location context modern residential home on conesus lake finger lakes ny warm golden hour lighting gravel driveway approach with controlled naturalized landscape building exterior roof black standing seam metal sloped form upper triangular form vertical natural wood slat siding lower volume dark grey fiber cement panel cladding attached box element contrasting lighter grey fiber cement panels window frames black steel all dark panels should coordinate with this black entry courtyard wall simple timber retaining wall closest to viewer with concrete wrap at house connection landscape grounds foreground trees existing deciduous trees keep as is with emphasis on lush canopy and prominent trunk on largest specimen lakeside treeline tall mature deciduous trees no additions or alterations plantings low scale layered landscaping between gravel and house entry near entrance and courtyard retaining walls driveway maintain existing footprint and configuration no changes ground plane gravel driveway leads to entry courtyard with modest spacing before house human scale activity include a few people in entry courtyard suggest arrival moment in time inhabited landscape
