30th Annual ASID Design Silver Award

Woven Space

Design Concept:
The design challenge was to create an intimate family home innately connected to its site and anchored around a saltwater aquarium serving as the transition between the informal and formal spaces. The mass of the house modulates in and out, creating three exterior rooms with unique qualities of light and views. The fourth environment is created internally with a stunning, 4 foot by 9 foot, saltwater aquarium, spanning two stories with a basement eco support system.

The formal spaces are separated from the intimate family space by this unique “ocean room.” The kitchen, family room, and internal stair weave amongst the aquarium; connecting the three outdoor spaces back to this internal ocean jewel. To achieve the level of glazing required to celebrate the connection to the exterior, an efficient building envelope was developed, photovoltaics were implemented to offset aquarium energy usage, and efficient and properly sized mechanical systems were integrated.

Posted April 1, 2014

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