The clients for this house renovation / extension, a couple with three daughters, are a creative, democratic unit. The father directs film trailers, the mother is a graphic designer and illustrator, while the high school / middle school / elementary school aged daughters are all immersed in their own versions of their parents visual cultures. The family have asked that 1,000 sf be added to the site in addition to the existing 1,000 sf house.
The scheme leaves half of the house for the daughter’s bedrooms and incorporates the other half plus new extensions in front and back into a public zone and a private bedroom for the parents.
This strategy amounts
to a new 16 ft wide linear house being inserted into the existing house.
Multi-toned, bright colors accentuate the new pieces which suggests a graphic
expression representative of the family’s interests.
Neil Denari +
Duks Koschitz
125615
Washington Blvd
Los
Angeles, CA 90066
t +1 310 390 303366
f +1 310 390 9810
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PROJECT: Alan-Voo Family House
LOCATION :Los Angeles, CA
PROGRAM: 2,000 sf conversion of residence
CLIENT: Eric Alan and Rhonda Voo
BUDGET: $700,000
CATEGORY: Residential
STATUS: Completed July 2007
PROJECT TEAM: Neil Denari and Duks Koschitz with Joe Willendra
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Channelbeta Information Channel on Contemporary Architecture |
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[2009-01-30] |
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photo by the author
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