PROJECT Chalon Road House
LOCATION Bethesda, Maryland,
PROJECT COMPLETION DATE 10/31/2014
ARCHITECT Dynerman Architects pc
ASSOCIATED ARCHITECT OVS Landscape Architect - Lisa Delplace Principal
OWNER/CLIENT CONFIDENTIAL
CONTRACTOR Horizon Builders
PHOTOGRAPHER
Paul Warchol
DESIGN TEAM
Alan Dynerman, FAIA, Vanya Tritten, Chris Nakamura
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT:
This home is for a family of 10. In this era of “small is heroic” it’s important to say this up front – this is a big house. Beyond the greater number of playrooms and bedrooms and typical spaces that serve non-typical numbers –dining table for 24, family room TV area for 12, basement playrooms that could support a day camp - the essential program is simple - living/dining, kitchen and breakfast room, family room, etc. Requirements not as common included a gym to be adjacent to the home-office and a study hall for the children. The sheer size of the project, over 20,000 sq. ft. brought into sharp relief the challenge of creating livable spaces with appropriate scale and warmth. From initial discussions and earliest sketches our design focused on the dual intentions of integrating building & landscape and developing an architecture that melds a tactile legibility with the abstractions of element and mass. Based on core architectural issues - solid/void, light/shadow, mass/span, our solution works to make clear the materiality and construction of the work and recognizes the importance of gravity and light in the making of architecture. Separating indoor from out on the ground floor is a continuous wall of glass interrupted by stone chimney masses and “floating” cabinets. These elements provide moments of closure and privacy to an otherwise open plan. The play of light, shadow, materiality, furniture, and section brings scale and intimacy to the spaces. Sited hard to the southern edge of the lot and organized along an east/west axis the house opens north to a lawn/play area and to the east to a terrace and pool.
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Chalon Road House
Category
AIA Potomac Valley > Residential Architecture - Single Family (AIA Potomac Valley)
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