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Transtion through this elegant threshold to reach the backyard.

Urban Angles

閑静な住宅地に計画したRC造2階建ての住宅。プライバシーの確保と開放性が求められた。そこで縦長のヴォリュームを敷地中央におき、南北両面に庭をとることで、 生活空間を緑豊かな緩衝空間で取り囲む配置とした。中央のヴォリュームはプログラムにあわせて4つのブロックに分節し、それらを少しだけずらしながら繋いでいる。これにより外部に表れるヴォリュームは程よく分節され、庭に変化がうまれる。また内部には視線や風の抜け道が生まれるとともに、空間に適度なたまりができた。エントランス・リビング・ダイニング・キッチン、各部屋からはそれぞれの空間の特性に合わせた庭を楽しむことができる。重厚感ある本実のRC壁・豊かな緑に囲われ、外との繋がりをもちながらも落ち着きのある住宅となった 主要用途：住宅 構造：RC造 構造設計：YSE 施工：滝沢建設 所在地：東京 竣工：2008

Mark Tessier Landscape Architecture designed this textural, drought tolerant, warm modern garden to complement the mid-century design of the home. The use of various materials including gravel, reclaimed and ipe wood, and concrete mixed with a lush drought resistant planting palette offer a homeowners and visitors a multi sensory environment. Photos by Art Gray

Reverse Shed Eichler This project is part tear-down, part remodel. The original L-shaped plan allowed the living/ dining/ kitchen wing to be completely re-built while retaining the shell of the bedroom wing virtually intact. The rebuilt entertainment wing was enlarged 50% and covered with a low-slope reverse-shed roof sloping from eleven to thirteen feet. The shed roof floats on a continuous glass clerestory with eight foot transom. Cantilevered steel frames support wood roof beams with eaves of up to ten feet. An interior glass clerestory separates the kitchen and livingroom for sound control. A wall-to-wall skylight illuminates the north wall of the kitchen/family room. New additions at the back of the house add several “sliding” wall planes, where interior walls continue past full-height windows to the exterior, complimenting the typical Eichler indoor-outdoor ceiling and floor planes. The existing bedroom wing has been re-configured on the interior, changing three small bedrooms into two larger ones, and adding a guest suite in part of the original garage. A previous den addition provided the perfect spot for a large master ensuite bath and walk-in closet. Natural materials predominate, with fir ceilings, limestone veneer fireplace walls, anigre veneer cabinets, fir sliding windows and interior doors, bamboo floors, and concrete patios and walks. Landscape design by Bernard Trainor: www.bernardtrainor.com (see “Concrete Jungle” in April 2014 edition of Dwell magazine). Microsoft Media Center installation of the Year, 2008: www.cybermanor.com/ultimate_install.html (automated shades, radiant heating system, and lights, as well as security & sound).

Solow Design Group

Photo Credit: Kimberley Bryan © 2013 Houzz

John Chiasson

Photography by dustin peck photography, inc.

Roadside view of entry gate. Gate design by Roger Hill, Landscape Architect. The gate is constructed of green slumped glass panels set in a galvanized steel frame.