Hazen Pool House

Location
Bel Air, California

Size
1,200 square feet

Status
Completed 2003
A flexible residential pavilion that acts as both a pool house and a guest house.
Informed by the surrounding landscape, this flexible residential pavilion acts as both a pool house and a guesthouse. Concepts of volume, blurred indoor-outdoor transitions, and material simplicity define the structure. A 100-foot long site wall penetrates through the pavilion to support its roof structure and bind it to the landscape. Although its function as a pavilion suggests a protected space, the design seeks to eliminate the boundaries between interior and exterior environments through veils of sheer white curtains and floor-to-ceiling glass doors.


 

 

Project Team
Design Bureau, David Montalba, AIA
Sarlan Builders
Richmond Hoffmeyer Inc.
Nunez Engineering
John Brubaker Architectural Lighting
Garden Design

Photography
Dominique Vorillon
Publications
CUSTOM HOME BUILDER, November 2005

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