American studio SPF Architects has included an aluminium pores and skin and an higher quantity that “seems to drift” over the bottom stage at accomplished the Bronze and Black Home in California.
Positioned in Beverly Hills, the house was constructed on a property that stretches between the ends of two separate cul-de-sacs.
“It grew to become crucial to attach the 2 for simpler website entry, firefighting and potential escape routes,” mentioned Zoltan Pali, founding father of SPF Architects, which is also called SPF:a.
“These ideas created the location diagram and finally the buildings’ kinds.”
In plan, the house consists of two offset bars organized on a linear backbone operating north to south.
The volumes have been “intentionally offset to offer intuitive entry from both finish of the property” whereas additionally optimising entry and egress in case of an emergency.
One bar has two ranges and serves as the principle residence. The opposite bar is a single-level visitor home, which doubles as a studio. The volumes complete 10,000 sq. ft (929 sq. metres).
The higher portion of the principle residence cantilevers over the location, including a dramatic contact to the house whereas creating shaded areas under.
“The higher, heavier mass seems to drift over the decrease, lighter components of the home, creating the lined out of doors areas and the construction’s distinctive geometry,” mentioned Pali.
The higher flooring holds personal areas, whereas the decrease stage comprises the communal zone. Envisioned as “one steady atmosphere”, the bottom stage has areas for cooking, eating and lounging.
“Beneficiant exterior terraces wrap every programmatic component, capitalizing on 360-degree vistas and selling seamless indoor-outdoor dwelling,” the staff mentioned.
In distinction to the elevated major house, the visitor home reads as a rectilinear kind anchored to the bottom.
To unite the 2 constructions, the staff used the identical supplies on the outside – clean, black aluminium panels and anodised bronze aluminium slats.
“Materiality reinforces the challenge’s cohesive id,” the staff mentioned.
The cladding supplies have been chosen for his or her aesthetic worth and efficiency capabilities.
“The panels and slats are put in as a ventilated rainscreen facade system, making the constructing extra waterproof, extra energy-efficient and extra fire-resistant,” mentioned Pali.
Contained in the dwellings, one finds earthy finishes resembling white oak wall panelling and large-aggregate terrazzo flooring.
The challenge additionally entailed panorama interventions that assist tie all the pieces collectively, with California studio Korn Randolph serving because the panorama architect.
“The panorama, pool included, follows the logic of the location diagram, interweaving structure and terrain into one holistic, experiential composition,” the staff mentioned.
Different tasks by SPF Architects embrace the Obama Sports activities Complicated in Los Angeles, which is fabricated from pre-engineered steel constructions, and a three-winged residence that sprawls throughout a hilltop in LA’s Bel Air neighbourhood.
The pictures is by Mike Kelley.
