Davis Studio and Residence

Architect:Frank O. Gehry, C. Gregory Walsh Jr.,

Stephen Dane

Construction Company: Ronald Davis

Year(s) of construction 1968-1972

Floors: 2

Land Area: 3ha

LocationThe home study is built within a three-hectare grazing in the middle of Malibu near Zuma Beach, California.

ConceptThe building was designed as a simple container furniture, a unique structure " barn style " that sits in the landscape , facing inflexibly grounds . Inside, the space is adaptable to the life and work of the artist. Finally, a trapezoidal shell with a strong relationship with the land and sculpture inside, with a flexible spatial organization entered the studio and housing.This type of construction explore the fascination with the process of building and using massive and affordable materials . Gehry discovered the structure of a physical and architectural context different from that used until that moment.

a container full of spaces and different elements , with passages and labyrinths , recreates a structure of imagination.based usually in shock and deconstruction of the various volumes that form the building program it allows greater spontaneity and formal variety of uses .Inside a closed column containing the kitchen and bathroom separates the sleeping space of working at ground level , while a ladder - bridge connects above . The open interior accommodates not only a garage

Interior Space

Working Space

The structure is made of wood , covered with sheets of galvanized steel and plywood exposed.The building was designed to allow different levels of stepped additions , thereby increasing the surface area of the plant and the space below the building, designed to allow changes in the mechanical and electrical systems , except for the area of the garage to be built on a slab .

Structure

MaterialsThe structural framework is Douglas fire wood , covered with galvanized corrugated steel sheets . In its construction also used plywood and concrete exposed .The steel roof , following the slope of the hillside slopes steeply in a corner on the diagonal corner . A central skylight windows let in natural light while offering views of the sky , the ocean and the surrounding hills .Two terraces of the house poured concrete supported on opposite sides of two of its four sides . The location is such that the building always focuses obliquely .