L house
this project involved establishing a cooperative live-work unit for an artist family of 3—two parents and an 8 year old child. This family connects to a workspace that is shared with another family of artists. the combined two-house, one workspace unit also connects to a larger community of 10 families and 5 cooperative workshops total. This project was set in lawrenceville, pa.
L house drawings
formally, this house is created through the overlap of two L-shaped masses. it works to form connections between private and public spaces to interact with the community on a multitude of levels, while attempting to gather as much solar access as possible given its position wedged in the corner between two houses and a 7’ grade change at the rear.
Technical Section Perspective
Living Room Light Study
Sequence Axonometric Projection
Collective Urban Design Framework
My partner and I occupy plot 4 for the visual artists.
This project focused on performing a series of formal operations centered around creating a primary light well to draw inhabitants in with an inviting entry sequence. It also improving solar access with two other light wells created with two-story spaces throughout the house.
This house is designed to interact heavily with the site and combined urban design framework, as well as with the other visual artist’s house that connects to the shared workspace.
The green roof on top of the bottom L functions as a semi-private backyard, isolated from the central communal courtyard of the shared urban design framework.
This leads up to a more public roof deck which connects to the community on three scales:
Neighbor: connects to the roof deck of the neighboring visual artist
Neighborhood: establishes a visual connection to the neighborhood’s communal courtyard below
Community: provides a view of the greater Lawrenceville landscape and the iconic St. Augustine Church
Living Room Morning Light Study
Entrance
Entryway Light Well, Reflecting Pool, and Garden
Green Roof
Bedroom Light Well
materiality considerations helped to clarify the double L form, establishing them visually as two distinct elements. The bottom L is heavy brick construction, and the upper L consists of lighter wood frame construction. The brick wall penetrates the upper floor to emphasize the central light well.
Materiality and Sequence
Plans, Sections, and Elevations
Shared Workspace
Light, Program, and Form
Physical Model
Renderings
five collaborative live-work units master plan
Live-Work Site Plan
Co-op Parti
Penn Avenue Entrance
Penn & 37th Entrance
37th Street Entrance