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Bienville House ئۆي بىناكارلىق لايىھىسى بىناكارلىقنىڭ by Nathan Fell

Bienville House ئۆي بىناكارلىق لايىھىسى بىناكارلىقنىڭ by Nathan Fell is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award ئالتۇن مۇكاپاتى in بىناچىلىق، ئىمارەت ۋە قۇرۇلما لايىھەلەش Competition Category.


ئالتۇنبىناچىلىق· 2020

Bienville House ئۆي بىناكارلىق لايىھىسى بىناكارلىقنىڭ

by Nathan Fell

Client: Nathan Fell Architecture

A' Design Award ئالتۇن مۇكاپاتى Winner in بىناچىلىق Category

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The Design

About Bienville House ئۆي بىناكارلىق لايىھىسى بىناكارلىقنىڭ

بۇ ئەمگەكچى ئائىلىنىڭ ئەشيا ئوبوروتى ئۇلاردىن ئۆيدە ئۇزۇن مۇددەت ئۆيدە تۇرۇشنى تەلەپ قىلدى ، بۇ خىزمەت ۋە مەكتەپتىن باشقا ئۇلارنىڭ سالامەتلىكىگە دەخلى يەتكۈزدى. ئۇلار نۇرغۇن ئائىلىلەرگە ئوخشاش ، شەھەر ئەتراپى رايونىغا كۆچۈش ، شەھەر ئەسلىھەلىرىگە يېقىن جاينى ئالماشتۇرۇش ئارقىلىق چوڭراق ھويلىغا ئالماشتۇرۇشنى ئويلىشىشقا باشلىدى. ئۇلار يىراقلارغا كۆچۈشتىن كۆرە ، يېڭى شەھەر سېلىشنى قارار قىلدى ، بۇ كىچىك شەھەر رايونىدىكى ئۆي ئىچى تۇرمۇشىنىڭ چەكلىمىسىنى قايتىدىن ئويلىشىدۇ. بۇ تۈرنىڭ تەشكىلىي پرىنسىپى ئىمكانقەدەر مەھەللە رايونلىرىدىن سىرتقا چىقىپ كىرىش پۇرسىتى يارىتىش ئىدى.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award ئالتۇن مۇكاپاتى

Bienville House ئۆي بىناكارلىق لايىھىسى بىناكارلىقنىڭ A' Design Award ئالتۇن مۇكاپاتىنىڭ غالىبى، بۇ بىرىنچى دەرىجىلىك، ئاجايىپ ۋە ئوتتۇرىغا چىققان لايىھىلەرگە بېرىلىدىغان ئىنتايىن ئابرويلۇق ئېتىراپتۇر. ئالتۇن غالىبلىرى لايىھىلىگۈچىلىرىنىڭ ئىستېداتى، ھېكمىتى ۋە ماھارىتىنى ئەكس ئەتتۈرىدىغان ناھايىتى يېڭىلىقچان، يېراقنى كۆرەر ۋە كۆزنى چاقنىتىدىغان ئىجادىيەتلەردۇر. Bienville House ئۆي بىناكارلىق لايىھىسى بىناكارلىقنىڭ ئىلگىرى كۆرۈلمىگەن قىممەت يارىتىدىغان، ناھايىتى ماختالغان، يۈزلىنىش بەلگىلىگۈچى ۋە ئابىدە خاراكتېرلىك ئىختىرا بولۇشى ئۈمىد قىلىنىدۇ. A' Design Award ئالتۇن مۇكاپاتىنى يەڭگەن بۇ لايىھە سەنئەت، ئىلىم-پەن، لايىھە ۋە تېخنىكىنىڭ چېگرالىرىنى زور پايدا بىلەن كېڭەيتىدىغان كۆزنى قاماشتۇرىدىغان، ئىززەتلىك تۈر. Bienville House ئۆي بىناكارلىق لايىھىسى بىناكارلىقنىڭ كۈچلۈك ئارزۇ ھېسسىياتى پەيدا قىلىدۇ، قىزغىنلىقنى قوزغايدۇ، ئىجادىيەتنى رىغبەتلەندۈرىدۇ ۋە بىزنى مەپتۇن قىلىدۇ.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Forms are configured to accentuate transparency between 1st Floor interior spaces and exterior. Upper floors contain private spaces, wrapped by exterior surfaces forming an echelon of suspended cubes legible from multiple viewpoints. Walls supporting the cubic forms are a series of exposed concrete walls with a gap between the walls and the cubic form to render each (the wall and cubes) distinctly. The static forms juxtapose the animated interior space as a frame, reinforcing the transparency.
Dimensions & Packaging
Thermomass, Cast in Place Concrete Walls, two walls, 30 ft tall x 73 ft long. American Fiber Cement, Exterior Cladding and 1st Floor Ceiling, Approximately 4200 sf. LaCantina Sliding Glass Doors 12 ft high x 40 ft long, 12 ft high x 14 ft long and 12 ft high x 16 ft long. Lumenwerx, 1st Floor Linear Downlights, VIA 4 LED (22 lights). Minka Air, 1st Floor Ceiling Fans, 8 fans.
Tags
Urban, Outside, Transparency, Frame, Mass, Duplex, Open, Monolithic, Cubes, Communal
Production Technology
The exterior load bearing walls are concrete cast in place board formed ThermoMass walls which help stabilize the temperature through the thermal mass of the inside wall. Due to site constraints it was only possible to cast the 30 feet tall wall in 10 feet pours across the site, then pull the forms and frame floor as the walls cured. Form panels were reassembled above only after floor were framed.
Design Challenge
New Orleans is a city that is often proudly slow to change, and sometimes more romantic about the past than future. This can cast an air of inevitability over new residential development within the city, that tawdry mimicry (more associated with suburban development) is the only possible path for a design. The house is constructed using materials that make sense environmentally even if they may be unconventional regionally while using certain historic paradigms a precedent (such as the poly-entry lowest level).
Research
Materials had to be research for practical constructability, affordability and visual appeal. Additionally, the design had to comply with local flood zone requirements, historic, zoning and code provisions without a variance. The original concept had to compressed back due to these regulation and practical restraints, resulting in a more complicated design.
Inspiration
Logistics of a working family requires family members stay tethered to their homes for longer periods than each would prefer. This can become disruptive to your wellness when all your time at school, work and home is spent indoors. The homeowners preferred the city to suburbs, so rather than moving far away, they decided to make a bold change by building a new house that flipped the script on indoor home life on a small urban lot.
Project Duration
The project is located in New Orleans, LA (USA) and started in January of 2017. It was completed in June of 2019.
Operation Flow
The duplex maximizes use of a small urban lot with space for or groups of people in each unit. The central goal of the design was to configure communal spaces in a way that best accesses outdoor light, air and volume. The rear unit consists of 4 beds, 3.5 baths and the front is a rental unit with 3 beds, 2.5 baths. The layout orients the rental unit as its public face, actively engaging travelers with the city, while mirroring the position of the primary unit with the rear yard to favor seclusion.
Patents
Copyrights belong to Nathan Fell
Image Credits
All Photographs by Justin Cordova. All Drawings by Nathan Fell Architecture.

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