HOW IS IT DONE?
Spiraling Hardscape
Outdoor showers usually consist of four walls. This one, constructed by Dave Schumacker and
Sudbury Design, is only one. Continuously curving, but only one.
The spiral design complements some of the houses curves, but it is whimsical feature of
a Cape Cod house. The concrete wall was designed through computer-aided design, poured
into a curved frame, and veneered with stone, leaving little niches for soap and other shower products.
Then a six-inch capstone was constructed from templates made of plywood and affixed as the final step.
“It was a first for us, and very difficult,” said Sudbury Design principal Mike Coutu. “But we were
very pleased with it in the end.”
AT HOME ON CAPE C 16 OD • FALL/WINTER 2018
A unique outdoor
shower is designed
with CAD software
but the top cap is still
done the old-fashioned
way—with the help of
a plywood template.
A usually simple design becomes a feat of engineering