The University of Kansas design/build studio group Studio 804 has completed construction on their environmentally sustainable Modular 3 prefab home, and landed Architecture magazine's prestigious Home Of The Year Award for their design. Inhabitat
it is hard to not like it the way it is perched on the site.
one thing i don't get is, why one has to transit the whole site and than switch back to the entrance. if anybody can explain the logic behind it to me i would appreciated. maybe to break continuous climb into segments?
1. The entrance stramp (our class's affectionate term for the stair-ramp) faces the back to allow for easier access from the detached garage. Because of the hill, most everyone in the neighborhood brings their car in through the alley and parks it in the back. Our solution was more concerned with addressing everyday usage by the owners rather than the sporadic usage by visitors.
2. we happened to like having to traverse the site then switch-back. It was a feature the owner expressed approval of as well.
thanks arjun. makes sense. like a walk in the park for the visitors and a passive defence from stramped out solicitors.
what a great studio/school. i wished i was......
very nice building, congratulations.
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it is hard to not like it the way it is perched on the site.
one thing i don't get is, why one has to transit the whole site and than switch back to the entrance. if anybody can explain the logic behind it to me i would appreciated. maybe to break continuous climb into segments?
two answers Orhan --
1. The entrance stramp (our class's affectionate term for the stair-ramp) faces the back to allow for easier access from the detached garage. Because of the hill, most everyone in the neighborhood brings their car in through the alley and parks it in the back. Our solution was more concerned with addressing everyday usage by the owners rather than the sporadic usage by visitors.
2. we happened to like having to traverse the site then switch-back. It was a feature the owner expressed approval of as well.
thanks arjun. makes sense. like a walk in the park for the visitors and a passive defence from stramped out solicitors.
what a great studio/school. i wished i was......
very nice building, congratulations.
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