RO54
Arshia Architects
Short description
The project's concept set out to reduce the massing of a rather large project, for it to lodge within the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. This 1940's hallow post-war neighborhood has been transforming gradually, overtaken by recent developments that rely on size rather than spatial quality. The project on the other hand, set out to propose an example of what can be offered within the confines of stringent regulations.
This project engages an exercise in spatial relationships to accelerate the programs of the house. The cross section of the building was set as a split-level configuration in lieu of a traditional stacked story configuration, where floor plates are related only by means of vertical circulation. The plates form adjacencies, both visual and functional therefore allowing twice the utility of an otherwise dissected arrangement.
The design was informed by streamline automotive design, proposing every technology in the house to have exponent performance behind the scenes, allowing the architectural space to deliver a visual performance.
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