A-to-Z House / SAW // Spiegel Aihara Workshop
The A-to- Z House proposes an alternative to conventional approaches for expanding an outmoded San Francisco home. Perched on a hillside in Golden Gate Heights, a modest single story 1934 developer vernacular structure had limited space and failed to take advantage of expansive views of Sutro Tower, Golden Gate Park, Sausalito, and the Bay.
© Bruce Damonte
Architects: SAW // Spiegel Aihara Workshop
Location: San Francisco, CA, United States
Lead Architects: Dan Spiegel
Landscape Architect: Megumi Aihara
Area: 2256.0 ft2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Bruce Damonte
Project Collaborators: Dustin Stephens, Monica Sanga, Osma Dossani
Structural Engineer: Strandberg Engineering
© Bruce Damonte
From the architect. The A-to- Z House proposes an alternative to conventional approaches for expanding an outmoded San Francisco home. Perched on a hillside in Golden Gate Heights, a modest single story 1934 developer vernacular structure had limited space and failed to take advantage of expansive views of Sutro Tower, Golden Gate Park, Sausalito, and the Bay.
© Bruce Damonte
But rather than replacing or merely attaching to the existing structure, the A-to- Z strategy seizes upon the existing forms ? scaling, repeating, and manipulating found objects into a contextual collection of structures comprising a dynamic home immersed in its surroundings.
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© Bruce Damonte
Architects: SAW // Spiegel Aihara Workshop
Location: San Francisco, CA, United States
Lead Architects: Dan Spiegel
Landscape Architect: Megumi Aihara
Area: 2256.0 ft2
Project Year: 2016
Photographs: Bruce Damonte
Project Collaborators: Dustin Stephens, Monica Sanga, Osma Dossani
Structural Engineer: Strandberg Engineering
© Bruce Damonte
From the architect. The A-to- Z House proposes an alternative to conventional approaches for expanding an outmoded San Francisco home. Perched on a hillside in Golden Gate Heights, a modest single story 1934 developer vernacular structure had limited space and failed to take advantage of expansive views of Sutro Tower, Golden Gate Park, Sausalito, and the Bay.
© Bruce Damonte
But rather than replacing or merely attaching to the existing structure, the A-to- Z strategy seizes upon the existing forms ? scaling, repeating, and manipulating found objects into a contextual collection of structures comprising a dynamic home immersed in its surroundings.
...
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