Arshia Architects, ltd receives American Institute of Architects Los Angeles 2016 Design Award.
The house on the cusp of a fold in the Hollywood Hills identifies the differential complexity of the steep hillside as its functional and formal generator. The stark, rigid appearance enters a dialogue with the landscape, defining itself as a real object through the process of alienating its context. The project parameters superimposed forces on the raw massing of the project that developed the final form through an evolutionary iterative process.
Programmatically, the 5,000 SF building is split into two main levels, horizontally organized along a shifted east-west axis. The project traded the lazy concept of material agglomeration in favor of simplicity, yet spatial significance to balance its budgetary goals. The project has aimed to redefine the intentions of the Mulholland Scenic Corridor Specific Plan with its fundamental principles.
