Alley Cat: A Modern Backyard DADU in Seattle for a Busy Couple

Indifferent Auxiliary Dwelling Models (DADU) have develop into extra widespread through the years as housing costs have risen and stock has declined. Most people including a smaller dwelling construction to their yard are these eager to lease them out for added earnings. On this state of affairs, the householders needed to lease out their foremost home and construct a DADU for themselves to dwell in after they’re not touring. The couple enlisted SHED Structure & Design who designed a singular, low-maintenance construction that opened as much as their current backyard and to daylight. Named Alley Cat, the constructing options an asymmetrical roofline that offers nod to a cat able to pounce with its again flattened to the bottom.

4 skylights above the loft permit pure mild in throughout the daytime, and are available night time, they’re good for gazing on the stars. A small window on the finish of the kitchen counter gives a view outdoors whereas permitting further mild to enter.

A large sliding glass door opens out to the patio thereby extending the lounge to the surface.

The open lounge and kitchen really feel a lot bigger than the are because of the excessive white ceilings and pure mild.

Supplies had been stored easy for the inside with plywood protecting the decrease portion of the partitions and heated concrete flooring to floor the area.

Alley Cat is clad in standing seam steel panels that present a maintenance-free exterior designed to carry as much as the weather.

Pictures by Mark Woods.