Designet Stair Hus av William Price er en høyt verdsatt vinner av den svært prestisjetunge 2023 A' Design Award i Jern i konkurransekategorien Arkitektur-, bygnings- og strukturdesign.

JernArkitektur· 2023

Stair Hus

av William Price

Klient: Billl Price

Vinner av A' Design Award i Jern i kategorien Arkitektur

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Om Stair Hus

Dette prosjektet utfordrer status quo innen boligdesign, med vekt på inkorporering av miljømessig og kulturell bærekraft i sine kjerneverdier. Gjennom en refortolkning av en eksisterende typologi utvider det grensene for hva som er mulig på en smal urban utfyllingstomt. Bruken av bærekraftige materialer, dype plantekasserekkverk og overdekkede uteplasser oppmuntrer til en forbindelse med naturen og kryssventilasjon. Huset er en refleksjon av hvordan forholdet til naturen og hverandre utvikler seg i konteksten av urbant boligliv.

Anerkjennelsen

Om A' Design Award i Jern

Stair Hus er vinner av A' Design Award i Jern, en prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles gode design som oppfyller de profesjonelle og industrielle kravene man forventer av veldesignede skaperverk. Jernvinnere viser stor dyktighet, høy spesialisering, ekspertforståelse og kreativ kapasitet hos skaperne. Stair Hus forventes å være et høyt ansett, beundret og verdsatt skaperverk som er praktisk og nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Jern, integrerer bransjens beste praksis og har kompetente tekniske egenskaper knyttet til kunnskap og talent. Stair Hus respekteres for sin grundighet og er utformet for å gi forbedringer i livskvalitet som bidrar til å gjøre verden til et bedre sted.

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Krediteringer, teammedlemmer og tekniske detaljer levert av designeren.

Unike egenskaper: The project challenges the limited ways of thinking about residential design today as it relates to environmentally and culturally sustainable solutions. Under the umbrella of cultural and environmental sustainability, the house attempts to reinterpret an existing typology and provoke thought regarding how our relationship with nature and living with one another will evolve as we live longer in cities.
Dimensjoner og emballasje: This 3-story 3000 sq ft house sits on a 30ft by 100ft lot. The structure has wood framing and steel moment frames, and the walls are 30% recycled corrugated galvalume with insulated operable windows. The roof is waterproofed with TPO and has rigid and batt insulation. Outdoor patios have deep planter guard rails, and 3 types of stairs provide vertical circulation: circular, kick back, and tapered straight-run.
Stikkord: Nature, Green, House, Stair, Typology, Metal
Produksjonsteknologi: The project is conceived as two volumes stacked atop one another. Each is made accessible to the other using three types of stairs. A tapered straight-run stair takes you from the street to the second level, a spiral stair takes you from the ground floor courtyard to the roof and a kickback stair takes you from the ground floor to the third floor. The lower volume is enclosed, released, and partitioned by a series of transparent and opaque walls. They move from the interior to the exterior, where they hold and gather nature, making it available to the interior.
Designutfordring: The creative challenge of the project centered around providing a comfortable living space with an emphasis on outdoor living, nature, air, and sunlight, all within the constraints of a narrow urban infill lot in Downtown, Houston Texas. The design incorporated open floor plans and large elevations of glass to maximize natural light. The three levels of the house feature covered outdoor patios, operable windows, and planter guard rails to promote cross-ventilation and a connection to nature. The use of deep planters on the patios added a lush, green element to the outdoor spaces and created a sense of privacy and intimacy.
Forskning: The Project attempts to bring together the best of the Dog Trot and Spanish Colonial houses while in essence bypassing their limitations. It is a living space that seizes upon the positive attributes of typology radically modified in light of the overriding and timely concerns of our time.
Inspirasjon: The Stair House draws inspiration from the traditional Dog Trot Houses located in the southern United States. The incorporation of breezeways in these houses promoted the circulation of air, which has been adapted into the Stair House design, both horizontally and vertically. Furthermore, the project takes inspiration from Spanish Colonial houses in the south that utilize porches to provide deep shade, protection from rain, and stairs to mitigate the challenges of second-floor living and being elevated off the ground.
Prosjektvarighet: The project started in January 2014 and finished in July 2018. Stair House is in the Lower Heights neighborhood of Downtown Houston, Texas. It is situated to the south of the White Oak Bayou and to the north of the rail line to Chaney Junction. Contextually the site is bound by the edge of an industrial zone to the south and the Olivewood Cemetery to the East with two and three-story residential development to the west. The Olivewood Cemetery marks where the First and Sixth Wards meet. It is a resting place for freed slaves and is the first African American cemetery in the Houston city limits.
Bildekreditering: image #1: courtesy of Bill Price and Photographer Ben Hill, editing by Alan Jauregui, 2022
image #2: courtesy of Bill Price and Photographer, 2022
image #3: courtesy of Bill Price and Photographer, 2022
image #4: courtesy of Bill Price and Photographer, 2022
image #5: courtesy of Photogrpaher Bill Price, 2021