Margaret Esherick House

SCI_Arc Part of a Design Studio / Fall 13'

Instructor : Jonah Rowen

Precedent study 

In order to gain an understanding of the spatial structure of a house, our studio analyzed several different houses by different architects were analyzed as precedents for a Silver Lake residence. I chose Esherick house by Louis Kahn as a primary precedent for its interesting organization of interior spaces as well as the exterior shape of the building: the project is organized following a precise grid along which the facade and the interior spaces are subdivided; however, the grid axes were shifted sideways, resulting in movements in plan and new intersections between the spaces. In order to understand the creation of the finished project, plans and sections were redrawn and distilled into diagrams to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the different functions of the house and the generation of its interior spaces, apertures, and circulation.

Drawings

Diagrams