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Sam's Creek
We live in a time where smart phones and tablets are in
everyone’s hands and multitasking is the normal way of life. Influenced from
the client’s multitasking lifestyle, a diverse set of requirements developed
for a new home. The clients, one of whom
is the owner of a public relations company, requested that multiple activities
could take place throughout the house without interruption; a dinner party
could take place while simultaneously entertaining a group of children, or
guests could come and go without disturbing the rest of the family. These programmatic requests diagrammatically
divide the site as well as establish view corridors from front to back. Transparency through the house puts simultaneous
activities on display, and provides a setting where guests can see and be seen.
A series of open-ended boxes, each tailored to a
portion of the architectural program focuses the view from the street though the
house to the landscape in the rear. Mahogany
boards wrap floors, ceilings, and the sides of the boxes to heighten the
perspectival view and provide privacy from neighbors. Each box has independent
audio, video, and climate control to operate autonomously and the length,
height, and volume of each of the box is adjusted to appropriately encase the
program. On the exterior, interstitial spaces between the arranged boxes are
gardens and patios. The overlap of the boxes on the interior creates thresholds
and highlight interesting moments. With
each box occupying a specific program, the multitasking of different events is
achieved.
With a limited material palate, travertine is used as
flooring for the terraces and as cladding on portions of the open-ended boxes. To
use the stone as an exterior cladding, a custom hanging system was designed. The
travertine siding is captured at the top and bottom by a CNC wire formed frame
and overlapped by the following course above.
The proportion and repetition of the siding references the wood shingle
vernacular ubiquitous in the area.
The fireplace merges a utilitarian object and a crafted,
sculptural work of art. The fireplace is
a moment frame, supporting lateral loads to allow for the large open-ended
volume of the dining and living room. It
also houses a coat closet and the HVAC components. The overlapping, repeating bronze components
were digitally fabricated and assembled on site. Different patina processes were studied to
achieve the dark bronze facing the room and the polished bronze on the interior
of the hood. Sunlight from above is
reflected by the polished bronze and filters through the gaps from the overlapped
construction. Similar construction
methods were utilized for the master bedroom headboard using repeating strips
of belting leather.
The separation of program
into individual volumes allows the multitasking lifestyle of the clients to
continue into their home. Where
multitasking on a daily basis can seem chaotic, a new order is developed by the
architecture. The client’s new home allows
them to keep up with their busy lifestyle while also providing respite from it.
everyone’s hands and multitasking is the normal way of life. Influenced from
the client’s multitasking lifestyle, a diverse set of requirements developed
for a new home. The clients, one of whom
is the owner of a public relations company, requested that multiple activities
could take place throughout the house without interruption; a dinner party
could take place while simultaneously entertaining a group of children, or
guests could come and go without disturbing the rest of the family. These programmatic requests diagrammatically
divide the site as well as establish view corridors from front to back. Transparency through the house puts simultaneous
activities on display, and provides a setting where guests can see and be seen.
A series of open-ended boxes, each tailored to a
portion of the architectural program focuses the view from the street though the
house to the landscape in the rear. Mahogany
boards wrap floors, ceilings, and the sides of the boxes to heighten the
perspectival view and provide privacy from neighbors. Each box has independent
audio, video, and climate control to operate autonomously and the length,
height, and volume of each of the box is adjusted to appropriately encase the
program. On the exterior, interstitial spaces between the arranged boxes are
gardens and patios. The overlap of the boxes on the interior creates thresholds
and highlight interesting moments. With
each box occupying a specific program, the multitasking of different events is
achieved.
With a limited material palate, travertine is used as
flooring for the terraces and as cladding on portions of the open-ended boxes. To
use the stone as an exterior cladding, a custom hanging system was designed. The
travertine siding is captured at the top and bottom by a CNC wire formed frame
and overlapped by the following course above.
The proportion and repetition of the siding references the wood shingle
vernacular ubiquitous in the area.
The fireplace merges a utilitarian object and a crafted,
sculptural work of art. The fireplace is
a moment frame, supporting lateral loads to allow for the large open-ended
volume of the dining and living room. It
also houses a coat closet and the HVAC components. The overlapping, repeating bronze components
were digitally fabricated and assembled on site. Different patina processes were studied to
achieve the dark bronze facing the room and the polished bronze on the interior
of the hood. Sunlight from above is
reflected by the polished bronze and filters through the gaps from the overlapped
construction. Similar construction
methods were utilized for the master bedroom headboard using repeating strips
of belting leather.
The separation of program
into individual volumes allows the multitasking lifestyle of the clients to
continue into their home. Where
multitasking on a daily basis can seem chaotic, a new order is developed by the
architecture. The client’s new home allows
them to keep up with their busy lifestyle while also providing respite from it.