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Mount Washington Studio
Los Angeles, USA
2017-2019
Los Angeles, USA
2017-2019

Adding a studio and a spacious deck facing the silhouette of the Angeles National Forest we extended the home of an LA-based artist.
The existing 1930s house is located on a steeply sloping site in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles. Taking advantage of the slope we located the studio a full level below the ground floor of the existing home so that its roof surface could double as a spacious deck. It offers an outdoor living and dining area protected from the sun by a large Eucalyptus tree overhanging the deck thus offering shade and privacy.
The north-facing studio wall features a large-scale bi-fold garage door. Its translucent corrugated and twin-wall cladding offer indirect natural lighting while abstracting the surrounding landscape silhouette into a fine vertical linear pattern. Opened up the garage door folds into a canopy orienting the studio to the outside and framing a panoramic view of the surrounding hills.
All surfaces of the deck and the exterior stair connecting it to the lower level are clad in tile creating a delicate three-dimensional grid. While its rhythmic precision sets the addition apart from the existing house, the color of the tiles matching that of the existing facades synchronizes the two.
The existing 1930s house is located on a steeply sloping site in the Mount Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles. Taking advantage of the slope we located the studio a full level below the ground floor of the existing home so that its roof surface could double as a spacious deck. It offers an outdoor living and dining area protected from the sun by a large Eucalyptus tree overhanging the deck thus offering shade and privacy.
The north-facing studio wall features a large-scale bi-fold garage door. Its translucent corrugated and twin-wall cladding offer indirect natural lighting while abstracting the surrounding landscape silhouette into a fine vertical linear pattern. Opened up the garage door folds into a canopy orienting the studio to the outside and framing a panoramic view of the surrounding hills.
All surfaces of the deck and the exterior stair connecting it to the lower level are clad in tile creating a delicate three-dimensional grid. While its rhythmic precision sets the addition apart from the existing house, the color of the tiles matching that of the existing facades synchronizes the two.
FAR FROHN&ROJAS
PROJECT TEAM: Marc Frohn, Mario Rojas Toledo, Max Koch, Maria Martinez, Carlos Aguayo, Wendy Gilmartin
PHOTOS OF COMPLETED BUILDING: BRICA WILCOX
PROJECT TEAM: Marc Frohn, Mario Rojas Toledo, Max Koch, Maria Martinez, Carlos Aguayo, Wendy Gilmartin
PHOTOS OF COMPLETED BUILDING: BRICA WILCOX


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