Gehry Residence Floor Plan Site
The material choices in the floor plan are integral to its spatial experience. The plan acts as a canvas for industrial materials rarely seen in residential architecture.
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Gehry Residence in Santa Monica, California, is a landmark of Deconstructivism gehry residence floor plan
Gehry stripped away the plaster on many of the interior walls of the old house. On the floor plan, these walls remain as spatial dividers, but visually, they are see-through screens of raw wood studs.
Why do architects obsess over this specific floor plan? Because it broke every rule of "Good Design" in 1978. The material choices in the floor plan are
+---------------------------------------------------------+ | NEW EXTENSION / KITCHEN | | +---------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | ORIGINAL HOUSE CORE | | | | +-------------------+ +-------------------+ | | | | | LIVING ROOM | | DINING ROOM | | | | | +-------------------+ +-------------------+ | | | | | | | +---------------------------------------------------+ | | DINING AREA | +---------------------------------------------------------+ [ MAIN ENTRANCE ] 1. The Displaced Entrance
The ground floor contains the living room (housed within the original bungalow), the kitchen and dining area (in the new shell), two bedrooms, and a bathroom. The First Floor: The "Tree House" This link or copies made by others cannot be deleted
Used for the roof additions and parts of the wall, allowing for light manipulation and aesthetic "toughness."
The drawings below illustrate the first floor and ground floor strategies, highlighting how the original structure (the "bungalow") is nested within the deconstructed shell. Gallery of Gehry Residence / Gehry Partners - 19 Analysis - Xavier Bardina Xavier Bardina Frank Gehry, Santa Monica House - Lower Floor Plan Frank O Gehry: Gehry House, Santa Monica, California, 1979 Gallery of Gehry Residence / Gehry Partners - 19 Gehry House - Data, Photos & Plans - WikiArquitectura Gehry House - Archweb Frank Gehry's Santa Monica House Gehry Residence / Gehry Partners | ArchDaily
The second level focuses on privacy while maintaining the experimental theme of exposed materials. The First Frank Gehry House in Santa Monica - ArchEyes
The ground floor plan is where Gehry’s disruption of traditional domestic space is most apparent. The layout forces a departure from standard residential circulation.