The “house in Lara” is a singular project developed for the family with two aims, Integration and low cost.When closed it is a simple and discreet volume, monolithic, when open, the interior reveals it self, expressed in the elevations, introducing deepness to the volume The program articulation is enhanced by the openings that characterize the [...]
The Pike Powers Living Laboratory exists as part of the Pecan Street Clean Energy Internet Demonstration endeavor and will be located at the Mueller Development in Austin, Texas. Sited within a row of shop houses, the project provides the opportunity to function both as a model sustainable smart home as well as an active lab [...]
This house is like a funnel of light, space and sea views. The location is the west coast of the Baltic island of Land. The white concrete box is “corseted” in the middle, creating slightly sheared wall and roof angles. This gives the house both its direction and character, while also marking the difference between [...]
As architects, we often try to design and think of buildings as vessels which engage with their occupants on many levels — including the emotional ones. And of course, those designs which connect with their occupants on emotional levels, are the designs that often have the most profound effect. Yet frequently, designers use their “instincts” [...]
Design Intent: To integrate the relationship between positive and negative space for the occupant to interact in. These integrations and relationships are formed by the function of the program, the occupants and restraints from the site. The site obstacles include elevated “L” tracks taking up 1/3 of the site’s east corner, a busy one way [...]
