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Sanjay Gangal
Sanjay Gangal
Sanjay Gangal is the President of IBSystems, the parent company of AECCafe.com, MCADCafe, EDACafe.Com, GISCafe.Com, and ShareCG.Com.

Levin Residence in Arizona by Ibarra Rosano Design Architects

 
February 16th, 2013 by Sanjay Gangal

Article source: Ibarra Rosano Design Architects

Three simple volumes hover above the desert, responding to the challenges of a sloping site and to an ethic of building with minimal disruption to the natural environment. The available buildable area was bifurcated by a minor drainage-way, which inspired the architects to leave the cars behind and link the parking area to the main house by a bridge that allows rainwater and wildlife to flow beneath it.

Image Courtesy © bill timmerman 

  • Architects: Ibarra Rosano Design Architects 
  • Project: Levin Residence
  • Location: Marana, Arizona, USA
  • Photography: bill timmerman
  • Year Completed: Fall 2011 
  • Square Footage: 3520 sq ft 
  • Contractor: Process Design Build 
  • Structrural Engineer: Harris Engineering Services, LLC 
  • Mechanical / Electrical: Paul Formentini 
  • Cabinets: Stone River Studio 
  • Landscaping: The Garden Gate
  • Software used: PowerCADD, Sketchup

Image Courtesy © bill timmerman

Cantilevered concrete slabs enabled the house to run perpendicular to the topography for optimal solar exposure, for cross-ventilation, and to frame views. Meanwhile, the underside provides shady refuge for desert animals. The tubular forms crop the desert landscape into more intelligible vignettes much like a photographer’s square, celebrating the natural setting and view of the city lights the owner did not even realize they had.

Image Courtesy © bill timmerman

Image Courtesy © bill timmerman 

Image Courtesy © bill timmerman

Image Courtesy © bill timmerman

Image Courtesy © bill timmerman

Image Courtesy © bill timmerman

Image Courtesy © bill timmerman

Image Courtesy © bill timmerman

Image Courtesy © bill timmerman

Image Courtesy © bill timmerman

Image Courtesy © bill timmerman

Image Courtesy © bill timmerman

Model : Image Courtesy Ibarra Rosano Design Architects

Plan : Image Courtesy Ibarra Rosano Design Architects

Site : Image Courtesy Ibarra Rosano Design Architects

Sketch : Image Courtesy Ibarra Rosano Design Architects

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Categories: House, PowerCADD, Residential, SketchUp




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