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Sunset Terrace  

Sunset Terrace

Laguna Beach, CA, United States

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Bojanic House

Sunset Terrace

Laguna Beach, CA, United States

STATUS
Built
YEAR
2021
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
BUDGET
$500K - 1M
This 1,480 sf. house has been built on a lot of only 2,400 sf. in an area known as Sunset Terrace in Laguna Beach, California. It is anchored to the site by an oculus that is open to the sky. The surrounding space of the site, seemingly compressed, to passes through the interior and back out.

The house is comprised of a ground floor living level and garage with a bedroom level perched on top. After a lengthy variance process, an existing masonry garage was incorporated into the design when permission to reuse it was granted by the city. There are roof decks on the second level where it is set back at the front and rear yards in accordance with the zoning requirements.

A vortex-like space, encompassing a light well encircled by a spiral staircase, passes through the otherwise straightforward arrangement of the wood-clad box over the stucco-clad base. The staircase remains one-story as it ascends from the ground to the second level, reducing the amount of material used and maximizing the limited permeable ground area of the site. A unique continuity between the different upper and lower levels is created, resulting in a fluctuating play of light, depending on the time of day and year.

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