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Lakes Residence Model

Lakes Residence

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    • The 3,500 sf home was specifically designed for a family of four (and two beagles) in the 30-year-old Lakes community (the first lake community in Arizona) of Tempe. The desire for as much exterior yard on a relatively small lot (approx 65' x 125') led to an efficient stacking of two levels with a footprint of approx 25' x 55'. The exception to the stacking is a ground face cmu clad "container" which is a tandem four-car garage on the south which slips through the envelope becoming kitchen, utility room and master bath, and dramatically cantilevers to the north as the master bedroom. Other containers clad in various materials such as bamboo and translucent glass, house bedrooms, bathrooms, and utility functions. Juxtaposed to the programmed containers are flexible spaces that can adapt over time or for special events. Unifying the composition is a wrapping envelope that emerges from the ground and ends as an indirect light fixture illuminating the great room and entry. This wrapper is opaque on the east and west and provides a deep roof overhang on the south. The form is three feet thick which allows for structure, storage and utilities. When weather inspires, the home's main living space's north and south large sliding glass walls open for true indoor/outdoor human (and beagle) comfort and enjoyment of the inherent evaporative cooling from the adjacent lake and pool.
    • Architekton Team
      Douglas Brown
      Peter Goldammer
      Mohenad Itayim
      John Kane
      Gregory Lambright
      Michael Masengarb
      Sophia Meger
      Nick Nevels
      Eliseo Ramirez
      Gonzalo Fernandez-Reuter
      Travis Sheridan
    • Project Team
      Structural: BDA
      Mechanical: Applied Engineering/ESD
      Electrical: ASF Consulting/ESD
      Lighting: RC Lurie/Darryl Gregg
      Landscape: Debra Burnette
      Envelope: Arcadia/Ken Martinek
      Millwork: Chris Madsen
      Contractor: 180 Degrees, Inc.

    • Awards
      2007 AIA Western Mountain Region Merit Award
      2006 AIA Arizona Home of the Year Award
      2006 Arizona Masonry Guild Gold Trowel Award

      Publications
      March 2008, The Arizona Republic, "Life in and Out of the BOX"
      May/June 2007, Sources +Design, "Brick and Stone-Arizona's Award–Winning Masonry Projects"
      July/August 2006, Desert Living, "Home Grown"

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