GLADYS HOUSE
PROJECT TYPE:
[3,500 SF SINGLE FAMILY HOME][1990 FIRE REBUILD]
AN ARSONIST'S FIRE IGNITED 64 HOMES IN GLENDALE'S COLLEGE HILLS FIRE.
GANGI ARCHITECTS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE AND WAS ABLE TO REBUILD ON THE SAME FOUNDATION OF A STEEP SITE SAVING A SIGNIFICANT COST AND MAKING THE REBUILD EFFORT VIABLE, AND WAS QUICKLY PERMITTED AS A 'LIKE FOR LIKE' REPLACEMENT.
A SINGLE STORY AND ROOF GARDEN FROM THE STREET AND COMPOSITION OF FORMS SHAPED BY SUNLIGHT ON THE HILL, THE HOUSE IS A MODERN INTERPRETATION OF GREEK CYCLADIC ARCHITECTURE.
THE HOUSE IS FRAMED AS A TOWER AND AT NIGHT A BEACON OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THE STREETS BELOW.
THE INTERIOR FRAMES VIEWS OF DOWNTOWN LA, PALOS VERDES, AND CATALINA ISLAND, AS WELL AS NATURAL VIEWS OF THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS.
KITCHEN COUNTER SPILLS INTO GREAT ROOM, CURVES AND BECOMES A BAR WHICH IS LIT BY A CURVED CLERESTORY. THE MODERN SPACE IS WARMED BY DIFFERENT SPECIES OF CLEAR STAINED NATURAL WOOD.
GOURMET KITCHEN HAS STAINLESS ISLAND IN CENTER WITH VIEWS AND AN OPEN CEILING.
A SOUTH FACING OPEN TRUSS LIGHT SCOOP BRINGS ADDITIONAL SUNLIGHT INTO THE KITCHEN AS SUNLIGHT WASHES THE CURVED CEILING.
A SQUARIAL STAIRCASE CONNECTS THE GREAT ROOM TO THE BALCONY OVERLOOKING THE STREET, TO THE ROOF GARDEN AND TO THE BEDROOM LEVEL BELOW.
THE CENTER OF THE STAIR IS A VOID SUPPORTED BY 4 COLUMNS THAT TERMINATE ON A SKYLIGHT.
SERVING THE BEDROOMS GANGI ARCHITECTS DESIGNED A GALLERY SPACE RATHER THAN A DARK HALLWAY, THAT WAS A FEATURE OF THE HOUSE AND HOSTED ARTIST OPENINGS.
THE GALLERY CONNECTED A LIBRARY AT THE CENTER WHICH COULD BE CONVERTED INTO A THIRD BEDROOM.
THE MASTER BATHROOM WAS WELL LIT, FEATURING A VARIETY OF NATURAL WOODS AND LIMESTONE. THE SPACE WAS INSPIRED BY JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE.
THE CENTERPIECE OF THE BATHROOM WAS A JAPANESE SOAKING TUB, SURROUNDED BY LIMESTONE AND HAD THE EFFECT OF BEING CARVED OUT OF A SINGLE BLOCK.
THE INTERIOR FRAMES VIEWS OF DOWNTOWN LA, PALOS VERDES, AND CATALINA ISLAND, AS WELL AS NATURAL VIEWS OF THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS.