Jewel Plan 1
Playa Vista, California
Architect/Designer | Robert Hidey Architects
Builder | Brookfield Residential
Developer | Brookfield Residential
Land Planner | Fuscoe Engineering, Inc
Landscape Architect/Designer | C2 Collaborative
Interior Designer | Design-Line
Photographer | Simon Berlyn
Situated within a dense urban setting, with a limited site area, this community makes an ideal laboratory for reinventing the fundamentals of shelter. Departing from the characteristics of conventional 3-story residences, these living spaces are configured to maximize outdoor-living opportunities while protecting sight lines and maintaining privacy. The challenge was to design homes that provide useable outdoor areas on efficient, high-density, detached lots that are largely consumed by the building footprint. The design includes useable patio spaces at the ground level, a cantilever at the second floor master suite, and an expansive roof deck at the third floor. The home provides casual, outdoor family living opportunities within a planned-community setting that feels metropolitan.