Someone recently asked me to suggest a precedent for single family housing on hill sides, and I drew a blank...of course I could think of a few..but none that did it well - integrating the landscape with the house, both visually and spatially.
check out the rokko (i think am spelling the name right) housing by ando...its an apartment complex, as i recall, but the layouts,views and construction are really cool
schindler made a career out of building houses that respond innovatively to their difficult sites. the wolfe house in particular is interesting, as it is likely the direct antecedent of wright's usonian houses- which are good case studies themselves.
maybe look at "building the slope", by dominique rouillard. it deals with houses built in california from 1920 to 1960 and uses many schindler precedents. at times kind of simplistic, but useful nonetheless in its straight forward presentation of a number of site strategies.
and i'm pretty sure that there is a richard meier house in northern michigan (the douglas house in harbor springs, maybe??) that is adjacent a hill and consequently the entry is on the top level instead of the bottom.
Hill side single family housing
Someone recently asked me to suggest a precedent for single family housing on hill sides, and I drew a blank...of course I could think of a few..but none that did it well - integrating the landscape with the house, both visually and spatially.
check out the rokko (i think am spelling the name right) housing by ando...its an apartment complex, as i recall, but the layouts,views and construction are really cool
Dragger House - Frank Israel
Douglas House - Richard Meier
Numerous FLW and Schindler homes. The Sturges residence in LA is incredible (amazing in person, also amazing it's only like 900 sqft).
schindler - wolfe house
schindler - elliot house
jersey devils- hill house
like trace and silverlake already mentioned:
schindler made a career out of building houses that respond innovatively to their difficult sites. the wolfe house in particular is interesting, as it is likely the direct antecedent of wright's usonian houses- which are good case studies themselves.
maybe look at "building the slope", by dominique rouillard. it deals with houses built in california from 1920 to 1960 and uses many schindler precedents. at times kind of simplistic, but useful nonetheless in its straight forward presentation of a number of site strategies.
Alejandro Aptilon is doing a gfreat one in Mexico city...
Peter Stutchbury of Stutchbury and Pape....not bad for an Aussie :)
although i couldn't name any specific projects, i would assume that john lautner has done a few of these...try looking him up.
and i'm pretty sure that there is a richard meier house in northern michigan (the douglas house in harbor springs, maybe??) that is adjacent a hill and consequently the entry is on the top level instead of the bottom.
Johnston Marklee - Hill House
how could I forget Lautner...another great
i'll do it for $12,500.00!
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