Standard / Architects
2024
An exterior precedent for hillside residential architecture, integrating curved stair circulation, retaining walls, and terraced planting with a lower garage level and upper glazed pavilion.
- What we like about this project
- The curved stair integrates seamlessly into the retaining wall, creating an elevated procession toward the upper terrace.
Materials
- stucco
- glass
- steel-cable-rail
- concrete
- gravel
Visual identifiers
- curved-stair
- stucco-facade
- woodland-setting
- upper-terrace
- sloped-roof
Style tags
- modern
- contextual
- nature-integrated
Visual tags
- residential
- site-integrated
- landscape-architecture
- modernism
- topography
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical massing stepping down a hillside; a curved exterior stair hugs a retaining wall, leading up to an upper-level terrace and glazed pavilion volume.
- Facade system
- Stucco over frame or masonry with ribbon glazing on the upper level.
- Structural guess
- Concrete foundation and retaining walls with wood or steel framing above.
- Spatial scale
- Residential scale; two-story composition integrated directly into the topography.
- Lighting
- Direct sunlight filtering through dense tree canopy, casting dappled shadows across the stucco facade and landscape.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and shaded, blending constructed stucco surfaces with wild woodland greenery.
- Environmental context
- Deep woodland setting with mature deciduous trees framing the hillside architecture.
- Spatial experience
- The approach weaves up through a steep terraced landscape, transitioning from gravel drive and lower garage level up to a sheltered upper terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- Diagonal movement of the stair contrasts with the horizontal band of upper clerestory windows.
- Style reading
- Modern contextual residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residence with garage
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- stucco, glass, steel-cable-rail, concrete, gravel
- Visual identifiers
- curved-stair, stucco-facade, woodland-setting, upper-terrace, sloped-roof
- Style tags
- modern, contextual, nature-integrated
- Visual tags
- residential, site-integrated, landscape-architecture, modernism, topography
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical massing stepping down a hillside; a curved exterior stair hugs a retaining wall, leading up to an upper-level terrace and glazed pavilion volume.
- Facade system
- Stucco over frame or masonry with ribbon glazing on the upper level.
- Structural guess
- Concrete foundation and retaining walls with wood or steel framing above.
- Spatial scale
- Residential scale; two-story composition integrated directly into the topography.
- Lighting
- Direct sunlight filtering through dense tree canopy, casting dappled shadows across the stucco facade and landscape.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and shaded, blending constructed stucco surfaces with wild woodland greenery.
- Environmental context
- Deep woodland setting with mature deciduous trees framing the hillside architecture.
- Spatial experience
- The approach weaves up through a steep terraced landscape, transitioning from gravel drive and lower garage level up to a sheltered upper terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- Diagonal movement of the stair contrasts with the horizontal band of upper clerestory windows.
- Style reading
- Modern contextual residential architecture
- Program
- Single-family residence with garage
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture