Facades are clad in corrugated aluminum, which was selected for its durability and affordability. On the front elevation, upper windows are covered with a mesh made from aluminum panels, which were custom perforated and then sealed. Inside, the spaces are finished in white and oak.
Everden Residence by StudioAC. Photograph by Doublespace Photography.
Project description by StudioAC
Everden is a single-family residence, newly built construction. The brief was to create a home that felt unique and personal to the homeowners, unapologetically contemporary, while still having cues to the traditional ideas of “house”. What followed was a three-story form, reading as stacked boxes, carrying the motif of “house” throughout the interior.
While a gabled roof is one of the quintessential icons of “house”, we were interested in elevating this phenomenon beyond motif to a spatial experience that defined a narrative throughout the project. A gabled space on Level 3 relates to the roofline but a decision was made that the ground floor, often relegated to cubic space, should be provided with a gable extrusion as well, enhancing the sense of ‘house’ across the shared living spaces. This combined a planimetric and material direction that would emphasize a three-dimensional stacking and staggering that plays with the definition between form, space, and motif.
Everden Residence by StudioAC. Photograph by Doublespace Photography.
Everden Residence by StudioAC. Photograph by Doublespace Photography.
The Everden house places much of its emphasis on the experience of space, allowing for flexibility with material expression. This approach was integral to working with the client's budget strategy and thesis: create an impactful project without being indulgent. The house features an exterior cladding of corrugated metal - durable, affordable, and familiar. The material is elevated through the precise detailing of levels and parapets to create the illusion of stacked boxes. Similarly, the interior focuses on one critical move: the peaked ceiling scape. This allowed other details to become secondary and in doing so, cost-effective.
The Everden house is an exploration of theme, motif, and spatial experience that is both playful and serious. The project seeks to straddle the fine line between academic and explorative architecture while still being livable, usable, and timeless. This has been a trajectory in the design thinking of StudioAC, specifically concerning developing a spatial logic that transcends typical expectations and seeks to allow the program to define volume.
