This 2,300 square feet single-family house is located
on a very small inner city lot in the one of the city’s
oldest neighborhoods. This neighborhood was ravaged
by the Great Fire of 1917 and, more recently, by a new
freeway half a block from the site so the topographic
conditions wasn’t very well during the construction.
Although BLDGS architects managed to overwhelm
all bad conditions and build the nice contemporary
house with a quite usual for them dark exterior.
The interior of the house is a direct response on urban
conditions. The multi-faceted planes of the exterior walls
define, through mass and materials, the spaces and elements
of the residential interior, further linking the house to the city.
At the center of the plan a skylight pierces the upper level
to bring natural light to the main level, providing a vertical
connection between the floors.
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