Woodcrest Residence in Miami, Florida by KZ Architecture

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The program called for a home for a family of six in an infill lot. The clients wished for a modern dwelling that would embrace their lifestyle, incorporate the landscape and provide a harmonious backdrop to the modern art and furnishings which they have collected over the years.

The site is flanked by single family homes and is located across the street from the neighborhood school. The design of the home aimed to provide privacy from the school street and maximize the site’s potential for private outdoor living spaces.

Rear, Image Courtesy © KZ Architecture

• Architects: KZ Architecture
• Project: Woodcrest Residence
• Location: Miami, Florida, USA

Entry, Image Courtesy © KZ Architecture

Some of the goals set forth in the initial stages of design included:

Minimizing the building footprint and creating a private outdoor courtyard that would be integrated with the indoor spaces despite the change in elevation.

Orienting the main living spaces towards the private courtyard and the more residential street to the West of the site.

Separating the pedestrian and the vehicular/service entries to the home, with the first located along the private residential street and the second on the more public street across from the school.

Rear-Terrace, Image Courtesy © KZ Architecture

Rear-Terrace, Image Courtesy © KZ Architecture

The materials of the house include concrete and wood siding. Large overhangs and metal shading devices help screen the Western sun while allowing natural light to flow into the living spaces.

The metal Screens provide privacy as well as shading devices to modulate the harsh western sun.

The shading devices were designed in collaboration with an artist. They celebrate the power of light as it filters though their patterns both during the day time coming into the house and in the night time flooding into the street.

“I discovered the incredible way the vegetation and trees projected and sifted the light in the neighborhood. I worked with this idea and brought it to something more geometrical, more rational but trying always to preserve that aspect of filtering the light”.

Pool, Image Courtesy © KZ Architecture

Living & Dining, Image Courtesy © KZ Architecture

Stairs, Image Courtesy © KZ Architecture

Kitchen, Image Courtesy © KZ Architecture

Breakfast-nook, Image Courtesy © KZ Architecture

Tags: Florida, USA

Categories: House, Residential, Swimming Pool

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