Stair Ilé by William Price is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìkọ́lé, Ilé àti Ètò Competition Category.
IrinÌkọ́lé· 2023
Stair Ilé
Client: Billl Price
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Ìkọ́lé Category
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About Stair Ilé
Iṣẹ́ àkànṣe yìí tako ìlànà àtẹ̀lé àpẹẹrẹ ilé ibùgbé, ó tẹnumọ́ ìfikún ìdúró ṣinṣin àyíká àti àṣà sínú àwọn ìlànà ìpìlẹ̀ rẹ̀. Nípa àtúntumọ̀ irú àpẹẹrẹ tó ti wà tẹ́lẹ̀, ó fẹ̀ àwọn àlà ohun tó ṣeé ṣe láàárín ilẹ̀ kékeré ní àárín ìlú. Lílo àwọn ohun èlò tó lè dúró pẹ́, àwọn ìdènà ọgbà tó jinlẹ̀, àti àwọn àgbàlá òde tó ní ìbòòji ń mú kí ìsopọ̀ wà pẹ̀lú àyíká àti ìgbóná-tutù tó ń kọjá. Ilé náà jẹ́ ìfihàn bí ìbáṣepọ̀ pẹ̀lú àyíká àti ara wa ṣe ń yí padà ní ìbámu pẹ̀lú ìgbé ayé ní ìlú.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award
Stair Ilé jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó dára tí wọ́n pàdé àwọn ohun tí iṣẹ́ àti ilé-iṣẹ́ nílò tí a retí láti ọ̀dọ̀ àwọn ẹ̀dá tí a ṣàwòṣe dáradára. Àwọn olùborí Irin ń fi ìjáfáfá ńlá, ìmọ̀ pàtó gíga, òye ògbóǹtarìgì àti agbára ìṣẹ̀dá àwọn olùṣẹ̀dá wọn hàn. A retí pé Stair Ilé yóò jẹ́ ẹ̀dá tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó wúlò tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ ilé-iṣẹ́ jọ, ó sì ní àwọn ànímọ́ ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ tó péye tí a so mọ́ ìmọ̀ ṣíṣe àti ẹ̀bùn. A bọ̀wọ̀ fún Stair Ilé nítorí ìfọ̀kànbalẹ̀ rẹ̀, a sì ṣàwòṣe rẹ̀ láti pèsè ìmúdára ìgbésí ayé tó ń ran ayé lọ́wọ́ láti di ibi tó dára jù.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- 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.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 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.
- Tags
- Nature, Green, House, Stair, Typology, Metal
- Production Technology
- 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.
- Design Challenge
- 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.
- Research
- 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.
- Inspiration
- 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.
- Project Duration
- 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.
- Image Credits
- 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
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