This house fits conceptually modern Victorian neighborhood environment in which it is inserted, taking the old type of “living above a shop” that has existed for centuries. The first floor of the upper unit works as an office, while the second level contains the living room and kitchen, both projected onto the street with a small overhanging roof made of wood native Californian.
Entry to the apartment is at street level and a door is specially made acrylic and wood strips. Seen from the outside at night, acrylic strips are illuminated. From the inside during the day, illuminating light passes through the lobby. Climbing the stairs to the first floor of the department get to a range facing glazed sliding doors of the office. Two bedrooms and a bathroom share this floor. Continuing upward, an overhead light illuminates the stairs that develops in the east wall and allowed to enter the living room floor, shelves here Vitsoe design of 1970 by Dieter Rams has been modified to accommodate cabinets.
The living room floor the focus is the connection between the interior and exterior thereof. A roof covers a large portion of the south side, creating a protected space for outdoor living. Continuity is maintained by the use and sliding glass doors and the continuity of soil material, wooden planks texture and continue to floor level.
A rotating fireplace is in this area. When the glass wall is opened, the fireplace can be turned inwards and the boundary between two spaces can be perceived in a more clear. Floor areas generate radiant heat that keeps the heat in the house, a photovoltaic grid system provides more power for the department.
The project responds to the wishes of the family to live with a modest style, integrating home, work, and outdoor spaces. Carefully planned, flexible work room and put their spatial qualities as a priority over quantity. The result is a detached house, an art studio and an office that work seamlessly under one roof developed in about a third of the usual sizes for these programs.
