The building was completely established as a monolithic, ferro-concrete construction with nuclear insulation. The granulation and the scale of the mostly empty single constructions of the surroundings will transfer into the solitaire construction. the different space heights are not discernible from Outside and are experienceable only with entrance of the building. This house used nature materilas...
this house is located in San Diego. The challenge of this house is not only design but also construction. The initial approach for ‘On Grape’ was to subdivide the land into two parcels producing two single-family residences that maximize the enclosed, narrow, and linear space. The aim was to maintain an interior-exterior connection in design while creating a spacious and quiet living environment...
These walls defined a level area of approximately 12×10mts, 7.5mts below the level of the road. The intense bright light reflected off the snow, together with the thermal loss through windows and walls are important aspects when building in the mountains. For designing this contemporary mountain refuge we proposed a monolithic volume of stone that partially fills the void left by the existing containment...
The house is conceived as a stone plinth which echos the exposed quarry face and houses the bedrooms with a garage & entrance under at the level of the quarry base. The glazed pavilion is constructed with a steel frame and highly insulated timber infill panels clad in cedar and triple glazed windows. The roof, although thick internally to provide very high levels of insulation, is cantilevered...
The interior layout is based on alternating straight and sloping floor surfaces that create the overall spiralling character of the interior and define the building’s external appearance. the use of the sloping floor on the ground floor is not purposeles, it accomodates movie projections as a small movie theatre. Windows and other openings are placed with respect of the external façade – each...
the original building was built in the 70′s. The floor plan was a square with a missing corner (so was an L shape). The roof was a concrete slab outing out in a very inelegant and with bad proportions. the total redefinition of the insulation parameter we reshape the building profile, cutting the old roof edge and redesigning the junction between roof and perimetral walls. The entire interior...