Bordertown

Project Details

Project Name
Bordertown
Location
OaklandCAUnited States94608
Project Types
Shared By
mbaran
Project Status
Built
Year Completed
2012
Size
1,200 ft²

Project Description

Set on a lot adjacent to several warehouses, a freeway, and an unsanctioned skate park that was created by locals,this house is derived from its setting and programmattic requirements. A corrugated metal rain screen wraps the project as camouflage and protection. Revealed from behind it, a redwood screen suggests at the residence inside. The interior is cut by a diagonal line that allows the yard to become a part of the interior when considered as a square. The materiality of the house is an architectural response to the emerging DIY scene in Oakland

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