Vortex House (in construction)
Malibu, California 2008-

The project’s ambition lies in its dramatic spatial modulation and the saturation of its interior with the visual and geometric material of the surrounding site. Rather than understanding the views as a way to release the interior to the exterior, the surrounding geometric and topographic features are drawn into the interior to condition its atmosphere. Artificial and natural geometries are characterized as of the same fluid medium, and the house is a vortex into which this material is drawn. This ambition shapes each part of the house’s organization: a five-sided sculpted massing, a folded roof plane, an exterior wrapper, and a covered patio.



murmur principal:
Heather Roberge

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View from Northeast  

Construction Photo  

 

Site Plan  

Floor Plan  

 

 

1 North Elevation, 2 South Elevation

Massing Model  

Roof Plan  

Massing Model  

Interior View from Kitchen  

Interior View of Living Area  

Unrolled Interior Elevation (scroll to the right)

View From Southeast