Los Angeles studio Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects has accomplished a modern stucco house in Venice Seaside, California.
Accomplished in June 2022, the three,400-square foot (315-square metre) house – referred to as Navy Home – comprises a two-storey main unit and a versatile two-bedroom unit on the bottom ground that would finally be annexed into the principle residence.
Situated in an space between Santa Monica and Venice Seaside, the house is close to the ocean however surrounded by residence buildings alongside a dead-end industrial avenue and well-trafficked alley.
The house’s white stucco stands out from its bricked neighbours however suits into the eclectic neighbourhood, counting on the adjoining homes to offer a layer of color and texture.
The house has a tall weathering metal fence and upward-oriented terraces that prioritize privateness for the consumer who was looking for sanctuary in a busy space.
“We wished to create clear well-lit areas from which one may expertise the sensations of being close to to the ocean breeze and the sound of waves and supply a peaceable respite from the city context exterior,” the Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects (EYRC) workforce stated.
“Inspiration was additionally drawn from modest home precedents in Japan utilizing easy supplies and maximizing pure gentle and air in several methods.”
The home steps again from the road on the higher stage, creating a big “sky backyard” and cuts in from the alley on the decrease stage for a cantilevered storage. In any other case, the easy rectangular infill kind appears unbroken from the outside.
A personal backyard holds the road edge, whereas a wood exterior entry stair with a boxy metallic railing opens to a light-filled field with floor-to-ceiling glass, low-maintenance concrete flooring and white oak particulars.
The principle ground encompasses a steady double-height dwelling and eating area, ignored by a mezzanine-level examine that connects to the first suite.
The ethereal inside is marked by clear traces and sq. edges just like the flat-front kitchen cabinetry and waterfall inland.
Gentle travels by means of the slender home courtesy of enormous wall-to-wall home windows on both finish and clerestory and vertical home windows tucked alongside the get together line partitions.
On the highest stage, a personal elevated sky backyard — an EYRC signature — “opens to the heavens, permitting for recent ocean air and a respite from the dense urbanity surrounding the home,” the studio stated.
“You’ll be able to hear the sounds of town however you are not essentially staring on the alley.”
Designed with flexibility in thoughts, the massive main bed room could be partitioned off for a future visitor room and Murphy beds enable the house to adapt to its resident’s wants with a Northern European fashion effectivity.
The Navy Home shares stucco and wooden traits with the close by curved residence by Pentagon and Half Workplace’s renovated live-work condos for clear white, monolithic constructions with pure touches.
The pictures is by Nico Marquez.
