MAD PARK RESIDENCE IN SEATTLE, USA

MAD PARK RESIDENCE IN SEATTLE exterior architecture

MAD PARK RESIDENCE IN SEATTLE exterior garden

MAD PARK RESIDENCE IN SEATTLE facade exterior

MAD PARK RESIDENCE IN SEATTLE interior hallway corridor

MAD PARK RESIDENCE IN SEATTLE interior skylight

This project more focuses in a prestigious neighborhood. The goal was to achieve a synthesized design that meets the needs of the client while also investigating how a residence’s architecture can be tested and transformed using new building technologies, materials, and methods. While a former house on the site was demolished, existing grade conditions and site retaining walls had to be maintained. In-place foundations, garages, and gardens determined the footprint for the new residence as well as guided the locations for the interface between interior and exterior spaces.

The owner’s program called for the residence to accommodate a family of six that would also serve as a platform for entertaining and displaying a growing collection of contemporary art. The program also called for a group of exterior garden spaces directly accessible from various interior rooms. Inherent to the program was the need to find a balance between private and public functions yet maintain a cohesive, clear concept that unified the design into a whole. The clients emphasized that they wanted a house that was family oriented and functional – a house that performs – yet the design should also be architecturally challenging and provocative – a house that transforms the normative form of domestic architecture.

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