Workshop/APD Envision an Outdoorsy, Inviting Hospitality Destination in Cape Cod

2021 Best of Year winner for Hospitality – Small Resort

For the East Coast debut of the California-based hospitality brand known for upscale yet outdoorsy retreats near such national parks as Yosemite, rather than go the obvious route to conceive a sense of place for the New England property—shake shingles, blue-and-white everything—Workshop/APD founding principal Andrew Kotchen and team went in a different, though no less locally inspired, direction. “The Cape was an early laboratory for mid-century architecture,” says Kotchen, whose firm oversaw the master plan of the 14-acre site, which hosts 88 customized Airstreams, 10 luxury canvas tents, and 10 cabins, plus the 8,100-square-foot clubhouse. Referencing the wood commonly used for the region’s homes, the latter’s clean-lined exterior is wrapped in cedar planks. Inside, a soaring ceiling and poured concrete flooring are a contemporary canvas for hemlock millwork, charred dark gray in areas, pale in others, such as at the check-in desk, behind which hangs Windy Chien’s nautically inspired piece, rendered modern in black Sunbrella cordage. Like at other Autocamps, the clubhouse functions not only as reception but also a gathering place, ensured here with a custom glass-and-steel hang­ing firepit, its neighboring lounge populated with mid century–reminiscent furniture.

workshop/apd: Andrew Kotchen; Thomas J. Zoli; Andrew Kline; Michael Luft-Weissberg; Dirk de Beer