MUIR BEACH- RESIDENCE
MUIR BEACH, CA
HILLSIDE VIEW
THIS DESIGN FOR A SMALL 1190 SQUARE FOOT RESIDENCE, USED CHANGING PLANES FOR SPECIAL INTEREST SO THERE WERE NO STATIC SPACES. IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE SMALL SPACES AS MEANINFUL AS POSSIBLE FOR HUMAN RESPONCE.
INTERIOR VIEW
SKYLIGHTS WERE USED THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE ROOF IN ORDER FOR THE FULL HEIGHT OF THE ADJACENT TREES TO BE VISUALLY PART OF TH EHOUSE WHENEVER ONE LOOKD UP. FLAT CEILINGS ARE STATIC AND THIS DESIGN ATTEMPTS TO ANIMATE THE SPACE IN A SMALL RESIDENCE.
ALTHOUGH THE SITE WAS COMPARITIVELY LARGE, THERE WAS SPACE NEEDED FOR SETBACKS AND A SEPTIC SYSTEMLEAVING THE AREA FOR BUILDING JUST 24 BY 30 FEET AT ONE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. TO AVOID A COMPLEX HILLSIDE FOUNDATION, A SIMPLE RECTANGULAR BASE WAS USED AND THEN THE HOUSE WAS CANTALEVERED FROM IT.
