The (tectonic) assembly of a family retreat in the Arkansas Ozarks

Thesis Statement Human creation dwells in the assembly of objects. Can the creative display of assembly in architecture produce an integrity that has been lost in the pretense of popular culture? By honestly displaying an assembly of available components that make up a project to perform a physical purpose, creativity can be utilized to enhance the integrity of a building. Facility Type The facility type chosen is a family retreat: a cabin-camp vacation home for the use of extended family: a modest dwelling for the expression of and reflection on life. Context The site chosen is outside the town of Morrow in Northwest Arkansas about 30 miles southwest of Fayetteville. Here the Ozark Mountains are the setting for many small farms that support the chicken and beef industries. Here there is, as Jean Sizemore ironically puts it, a "disinclination for superfluity". (They don't value things that don't do anything.) (Sizemore 15)