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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Alvarado House in San Francisco, California by Terry & Terry Architecture designed using ArchiCADApril 30th, 2011 by Sumit Singhal
The original Alvarado home was a small Victorian, built in the late 19th century. It presented limitations typical of the homes of the era: a very compartmentalized floor plan; dark internal rooms; a small, utilitarian kitchen; and little connection to the outdoors. Our concept was to transform the existing Victorian house to better suit the needs of a modern family, with particular emphasis on changing the rear of the house. One of the challenges was to optimize light, while preserving privacy in a dense urban setting.  Front View
 Night View We maintained certain portions of the original Victorian layout, including the compartmentalized front rooms and the wide hallway that contains the stairs and bathrooms and leads to the kitchen. As one moves to the rear of the house, traces of the original Victorian house dissolve. We designed the new structure at the rear of the house to be a series of interconnected, multi-functional open space for dining, cooking and common living. On the third floor, we added bedrooms/bathrooms, a large stair shaft, with a roof opening to allow light to reach the core of the house.  Exterior View To create transparency at the rear of the house, we used a three-story, steel moment frame. This allowed us to use glass as a membrane, blurring the distinction between the inner volumes of the house and the outdoor deck spaces. The moment frame also gave us greater freedom to manipulate the various volumes of the house. At each level, these volumes straddle the steel moment frame, and through their positioning, they provide shade and privacy to other indoor and outdoor spaces. Finally, we inserted a large patio on the ground level that connects with the garden area.  Alvarado House  Interior View  Kitchen  Alvarado House  Alvarado House  Bedroom  Upper Floor  Roof  Main Floor  Ground Floor
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Tags: California, San Francisco Categories: ArchiCAD, House, Residential |
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