Four Eyes Residence, Coachella Valley Property, California Real Estate

Four Eyes House, CA : Coachella Valley Residence

House in California, USA - design by Edward Ogosta Architecture

16 Jan 2012 Four Eyes House Design: Edward Ogosta Architecture Location: Coachella Valley, California, USA Date of completion: 2011 photo © Edward Ogosta Architecture Project Description A weekend desert residence for a family and their dog, the Four Eyes House is an exercise in site-specific experiential programming. Rather than planning the house according to a domestic functional program, the building was designed foremost as an instrument for intensifying a number of onsite phenomenal events. photos © Edward Ogosta Architecture Four "sleeping towers" are oriented towards four spatiotemporal viewing experiences: morning sunrise to the east, mountain range to the south, evening city lights to the west, and nighttime stars overhead. Each tower contains a compact top-floor bedroom, sized only for the bed, and each with a unique aperture directed towards the view. These bedrooms are equally-sized and unassigned, such that the family's sleeping locations can be rotated based on each individual's desired viewing experience. Vertical circulation within the towers is similarly particularized (e.g. ladders, spiral stair, switchback stair, or shallow-riser stair). Ground-floor common spaces form a loose connective field between the discrete tower volumes, and offer a more permeable relationship to the landscape. photos © Edward Ogosta Architecture The sensations of sleeping and waking are thus inflected by the building's foregrounding of intensified onsite experiential events. By sleeping in a room elevated off the ground and open to the stars, one might inhabit a deep pocket of silence for a few moments, and perhaps even perceive the movement of the Earth, as it slowly rotates beneath the stars. photos © Edward Ogosta Architecture Four Eyes House - Building Information Project Title: Four Eyes House Client: Withheld Architect: Edward Ogosta Architecture (based in Los Angeles) Contact: www.edwardogosta.com Site area: Approx. 4 acres Gross Floor area: 3,800 ssqft Location: Coachella Valley, California, USA Status: Design Development Project start date: Design begun 2010, est. construction start 2013 Cost: Withheld Images: © Edward Ogosta Architecture Address: Exact address withheld, location is approximate: 33.911989,-116.466537 photos © Edward Ogosta Architecture Stoddard Residence images / information from Edward Ogosta Architecture

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