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Courtyard House I

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2023

Santa Monica, CA

Residential

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Todd Lynch, Mohamed Sharif,

Jena Meeks, Morgane Copp, Casey Knudsen, Nicholas Miller, Manos Proussaloglou, Xiuwen Qi, Peiwei Zhang​

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Project Description

This courtyard house and ADU preserve the single-story character of the neighborhood, avoiding overbuilding. Street-facing facades remain mostly unchanged, with a vaulted roof uniting the courtyard, master bedroom, and living areas.

The Courtyard House is a 1200 SF, 1940’s bungalow expanded to a two story home by completing an almost-courtyard footprint. By using an origami-like approach to geometry, lofting the first story to the second story from the existing first story gable profile, carefully positioning of windows and doors on each floor, it is able to create a serene environment marked by deep axial and diagonal views across the home and through interior and exterior spaces. The newly completed courtyard becomes an openair room, acting as an aerator and visual connector of primary living spaces across four edges.

Sharif, Lynch: Architecture

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