SPRING ARCH TOUR FEST: Villa Ø
May 18 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PDT
$20 – $55
Spring ARCH TOUR FEST: Villa Ø
Information regarding the tour will be emailed directly to registrants 24 hours before the event.
Tour Led by:
Peter Martinez Zellner, Assoc. AIA
Tour Organizers:
Oficina Martinez Zellner LLC
This three-story, 3250-square-foot Sawtelle / West LA Residence is the hub for a larger 5 house, multi-generational, blended family compound. It is situated in West LA near Sawtelle Boulevard on a long, narrow duplex lot a few doors down from an early house by Frank O. Gehry and another by the late David Ming Lowe. This fully electric, solar-powered house provides shared cooking, eating, exercise, and relaxation spaces. Greywater recycling will provide irrigation for several new shade trees. Making food, recycling waste, vegetable gardening, and caring for four-legged friends will be part of the day-to-day life of the compound. The three-level structure is designed as a “house without corridors,” taking some cues from the traditional Korean hanok and a host of pin-wheel plan Southern Californian houses. The lowest level is for entertaining, the middle tier is for working, exercising, and extended family guest stays, and the top master level is for relaxation and sleeping.
The center point of the house is a three-story high circulation element comprised of U-shaped stairs wrapping a two-person elevator. The elevator anticipates aging in place. The green-black stucco and bright white corrugated steel cladding are denotative. The stucco clads the public and shared circulation while the corrugated steel wraps the more private zones. Electrical meters, solar batteries, rainwater tanks, and a heat pump are ganged at the rear of the house in a compact service zone. Vertical exterior housed HVAC supply and return are expressed and contained in a perforated white metal duct housing. The residence is the first free-standing home designed and built by Peter Martinez Zellner.
AIA CES: 2.0 LU| HSW Pending Approval
Learning Objective 1:
Participants will be able to describe how this fully electric, solar-powered house provides shared cooking, eating, exercise, and relaxation spaces.
Learning Objective 2:
Participants will discuss how greywater recycling will provide irrigation for several new shade trees. Making food, recycling waste, vegetable gardening, and caring for four-legged friends will be part of the day-to-day life of the compound.
Learning Objective 3:
Participants will review how the three-level structure has been designed as a “house without corridors,” taking some cues from the traditional Korean hanok and a host of pin-wheel plan Southern Californian houses. The lowest level is for entertaining, the middle tier is for working, exercising, and extended family guest stays, and the top master level is for relaxation and sleeping.
Learning Objective 4:
Participants will discuss the center point of the house, a three-story high circulation element comprised of U-shaped stairs wrapping a two-person elevator. The elevator anticipates aging in place.
Learning Objective 5:
Participants will be able to recount how the stucco clads the public and shared circulation, while the corrugated steel wraps the more private zones. Electrical meters, solar batteries, rainwater tanks, and a heat pump are ganged at the rear of the house in a compact service zone.
Learning Objective 6:
Participants will understand how the vertical exterior housed HVAC supply and return are expressed and contained in a perforated white metal duct housing.
