UPSIDE HOUSE
House for Etekt.com
Commissioned Prototype

Design: 2001

Assuming the dimensions of a generic developer lot, the Upside House amplifies the spatial possibilities of suburban living - combining the modernist predilection for open space with the privacy required for domestic life. The desire for open plan living is consummated on the ground floor, where a single continuous space is augmented by a series of "drop-ins," hanging extrusions of the second story bedroom mass containing necessary programmatic elements determined by the individual requirements of the occupant. Conversely, the upper story is a solid mass of enclosed rooms which can be excavated to provide requisite double height spaces resulting in spatial and visual exchanges between above and below, private and public space.