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Modern Fold

1/6/2013

 
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This week has presented a new direction from last week's American Foursquare Study....a direction much more familiar to me:  Modern.

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The plan itself fits on a half-acre lot following the basic residential Dallas zoning regulations.  The house concept was to organize the public spaces at the front of the house, with those of a private nature in the back.  Their organization is centralized along an axis which slices the building at a slight angle.  This concept isn't exactly new, especially to those of us who have endured architecture school.  
...the axis should come alive and envelope the building, lending to its shape and function.
The familiar line connects points in space giving your project a miraculous organization which had been previously lacking. Such a regulating line would never be obvious to those who don’t visualize the world in plan.  Therefore, the axis should come alive and envelope the building, lending to its shape and function.

Rising up and folding forward, the axis splits the public from private and then gives shelter to the three spaces at the front with grand open plan and high ceilings.  I see this as monolithic spine honoring both form and function.  A monolithic spine made of concrete, the magic material.  My husband laughs, but if you are going to build a modern home, go all the way!  Can you imagine a buttery smooth concrete wall, 12 feet tall running the length of your home?  You'd be living in your very own modern art gallery with grand windows and soft light.
 
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Concrete folded spine delineates the public from private spaces.
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MODERN FOLD by Thrasher Works
2,500 square feet
2 car garage
3 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath
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