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San Diego High Chaparral Home
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Type
YEAR
2010
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
BUDGET
$500K - 1M
We have been
collaborating with a family who asked us to transform their tract house into a
sustainable home at one with the environment and expressive of their values and
vision. Their charge was to design in
harmony with the California high chaparral setting and provide a contemporary
spatial arrangement suitable to their life style. After an intense series of focus group sessions and visioning
with the family we developed alternate design concepts. These concepts were tested against
benchmarks that addressed the family vision, goals, schedule and budget.
The resulting design
playfully juxtaposes forms representing the original footprint and new
additions. References to the original home are expressed with pitched roofs and
salvaged brick. The cubic new wings provide enlarged bedrooms for the family
and roof areas for photovoltaic panels. A central atrium denoted by a channel
glass slab provides natural ventilation and brings daylight deep into the
interior.
Structures at one
with the desert incorporate deep shade with natural ventilation. Shading of interior spaces is accomplished
with deep overhangs of forms, decks and roof.
Clerestories provide indirect day lighting and ventilation. Indoor and
outdoor spaces flow seamlessly together allowing the family to experience the
outdoors as integral living space.
The
interior space is intended to foster graceful flow, easy maintenance and
uncluttered elements. The home is
designed with ground floor public rooms and the second floor reserved for
family privacy. Areas are set aside as
frames for the display of family heirlooms and provide contrast to modern
furnishings. Adjacent restrooms and
attached decks intentionally separate private areas on the upper level from one
another. All spaces open to the light
filled atrium and connecting stairs reinforcing the concept of spatial
interconnection.
collaborating with a family who asked us to transform their tract house into a
sustainable home at one with the environment and expressive of their values and
vision. Their charge was to design in
harmony with the California high chaparral setting and provide a contemporary
spatial arrangement suitable to their life style. After an intense series of focus group sessions and visioning
with the family we developed alternate design concepts. These concepts were tested against
benchmarks that addressed the family vision, goals, schedule and budget.
The resulting design
playfully juxtaposes forms representing the original footprint and new
additions. References to the original home are expressed with pitched roofs and
salvaged brick. The cubic new wings provide enlarged bedrooms for the family
and roof areas for photovoltaic panels. A central atrium denoted by a channel
glass slab provides natural ventilation and brings daylight deep into the
interior.
Structures at one
with the desert incorporate deep shade with natural ventilation. Shading of interior spaces is accomplished
with deep overhangs of forms, decks and roof.
Clerestories provide indirect day lighting and ventilation. Indoor and
outdoor spaces flow seamlessly together allowing the family to experience the
outdoors as integral living space.
The
interior space is intended to foster graceful flow, easy maintenance and
uncluttered elements. The home is
designed with ground floor public rooms and the second floor reserved for
family privacy. Areas are set aside as
frames for the display of family heirlooms and provide contrast to modern
furnishings. Adjacent restrooms and
attached decks intentionally separate private areas on the upper level from one
another. All spaces open to the light
filled atrium and connecting stairs reinforcing the concept of spatial
interconnection.
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