Prospect St, La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States
Jonathan Segal
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
This U shaped
private residence and studio in La Jolla, California uses its triangular lot to full potential. According to Segal, maximising the triangular plot using standardised measurements and cuboid shapes, without resorting to angles, was key in keeping the costs down.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
Originally designed with a working studio below grade and residence above, with the company expanding, the lover levels have become a giant entertaining area.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
Fully sustainable and divorced from the grid by roof-mounted
solar panels, the house is well though out for maximising light whilst equally maintaining privacy. Minimal windows above the fence line hide bedrooms from the busy streets outside. The Ground floor is walled in glass, making a bright and airy living dining area that opens out on one side to a pool and the other across a huge glass roof, that lets light into the lower level. Thanks to Jonathan's ability with the local authorities theres a nice high private fence (9ft is well above
town planning limits) that affords privacy to this level. Within the confines of said walls, the house is open and flowing, extending the livable space into the private garden and
reflecting pool.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
Hidden away across the pool form the main living area is a quiet guest wing, where traffic noise is cushioned by the pool's gurgling and water lapping. It has it's own private courtyard sanctuary as well. From here you can look across at the house. Predominantly a large stucco box resting on, detailed and supported by Corten steel. This wall, punctuated by a large brown box that houses the master suites cabinetry, and is flanked by doors to the first floor bedrooms. A huge abstract steel sculpture stamps the front of the building softening the rectangular lines.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
Upstairs, behind the artwork on the first floor are two bedrooms with en suites and their own balconettes. On the top floor, the master bedroom takes up the entire level with walk in wardrobe and views from the balcony out to sea. Jonathan's own house 5.0 is fantastic (as the business adapts, so does his abode).
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
Description from the architect:
This 7,200 square-foot lot was an abandoned brown-field site, vacant since 1992. The architect/owner used the space to build a private, urban residence for his family with an on-site architecture studio. The residence is a stucco box resting on and supported by Corten steel wall planes, providing both privacy and noise attenuation.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
The main living area is surrounded by a reflecting pool on one side and a glass floor on the other. Below grade, where the office and recreation facilities reside, the glass floor/ceiling liberates the space and allows ample natural light. The house is open and flowing extending the livable space into the private garden and reflecting pool. Boundaries are dissolved and extended through sliding panels and lightness, transparency, and expansive views.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
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| 1st floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
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| 2nd floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
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| 3rd floor plan--drawing © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
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| cross section--drawing © Courtesy of Jonathan Segal |
The people
Architects: Jonathan Segal
Location: Prospect St, La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States
Project Completed: June 2003
Structure: Corten steel & Stucco
Google Map: Street View Photographs: Courtesy of Jonathan Segal
Note>>Location in this map, It could indicate city/country but not exact address.
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