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Duplex Redux

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2019

Marina Del Rey, CA

Multi-Unit Residential

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Todd Lynch and Mohamed Sharif

David Harrop, Casey Knudsen, Jena Meeks

Nichole Tortotici, Connor Verteramo

CW Howe Partners Inc

ONYX Development

Izumi Tanaka

Project Description

A stereotomic reconfiguration of a stacked section establishes new internal, threshold, and external relationships and itineraries. While experiential qualities are amplified, residential density is unchanged. 

The makeover reinvigorates the building's public faces and interlocking interior volumes by subtracting and redistributing area rather than adding it. The updated elevational expression modulates the western sun, heat, and wind to create private oases at the front and heart of the duplex. No longer hermetically sealed, it now opens outwards through a formal forecourt, a roof garden/Sky Patio, strategically positioned skylights, and generous windows and doors that brighten the interior while also protecting it with undulating, figural frames. The Sky Patio recovers the garage roof to extend the living space with a planted deck of dark, sustainably harvested wood planks and integrated sound insulation, to enclose a shelter from the bustling alley and reframe the skylight as a ceiling.