The Manna House in Glassell Park, California by Jeremy Levine Design

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The Manna House is for a client who has unusual obsession with color. My initial concept was to use a camouflage palette to blend the house into the hillside. My client wanted the anti-camouflage house. The house takes its inspiration from the abstract color field paintings of Kenneth Noland and Josef Albers. Various shades of blue connect the house -sited on the ridge of a hill- to the the sky that serve as its backdrop. Blue is also a reference to how the house “sails” along the top of the hill like a ship.

Front Facade at Dusk, Image Courtesy © Jeremy Levine Design

• Architects: Jeremy Levine Design
• Project: The Manna House
• Location: Glassell Park, California, USA
• Software used: Vectorworks
• Associate Designer: Jonathon Pickup
• Structural Engineer: Micheal Ciortea
• Soil Engineer: GSS Engineering
• General Contractor: Juan Macias
• Materials: Recycled Lumber, Recycled Flooring, Concrete, Stucco, aluminum, Solar Panels
• Square Footage: 1,325 sq.ft.
• Year Built: 2014
• Status: Built

Two buildings connected by a deck, Image Courtesy © Jeremy Levine Design

In plan, the house changes angles to capture different views of the city. This reinforces the feeling of a ship in motion. The house is divide into two structures, living and sleeping, and three decks. These elements are tied together by an undulating facade composed of a 12” horizontal grid that wraps its way into the interior where it defines the layout of all the details.

West Facade, Image Courtesy © Jeremy Levine Design

View from Street Below, Image Courtesy © Jeremy Levine Design

Because the house sits in a special zoning area, we were not allowed to increase the square footage of the existing house. To solve this puzzle, we built a separate structure and connected it to the old house with a structurally independent deck.

Roof Deck, Image Courtesy © Jeremy Levine Design

Work Space, Image Courtesy © Jeremy Levine Design

Family Room View 1, Image Courtesy © Jeremy Levine Design

Family Room View 2, Image Courtesy © Jeremy Levine Design

Staircase, Image Courtesy © Jeremy Levine Design

Tags: California, USA

Categories: House, Residential, Vectorworks

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