Shotgun Over and Under Ilé Ìgbé by William Price is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìkọ́lé, Ilé àti Ètò Competition Category.
IrinÌkọ́lé· 2022
Shotgun Over and Under Ilé Ìgbé
Client: Bill Price
Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award Winner in Ìkọ́lé Category
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About Shotgun Over and Under Ilé Ìgbé
Shotgun Over and Under wà ní agbègbè Lower Heights ní Àárín Ìlú Houston, Texas. Ilẹ̀ náà wà láàrin agbègbè iṣẹ́-iṣẹ́ ní gúúsù àti ibi ìsìnkú àkọ́kọ́ àwọn ọmọ Áfríkà Amẹ́ríkà ní ààlà ìlú Houston. Iṣẹ́ náà ṣe ìtọ́kasí Ilé Shotgun Houston tí ó wà ní Ìlú Àwọn Olómìnira ní Ward Kẹrin tí wọ́n jẹ́ ilé gígùn tí ó fẹ̀ẹ́ tí ó jẹ́ ilé ìpele kan pẹ̀lú àwọn yàrá tí a tò lẹ́sẹ̀ẹ́sẹ̀. Shotgun Over and Under jẹ́ ìyàtọ̀ kúrò nínú àpẹẹrẹ Ilé Shotgun, a sì ṣẹ̀dá rẹ̀ bí ilé Shotgun méjì tí a kọ́ sórí ara wọn, ọ̀kan jẹ́ àdáni ọ̀kan sì jẹ́ gbangba.
The Recognition
About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Irin A' Design Award
Shotgun Over and Under Ilé Ìgbé 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 Shotgun Over and Under Ilé Ìgbé 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 Shotgun Over and Under Ilé Ìgbé 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 is conceived as two Shotgun houses, stacked atop one another. With this variation, access to natural light, cross ventilation, flora, fauna, and economization of framing materials are maintained. The idea of the Shotgun house is not to replicate the typology but to use its concepts as a way to explore issues around cultural and environmental sustainability. The nature of the thing emerged from the willingness to search for ideas and methods gained from the typology.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- -Plot is 278 sqm -Landscape Area is 92 sqm -Building Area is 278 sqm -Floors are 1st and 2nd -Height is 7m -Width is 7m -Length is 26m
- Tags
- shotgun house, shotgun house over and under, bill price brown endowed chair, pvamu, bill price inc
- Production Technology
- Main Structure: Wood Framing, Laminated Veneer Lumber Beams, Three Steel Moment Frames, and a Concrete Structural Slab with Piers - Main Architectural Finishes: Polished Concrete, Washed and Pickled White Oak, Blackened and White Stucco, Blackened Steel and Galvalume Siding
- Design Challenge
- Shotgun House - Over and Under 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.
- Research
- The idea of the Shotgun House - Over and Under is not to replicate the typology but to use its concepts to explore issues around cultural and environmental sustainability. The nature of the project emerges from the willingness to search for and experiment with ideas and methods gained from typology and energized by contemporary ecological and cultural concerns.
Shotgun House - Over and Under attempts to bring together the best of the shotgun house while in essence bypassing its limitations. It is a living space that takes advantage of the attributes of typology radically modified in light of the overriding and timely concerns of our time. - Inspiration
- The project is a reinterpretation of Houston’s Shotgun Houses located in the Freedman’s Towns (African American municipalities or communities built by freedmen, former slaves who were emancipated during and after the American Civil War). This type of building is a long narrow one-story house with rooms lined back to back. Various theories as to the origin of the name exist. One theory for the name comes from discharging a shotgun through the house and the bullets moving freely from front to back
- Project Duration
- The project design process into typologies associated with Shotgun Houses started in January 2008 with the application of research occurring in 2016 with construction in 2020 in Houston, Texas - USA.
- Operation Flow
- The lower volume accommodates private functions and uses the wall to mediate inside and outside. Here, nature is broadcast into the spaces as if televised. It remains blurry and in constant flux as light moves towards you and through it. The upper volume accommodates public functions and is an open floor plan with two micro-climatic decks at either end. Here nature is curated, less wild and sharp. Like a stage set, nature is handled cinematically and asks you to move towards it as light falls on it. This stretching and cinematic effect further emphasize the Shotgun House - Over and Unders relationship to its history.
- Team Members
- William Price
- Image Credits
- Image #1 : Kennon Evett, Image #2 : Bill Price, Image #3 : Kennon Evett, Image #4 : Ben Hill, Image #5 : Bill Price
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