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Suspension House / Fougeron Architecture
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Textual content description supplied by the architects. Suspended between two stunning California hills, this rework spans a creek and boasts a waterfall within the again yard.
A person-made object in nature might exist in concord or disparity. The purpose was to reconnect this construction into the surroundings whereas finest using the distinctive website for the shoppers.
Within the state of California, it’s now not authorized for properties to be suspended over a creek. Due to this fact, there have been strict tips on how use the prevailing construction as the premise for design. Most significantly, the brand new residence needed to comply with the precise define of the prevailing home and decks.
The purpose with this distinctive website was to reinforce the connection of the construction to the close by our bodies of water and the rock face. Somewhat than bearing down and disturbing the creek beneath, the brand new structural system has been anchored to the bedrock inside the flanks of the hill, suspending the house utterly over the water. By opening site-lines and utilizing clear supplies, floor-to-ceiling home windows, see-through flooring and open-concept outside areas resembling floating staircases, the pure water options are seen from the back and front of the home.
To permit for the enlargement of the third ground and to take away earlier structural columns within the creek mattress, a metal construction was inserted beneath the prevailing flooring. Somewhat than conceal this help system, it’s uncovered on all of the flooring.
The primary two flooring’ construction and orientation comply with the prevailing home, however the brand new third ground rotates 90 levels to higher relate to the location. This shift breaks up the mass of the construction, giving some levity and peak, whereas differentiating itself from the decrease flooring. Atop a metal body, the roof—like the house itself—hovers, making a dynamic area with plenty of pure mild.
The Suspension House without delay balances the position of structure—particularly modernism—in nature with the position of the shopper to residence.
