Architect: Frank GehryLocation: Santa Monica, CA

Principle Use: Single Family HouseSite Area: 6,321 ft2

Building area: 2265 ft2Structure/materials: easily accessible materials-

glass, aluminum, chain link fence

Gehry residence

south elevation

north elevation

first floor plan

second floor plan

Frank gehry bought a bungalow house that he proceeded to change, both on the inside and the outside. while he kept almost all of the structure of the original house, the additions on the outside create a facade that is

almost recognizable from the original house. Gehry follows his preliminary sketches closely, and uses them as a language of artistic expression to depict his thinking in an abstract way

Gehry strips away parts of the original house to reveal the structure, and adds to the outside, creating the effect of a house inside of a house.

gehry’s additions to original house

areas in between the existing house and the new extensions that reveal the structure, but also introduce a degree of transparency in that exists

between interior and exterior

Threshold: not only are there relationships between the interior and exterior of the house, but gehry’s design involves a double skin that enables another layer of of threshold - by adding another layer outside of the existing house, gehry creates a bridge between what might be considered “interior” or “Exterior”

Frame: gehry’s house does not involve very many doors, but instead has many frames, transitioning smoothly from outside to inside, and between the rooms. the exterior additions also creates a frame around the original house.

room: the gehry residence defies standard ideas of the “room” by connecting all of the rooms. instead of creating separate experiences the original house serves as one large “room” surrounded by a bridging addition that transitions a person between interior and exterior. he connects the original rooms,

closet: because this house has very few doors, the house also has very few closets, and instead has exposed shelves and drawers, creating an even more open experience within the residence

room: the rooms are open in the lack of doors, but the added part creates even more open space, opening up the rooms through the light and movement, and opens up the plan layout.

hearth: not only are there relationships between the interior and exterior of the house, but gehry’s design involves a double skin that enables another layer of of threshold - by adding another layer outside of the existing house, gehry creates a bridge between what might be considered “interior” or “Exterior”

roof: gehry’s house does not involve very many doors, but instead has many frames, transitioning smoothly from outside to inside, and between the rooms. the exterior additions also creates a frame around the original house.

interior auxiliaries: the gehry residence defies standard ideas of the “room” by connecting all of the rooms. instead of creating separate experiences the original house serves as one large “room” surrounded by a bridging addition that transitions a person between interior and exterior. he connects the original rooms,

exterior auxiliaries: because this house has very few doors, the house also has very few closets, and instead has exposed shelves and drawers, creating an even more open experience within the residence