create a ?Hamptons Home?. 

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