Ro54 Fale mo se Aiga e Tasi by Arshia Mahmoodi

Ro54 Fale mo se Aiga e Tasi by Arshia Mahmoodi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Auro in Mamanu Fausaga Fale Competition Category.

AuroFausaga Fale· 2023

Ro54 Fale mo se Aiga e Tasi

by Arshia Mahmoodi

Client: Arshia Architects

A' Design Award Auro Winner in Fausaga Fale Category

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The Design

About Ro54 Fale mo se Aiga e Tasi

O le RO54 o se fale mo se aiga e tasi na fausia i luga o se saite i tafatafa o se mauga i Los Angeles. E faaaogā e le fale se faatulagaga fola vaeluaina (split-level) faatasi ai ma fola ua faatulaga faasolosolo faataamilo i se avanoa tutotonu. O faasitepu felavasa'i i le ogatotonu e aumaia ai le susulu o le lā ma sootaga vaaia i le fola pito i lalo, lea e faaitiitia ai le mamao faaletino ma le faalemafaufau i le va o potu. O le atigi pito i fafo na viliina i le masini CNC mai se mamanu faatekinolosi ma e mulimuli i foliga sologa lelei o taavale. O se vaega faalava e 16 futu le umi i le fola lona lua e fai ma faamalu o le faitotoa autu. O faatulagaga fola matala e mafai ai ona toe faatulaga meaafale.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Auro

O le A' Design Award Auro na manumalo ai Ro54 Fale mo se Aiga e Tasi, o se faamaoniga matuā mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu o le tulaga muamua, matagofie ma maoaʻe. O ē manumalo i le Auro o galuega fou tele, matuā vaai i le lumanaʻi ma susulu e faaalia ai le atamai, le poto ma le tomai o tagata mamanu. E faamoemoeina Ro54 Fale mo se Aiga e Tasi e avea ma mea fou e matuā vivii, e faatulaga ai uiga fou ma tetele, e tuuina mai ai se tau e leʻi iai muamua. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Auro o se galuega ofoofogia, ua faaaloalogia, e aogā tele ma tuleia atu tapulaʻa o le faatufugaga, saienisi, mamanu ma tekonolosi. Ro54 Fale mo se Aiga e Tasi e fatuina ai lagona malosi o le manaʻo, faaosofia le tuinanau, faalauiloa le fatufatuaʻi ma faamalosia i tatou.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Automotive inspired intelligible shell, CNC milled from digital design.
Split level architecture with central bridging stairs to allow sunlight and visual connection to the deepest level.
Dynamic 16 ft cantilever of the second floor creating an entrance canopy and shaded prelude.
Fluidity in circulation and open floor plans that allow for rearrangement of furniture and interior decoration.
Correlation of exterior form and interior hulk.
Museum-quality basement grand room.
Dimensions & Packaging: 17246mm x 19735mm x 7315mm
Tags: split-level configuration, sensory performance, streamline automotive aesthetics, dynamic cantilever, fluidity circulation G exterior & interior correlation
Production Technology: Automotive inspired intelligible shell, CNC milled from digital design.
Split level architecture with central bridging stairs to allow sunlight and visual connection to the deepest level.
Dynamic 16 ft cantilever of the second floor creating an entrance canopy and shaded prelude.
Fluidity in circulation and open floor plans that allow for rearrangement of furniture and interior decoration.
Correlation of exterior form and interior hulk.
Museum-quality basement grand room.
Design Challenge: How can we minimize the physical and psychological distances between different chambers in a residential assemblage? Most homes are constructed with rooms arranged in either horizontal or vertical layouts, which often lead to partitioning and separation due to privacy or functional requirements. Walls, doors, and other barriers typically divide these spaces.
Research: Our aim for tackling this stoic problem was to reduce the time (Δt) required to access other spaces in the program, physically or psychologically. We looked at the problem on a horizontal plane (xy axis), where we aimed to dissolve all unnecessary divisions. This meant direct visual connection from one space to most other spaces in the house, which shortened the time of accessing information in other parts of the house, therefore reducing its psychological distances.
Inspiration: The design vocabulary was informed by streamline automotive aesthetics, proposing every technology in the house to have exponent performance discreetly, allowing the architectural space to deliver a sensory performance.
Project Duration: 07/2017-06/2022
1254 Roberto Ln, Bel Air, CA 90077, USA
Operation Flow: The project itself provided for an inclusive engagement with its surrounding space by means of large open spaces and utilization of the ideals of transparency for honest integration into its surrounding community. There is little to hide and what belongs to the house belongs to the neighborhood and conversely, what belongs to the neighborhood is brought into the house. The architecture in turn demands a change of attitude from its occupants towards the community, to be open and to be known.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Arshia Architects;
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Yuheng Huang, Exterior View, 2022.
Image #2: Photographer Renee Parkhurst, Living Room, 2022.
Image #3: Photographer Paul Vu, Library, 2022.
Image #4: Photographer Paul Vu, Kitchen, 2022.
Image #5: Photographer Renee Parkhurst, Exterior View, 2022.