# @dwellmagazine on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-08-07T15:21:04.000+00:00
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This one-room retreat takes up no more space than a standard two-car garage. The rural landscape of Foster, a 30 minute drive from Providence, is farmland reclaimed by trees. After the area was clear-cut a century ago, nature has slowly regenerated a sylvan blanket over its hills. It’s there that artist Allison Paschke decided to build a 530-square-foot retreat. “It’s sort of like a miniature cottage a miniature distance from the miniature city,” she says. To design the structure, Paschke enlisted the expertise of architecture firm 3six0_arch. Together, they collaborated closely to refine Paschke’s idea of a house that would offer a connection with the land while still providing a sense of intimacy. The house’s formal “front door” ushers visitors through a low-slung entry that opens to a soaring interior. With the kitchen, living-dining area, and sleeping nook all in one room, the architects played a delicate balancing act to ensure the house felt consistent. They also established an eight-foot-tall datum for the build elements, based on standard measurements of off-the-shelf windows and doors, to keep costs in check. A limited selection of low-maintenance, natural materials adds to the holistic feeling. And while the cottage certainly exceeded Paschke’s request for a modest retreat, it also offered the architects an avenue to explore their work further. “We’re living in a time where the spectacle of architecture has overridden everything,” they say. “Intimate spaces like this one are wonderful retreats to meditate on the original role of architecture, which is to make relationships where none existed before.” #dwellarchives | October 25, 2015 | Photos by annamoller_ | Story by diana_b

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