Hillside House Design Remodeling Integrates Sustainable Strategies
The project of Envisioned by studio Schola Architecture is a remodel of an old house located on a hillside and currently integrates sustainable strategies, such as solar orientation, deep overhangs, operable glass and the use of renewable building materials. It nestled into a steeply sloping 5,000-square foot site, the volumes step up the hillside to the rear of the existing home creating an ascending series of interior and exterior spaces, giving access to all levels of the property. This home conversion sited in Laguna Beach, in California, USA. The existing home creates the traditional base for the house, the new addition exploits the modular nature of post and beam connections. A monolithic concrete block mass anchors the addition; from which structure and glass pin wheel off creating ever dematerializing living spaces that open up to the views as one moves up through the home.
Imposing Two Story Contemporary Home in Laguna Beach
Remodeling Old Hillside House Design by Integrating Sustainable Concept
Operable Glass and the Use of Renewable Building Materials
Creating an Ascending Series of Interior and Exterior Spaces
Modular Nature of post and Beam Connections
