6/13 He, She & It, Buffalo, NY, United States – Davidson Rafailidis, Buffalo, NY
Photo: Florian Holzherr, Munich
Davidson Rafailidis write about their project:
Each space offers an atmosphere, which differs radically from the others. The project was built for an unusually low construction cost of 980 €/sqm.
The studio of the painter is a white box. It is exclusively top-lit, offering indirect, natural light, and maximizing the wall surface area for painting. The work space for the ceramist and silversmith has dedicated areas for both ceramic work and jewellery-making. The space offers large windows and is lined entirely with soft, soaped, maple, preserving its intense, raw wood smell. The polycarbonate shell is translucent, offering a zone of almost-outdoor space but without any direct views. The spaces form a cluster of three mono-pitched sheds. Where the sheds connect, the walls are completely removed up to a height of just over 2 m. The remaining wall segments above act as structural trusses to span the openings freely, making the structure seem to hover over the open ground floor.
Folding-sliding doors enable the users to either divide the space into three rooms, or open the plan entirely. On sunny winter days the partition walls are opened up to let the solar gain from the greenhouse contribute heat to the whole building. On cloudy cold winter days, the insulated partition walls are closed to shrink the heated volume. In summer, the ridge vent of the greenhouse is opened-up, acting as a solar chimney that creates constant draft even on stagnant, hot days. The roofs have large overhangs to shed storm water far away from the building and nurture three gardens with rain water that act also as visual screens, isolating the building from the front house.
Vote here for this project to win the DETAIL Readers' Prize 2016. Overview of all projects nominated for the Readers' Prize 2016.
The studio of the painter is a white box. It is exclusively top-lit, offering indirect, natural light, and maximizing the wall surface area for painting. The work space for the ceramist and silversmith has dedicated areas for both ceramic work and jewellery-making. The space offers large windows and is lined entirely with soft, soaped, maple, preserving its intense, raw wood smell. The polycarbonate shell is translucent, offering a zone of almost-outdoor space but without any direct views. The spaces form a cluster of three mono-pitched sheds. Where the sheds connect, the walls are completely removed up to a height of just over 2 m. The remaining wall segments above act as structural trusses to span the openings freely, making the structure seem to hover over the open ground floor.
Folding-sliding doors enable the users to either divide the space into three rooms, or open the plan entirely. On sunny winter days the partition walls are opened up to let the solar gain from the greenhouse contribute heat to the whole building. On cloudy cold winter days, the insulated partition walls are closed to shrink the heated volume. In summer, the ridge vent of the greenhouse is opened-up, acting as a solar chimney that creates constant draft even on stagnant, hot days. The roofs have large overhangs to shed storm water far away from the building and nurture three gardens with rain water that act also as visual screens, isolating the building from the front house.
Vote here for this project to win the DETAIL Readers' Prize 2016. Overview of all projects nominated for the Readers' Prize 2016.
Further information
Employees:
Georg Rafailidis, Stephanie Davidson
Photographer:
Florian Holzherr, Munich
Employees:
Georg Rafailidis, Stephanie Davidson
Photographer:
Florian Holzherr, Munich
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