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Vault House

Vault House is situated on a densely developed Californian beach site and challenges the standard prime, single-view typology by applying a strategy of complex layering of transparent interior spaces. With a series of stacked and unidirectional vaults contained within a simple solid mass, the parallel orientation of the rooms within the house becomes a filter that emphasizes the continuation of the oceanfront view from the beachfront façade to the street. Similar to the paradigm of a shotgun-house, the singular direction of the vaults maximizes the connection of all spaces within a deep building, meanwhile incorporating the ideal exterior landscape of the ocean and horizon.

Client

Location

Oxnard, CA, US

Years

2008-2013

Site Area

10,000 sf

Floor Area

5,000 sf

Partners

Sharon Johnston, Mark Lee

Project Team

Katrin Terstegen (Project Manager), Andri Luescher (Project Lead), Nicholas Hofstede, Anton Schneider, Anna Neimark, Yoshi Nagamine, Ryan Roettker

Recognition

  • Best of the Millennium - Citation Award
    AIA Los Angeles
    November 2020

  • American Architecture Award
    The Chicago Athenaeum
    August 2016

  • Best New Private House
    Wallpaper Magazine
    February 2015

  • Best Private Housing
    Archmarathon Awards, Milan, Italy
    November 2014

  • Design Award Citation
    A.I.A. Los Angeles
    October 2014

  • Next LA Honor Award
    A.I.A Los Angeles
    October 2011

CONSULTANT TEAM

Structural Engineer: William Koh & Associates; Lighting Designer: Luminesce Design; Interior Design: Associates III; Art Lights: Light Studio LA; Acoustical Engineer: Veneklasen Associates; A/V: Chapman A/V Systems; Surveyor: Covarrubias Consulting & Research; Coastal Hazard & Wave Runup Study: Geosoils, Inc.; Geotechnical Consultant: Earth Systems Southern California

CONSTRUCTION TEAM

RJP Construction

PHOTOGRAPHY

Eric Staudenmaier

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