RESIDENTIAL
Jai House
Location: Calabasas, California
Size: 4,200 sf
Program: Single family residence
Architect: LOHA (Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects)
Lorcan O’Herlihy, Principal-In-Charge
David Thompson (PM)
Juan Diego Gerscovich
Michael Poirier
Michael Poirier
Client: Julie Piatt and Richard Roll
Completion Date: Summer 2008
Sitting on a gently sloping site overlooking the Santa Monica Mountains, the Jai House is a study of the interaction between building and landscape. The project celebrates architecture through the stripping away visual and spatial excess, revealing an authenticity of construction and craft.
The primary level, which houses the main communal spaces, is conceived as a linear bar which acts as a buffer to Mulholland Highway. This level engages the earth at one end and floats above the landscape at the other, opening the structure to the views of the canyon and beyond. Extending the interaction between the interior with the exterior is a 75-foot lap pool that slices through the bar. The pool and deck are an extension of the living room.
The upper volume, which cantilevers at a 90-degree angle to the primary level, contains the master bedroom suite and frames a view towards the Santa Monica Mountains.
The primary level, which houses the main communal spaces, is conceived as a linear bar which acts as a buffer to Mulholland Highway. This level engages the earth at one end and floats above the landscape at the other, opening the structure to the views of the canyon and beyond. Extending the interaction between the interior with the exterior is a 75-foot lap pool that slices through the bar. The pool and deck are an extension of the living room.
The upper volume, which cantilevers at a 90-degree angle to the primary level, contains the master bedroom suite and frames a view towards the Santa Monica Mountains.
