You don’t need to build large bathrooms in Fire Island homes, according to longtime resident and esteemed local architect Eric Schiller.

“Most of the bathing happens in outdoor showers,” says Schiller, who often meets clients barefoot in the oceanfront oasis, where cars are banned and red wagons roam.

“What we all really want is to be naked in the garden again, and that’s what Fire Island is all about.” Known as the summer escape of Manhattan’s free-spirited creative class, the narrow barrier island is dotted with wooden boardwalks and homes that reflect the enclave’s idiosyncrasies.

Schiller is busy building playful, modern homes there that are inspired by everything from childhood memories to boats and bamboo. One of his designs, at 26 South Walk in the prestigious Dunewood neighborhood, is the priciest listing on the island, asking $3.2 million.

Owner Allison Kahner, a real estate broker, tapped Schiller to create a contemporary beach home in the style of legendary Fire Island architect Horace Gifford, whose work she remembers fondly from her childhood.

Completed in 2015, the three-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom, 2,200-square-foot house is built entirely from cedar and glass, and features a 19-foot rectangular living room with stunning ocean views.

Another Fire Island client netted Schiller to build Boat House, a 1,800-square-foot, three-bedroom completed in 2005, inspired by a Downeast lobster boat. “I took the shape of a fishing boat, abstracted and reimagined it,” the architect explains. “It has a pilot house in the front and a deck in the back.”

The home also captures the prevailing wind from two double-height windows, keeping it cool sans air conditioning.

This sort of environmental consideration is typical of Schiller’s work, as well as the spirit of the island. Another client wanted a home built in the midst of a mature bamboo grove (bamboo is now banned on Fire Island, but this patch was grandfathered in), where light and shadows darting through the woods could play off a geometric structure. The result? Bamboo House, a 3,600-square-foot, four-bedroom Schiller finished in 2016.

“Bamboo House was all about crafting this minimal, abstract environment that captured the changing light throughout the day,” he says. “Fire Island has water on both sides, giving the quality of the light an extraordinary property.” But eccentric design doesn’t come cheap.

Similar properties on the island rent for as much as $50,000 a season.