The Ghost 12 boathouse is the first, seed project resettling a small point which separates a tidal lake from Mosher’s Bay. The site was historically the inshore fishing port for the village of Upper Kingsburg, which contained twelve fish sheds plus a winchhouse, now disappeared. The modest boathouse has established the language for subsequent adjacent projects like the Macko Cottage. Like all structures in the village of Upper Kingsburg, the boathouse is sited on an east west axis, presenting a plain north-facing wall to the village, and open south-facing wall to the village, and open south-facing wall toward the sun, Hirtle’s Beach, and the open sea.

The rhombus-shaped plan of the boathouse is derived from an angled shoreline and a parallel road. The boathouse is used for storing sea kayaks and windsurfers and anticipates a future sauna. A spiral rusted steel ladder accesses a parapetted flat roof.

The wood framed box spans across a pair of concrete fin foundations which are 24’ apart, in order to allow future tidal surges to pass under the building. At either end large cantilevers are made possible by a north facing wall truss, and a pair of south facing flitch beams.

The guest critic was Ingred Helsing-Almaas from Norway. The guest architect was Peter Stutchbury from Australia.