Johnston Marklee & Associates

Hill House, Pacific Palisades, California

La Casa de la Colina de Marklee está diseñada bajo condiciones generadas por problemas de construcción en el terreno. El sitio, un lote de forma irregular ubicado en una accidentada pendiente, ofrece vistas panorámicas del Cañón de Santa Mónica.

El diseño de la casa capitaliza esas restricciones del terreno y de la reglamentación edilicia como una oportunidad para tallar formas y espacios, en apariencia caprichosos, que son meros resultantes de encajar el edificio en los límites reglamentarios.

Johnston Marklee & Associates

Fotos: Eric Staudenmaier
Fotos: Julius Shulman

Texto original en inglés::

The Hill House is designed under conditions generated by modern problems of building on the hillside. The site, an irregular shaped lot situated on an uneven downhill slope, offers panoramic views of Santa Monica Canyon. The design of the house utilizes the restriction of hillside and zoning ordinance to create a spatial and structural opportunity - adopting the zoning envelope as a building form. The dynamic form minimizes distinction between roof and wall planes while maximizing interior and exterior.

HILL HOUSE by JOHNSTON MARKLEE & ASSOCIATES
Pacific Palisades, California
October 2004

Architect: Johnston Marklee & Associates, Los Angeles; Mark Lee (Principal in Charge), Sharon Johnston AIA, Jeff Adams & Mark Rea Baker (Project Architects); Diego Arraigada, Brennan Buck, Michelle Cintron, Daveed Kapoor, Anne Rosenberg, Anton Schneider (Project Team)

Developer: Lucas Ma, President, Markee LLC

Owner: Chan Luu

Contractor: Hinerfeld-Ward, Inc., Los Angeles
Structural Engineer: William Koh & Associates, Los Angeles
Landscape: Lush Life LA, Los Angeles
Lighting Consultant: Dan Weinreber, Los Angeles

Photography: Eric Staudenmaier