Venice, Los Angeles
A screen can serve as a new wrapper in front of something old. Such is the case with Daly Genik's transformation of a house and garage/studio in California into a home for a young couple, with accommodations for their in-laws. The architects added to the house on the courtyard side (seen here) and wrapped the facade in perforated metal panels.
by Daly Genik A screen can serve as a new wrapper in front of something old. Such is the case with Daly Genik's transformation of a house and garage/studio in California into a home for a young couple, with accommodations for their in-laws. The architects added to the house on the courtyard side (seen here) and wrapped the facade in perforated metal panels.
This view looks from the kitchen toward the in-laws' apartment across the courtyard; the latter is also covered in perforated metal that's folded like origami. The metal screen's use as a filter for natural light comes across clearly in this photo, as does the intimacy of the yard.
by Daly Genik
The perforated screen bows out on the house facade to cover a second-floor terrace at the master bedroom. An opening cut into the screen allows views from the house to the in-laws' apartment; everyone can communicate across the yard through the apertures.
by Daly Genik
This last view shows the one-room apartment above the garage. A sliding glass wall extends the interior to the large terrace and its opening facing the house. It's a jewel-like exterior that helps to define a unique outdoor space between the two buildings.
by Daly Genik
Seattle
This house in Washington state is made of wood instead of metal, is orthogonal instead of folded and is new construction instead of a renovation. Vandeventer + Carlander Architects divided it into three elements: two volumes (one big, one small) containing the different spaces and a cantilevered wood screen. The last, of concern here, is lifted above the ground, allowing access to the house from the west.
by Vandeventer + Carlander Architects
This house in Washington state is made of wood instead of metal, is orthogonal instead of folded and is new construction instead of a renovation. Vandeventer + Carlander Architects divided it into three elements: two volumes (one big, one small) containing the different spaces and a cantilevered wood screen. The last, of concern here, is lifted above the ground, allowing access to the house from the west.
This view is looking in the opposite direction from the previous photo; here we see toward the street from the house. This view shows how the spacing of the horizontal wood members varies: It's tighter above the windows to provide shade but looser in front of them to allow views and entry of low winter sunlight.
by Vandeventer + Carlander Architects
The screen extends along the south past the smaller second volume and into the backyard, once again turning the corner. In this photo we can see the shadows cast upon the exterior wall by the wood slats. It also illustrates the privacy that the screen affords from certain angles.
by Vandeventer + Carlander Architects
To cantilever the cedar screen off the exterior wall, some substantial structure was required. The architects use galvanized members that are orthogonal, minus some diagonal bracing for lateral support. Additional shading is visible at the top of the cavity.
by Vandeventer + Carlander Architects
The clients desired a roof terrace, and the architects capped it by a wood trellis that is aesthetically in line with the wood screen covering the south facade. As seen in the previous photo, in parts the two actually meet, when the screen turns to become the trellis. These wood pieces work together to unify the project and give it a fine bit of detail on the exterior.
by Vandeventer + Carlander Architects
Long Island, New York
This last example has a much smaller screen than the first two projects, but it makes up in design for what it lacks in coverage area. Of course, the first question looking at the house, designed by aamodt / plumb architects, may be, "What screen?" Well, it is adjacent to the door at left, parallel to our view here.
by aamodt / plumb architects
This last example has a much smaller screen than the first two projects, but it makes up in design for what it lacks in coverage area. Of course, the first question looking at the house, designed by aamodt / plumb architects, may be, "What screen?" Well, it is adjacent to the door at left, parallel to our view here.
The house is blessed with water views on two sides, the north and the south. This means that the east and west sides face the neighbors, so the architects used screens to provide privacy for the glass walls.
This is a close-up of the screen near the entryway in the previous photo. The floral-like pattern gives a bit of art nouveau flourish to a very modern residence.
by aamodt / plumb architects
This is a close-up of the screen near the entryway in the previous photo. The floral-like pattern gives a bit of art nouveau flourish to a very modern residence.
The floral patterns saturate the entry space when the sun is in the east. Wallpaper certainly isn't needed.
by aamodt / plumb architects
The most dramatic effect is surely created when the sunlight hits the screens, painting floral patterns in light on the wood surfaces.
by aamodt / plumb architects
The house's floor plan is basically a square with a narrow rectangular light well cut into the center. Some of the screens cover the ends of the light well, allowing the dappled light to refract through the glass walls and, in this view, the stair's glass guardrails.
by aamodt / plumb architects
Here is a view looking into the light well from in front of a screen. Reflections off the glass combine with the patterns through the screen to make this a hard-to-understand photograph. Suffice it to say that the screens provide lots of interest on the inside. With their location on the east and west facades, the screens act like a sundial, tracking the sun as it rises and sets.
by aamodt / plumb architects
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