“Kocher Canvas Weekend House”,
Fort Salonga, Northport, Long Island, Suffolk County, New York,
Built betwwen 1933 and 1934 and demolished in the 1950s.
This house was designed by the Swiss-born architect Albert Frey for his friend A. Lawrence Kocher.
It was based in a previous project made by him for an experimental weekend house.
The house had three floors: the ground floor was used to park up to two cars, being free and open due to the use of steel beams to support the house.
The first floor was accessed by a spiral staircase on the back of the house and had an open space configuration at its interior, with curtains that moved through a rail system and could be used to divide the space.
The top floor was the house's rooftop, being accessed by the same spiral staircase as the first floor.
As the name indicates, this house was made of canvas. Marine canvas was stretched horizontally over a redwood frame, insulated with aluminum foil, and nailed, painted & sealed.
