Monday, July 14, 2014

Russet Residence by Splyce Design

Splyce Design have completed the Russet Residence in West Vancouver, Canada.


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Project description



This project is located in West Vancouver on a steep site with mature cedar and Douglas fir to the west and an ocean view to the south. The house responds to these conditions by nestling itself into the hill while also projecting out over it to maximize views and connectivity to the landscape.


Due to its proximity to the rugged and sloping creekside bank to the west, the house was subject to strict environmental and geotechnical conditions, including a required setback from the top of the bank that pushed the building’s foundation eastwards. The resultant footprint was awkwardly narrow, so to gain back valuable space, a portion of the main and upper floor is cantilevered back out past the foundation, allowing the native creekside vegetation to grow up, under and around as an uninterrupted, wild, forest floor.


This reclamation of space is clearly pronounced in the dining room, where it projects fifteen feet out past the concrete foundation wall. By eliminating window frames and extending the glazing panels on all three sides of the room, past the floor and ceiling planes, the space dissolves into the adjacent forest canopy and provides framed views though to the ocean beyond.


Tucked into the hill, the front of the house is deceptively modest in scale, set off by the large mature cedar that anchors the front yard. The topography of the site reveals itself as one descends the exterior stairs adjacent to the forest and follows the exposed concrete wall to the main entry. Continuing through to the interior, the wall rises up seventeen feet to help frame the bright circulation volume, with stairs leading to the upper floor and down to the main living spaces.


From this space, one gains an understanding and orientation of the home in relation to the site, its topography, and movement of the sun across the building by way of the wall-to-wall skylight above. Subtle hints of views to the sky, ocean and forest are suggested from this vantage point but it’s not until one moves deeper into the house when they are fully revealed. The overall porosity and openness of space lends itself to effective cross ventilation, while a balance of solidity and robust materiality and massing serve to anchor the house to the land.



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Design: Splyce Design

Build: Powers Construction


Photography by Ivan Hunter


Clothesline Tube : Portable Clothes Drying Rack by Wagner Conz

Population growth is always constant and, consequently, the number of properties increases and their size decreases, as well as the rooms, therefore household products need to be increasingly versatile. The Clothesline Tube is a design proposal that features minimalist and functional design, it offers the idea of a “tube” out of the conventional patterns, joining the support (cover with base) and hanging (cover with rods) functions. When closed, it is just a “tube”, flip the covers, you’ll get a clothes drying rack, where the rods and the base fulfill their function with only force of gravity. Due to its portability, you can take this with you anywhere and set it up in different places, combining practicality with versatility, also adapting to the environments with limited spaces.


Designer : Wagner Conz


Clothesline Tube by Wagner Conz


Clothesline Tube by Wagner Conz



Clothesline Tube by Wagner Conz


Clothesline Tube by Wagner Conz


Clothesline Tube by Wagner Conz


Clothesline Tube by Wagner Conz


Clothesline Tube by Wagner Conz


Clothesline Tube by Wagner Conz


Tuvie has received “Clothesline Tube” project from our ‘Submit A Design‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their design/concept for publication.


Clothesline Tube : Portable Clothes Drying Rack by Wagner Conz is originally posted on Tuvie - Modern Industrial Design


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