This California Steel House is situated on the historic Case Study No 8. Site (designed by Ray and Charles Eames), so in line with the late modernist tradition I began working with a pure platonic solid and became increasingly interested in how the site relationship and structural adjacencies could work together to distort this pure reading.

By using rotation as a catalyst for generating posture and dynamism along the house exterior allowed for the primary diagonal structural members to exist external to the living space. As a result the interior becomes pavillionized and the spaces blur together from room to room. The cladding strategy explores the notion of occupiable thresholds as the facade delaminates to create a perimeter deck akin to early Japanese house designs. This exterior walkway is partially covered with a ETFE membrane skin that provides sun and wind protection while allowing for a cool and controlled climate inside the thin membrane. The house is fully accessible because the master bedroom and all clearance / turning radii accommodate a handicapped client. The second floor consists of additional bedrooms and terrace spaces to enjoy rotational views out to the pacific.

This project received the 2015 Currents Prize at UCLA's Architecture and Urban Design Graduate school for exemplifying design excellence and innovation and thus, the drawings and model were displayed in the school gallery for 10 weeks.