VilLA NM

 
VilLA NM
Upstate New York, USA 2000-2006
 
In the design for this single family house the sloping site
is used as a device for programmatic and volumetric organization.
A box-like volume bifurcates into two separate volumes;
one seamlessly following the northern slope;
the other lifted above the hill creating a covered parking space
and generating a split-level internal organization.
The volumetric transition is generated by a set of five parallel walls
that rotate along a horizontal axis from vertical to horizontal.
The ruled surface maintaining this transition is repeated five times in the building.
From inside the huge window strips from floor to ceiling allow a fluid continuity
between interior and landscape.
From the exterior the reflective glass seams to become one with its surroundings.
 
Client: Anonymous
Location: Upstate New York
Building area: 300 m2
Program: single family house
Status/phase: construction/ realization August 2006
 
 
 
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