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OZ House Palo Alto, CA
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Other Projects by Urban Architectural Initiatives, RA, P.C.
OZ House Palo Alto, CA
YEAR
2012
This one family 2,800 square foot house is
located on an irregular small lot in Palo Alto California. A diagonal easement
by the City at the front of the site required an angled setback. The challenge
of the zoning restriction and design considerations inspired the building's shape,
a composition of rectangles with asymmetrically arranged glass and steel window
bay. The exterior materials are zinc and
stucco with exposed structural steel elements. It is a spare, industrial
aesthetic with functional elements conspicuously and intentionally displayed.
The interior spaces, surfaces, and materials
provide continuity with the exterior. The stucco surface color and texture
penetrates from the exterior to the interior encompassing the surfaces around
the three-story central circulation core.
Exposed bar joists, similar to the exposed steel members on the
exterior, are standard commercial structural elements. They are detailed and painted to fit
comfortably in a residential context while providing the most minimal roof
supports, spanning the single volume of living, dining and kitchen. A cantilevered
stair connects each level, projecting from its exposed steel channel support,
which is bolted to the stucco-surfaced wall, a dynamic structural expression.
Silver/grey slate floors with textured cedar walls
and ceiling surfaces and grey stained anigre wood surfaced kitchen cabinets
become a neutral background, contrasted with stainless steel reveals and
kitchen equipment and the colorful furniture, countertops and art work.
OZ House enhances the diversity of housing
structures in its neighborhood.
located on an irregular small lot in Palo Alto California. A diagonal easement
by the City at the front of the site required an angled setback. The challenge
of the zoning restriction and design considerations inspired the building's shape,
a composition of rectangles with asymmetrically arranged glass and steel window
bay. The exterior materials are zinc and
stucco with exposed structural steel elements. It is a spare, industrial
aesthetic with functional elements conspicuously and intentionally displayed.
The interior spaces, surfaces, and materials
provide continuity with the exterior. The stucco surface color and texture
penetrates from the exterior to the interior encompassing the surfaces around
the three-story central circulation core.
Exposed bar joists, similar to the exposed steel members on the
exterior, are standard commercial structural elements. They are detailed and painted to fit
comfortably in a residential context while providing the most minimal roof
supports, spanning the single volume of living, dining and kitchen. A cantilevered
stair connects each level, projecting from its exposed steel channel support,
which is bolted to the stucco-surfaced wall, a dynamic structural expression.
Silver/grey slate floors with textured cedar walls
and ceiling surfaces and grey stained anigre wood surfaced kitchen cabinets
become a neutral background, contrasted with stainless steel reveals and
kitchen equipment and the colorful furniture, countertops and art work.
OZ House enhances the diversity of housing
structures in its neighborhood.
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