RESIDENTIAL
BEAUMONT WOODS PLACE 3225
The modern three-story building is nestled into a steep challenging hill site overlooking Manoa Valley and the Oceanfront. The layout of the main floor takes advantage of these spectacular views with its strategically placed corner windows and interspersed trellised lanais connecting the inside with the outside.
BEAUMONT WOODS PLACE 3269
The existing cliff dwelling needed a new access stair whose exposed wood stairs were rotting in the very wet Manoa climate. The design suggested to enclose the stairs and add a playhouse for the kids on top of the existing carport. The resulting structure reflected strcit city setback with double mansard roof covering the spacious stairwell. A flat roof a top the playhouse is now overlooking Manoa Valley and the Oceanfront.
BIOCLIMATIC HOUSE
The goal of this project is to develop and build a truly sustainable, affordable, and self-sufficient 3-BR housing prototype for low-income Hawaiian Families on Hawaiian Homelands built with on-site rammed earth and locally sourced bamboo.
LOFT DESIGN IN ZURICH
The big open raw space was divided into four distinct areas, entrance, living, working and sleeping by placing a box off center. The box contains a bath room with separate toilet and laundry area. Its outside reflects its uses by organizing Kitchen, ward robe, storage and library spaces. Big format bakelised wood panels were used for the box. The silver colored Forster kitchen adds a visual highlight and has Electrolux appliances.
ATTIC DESIGN IN ZURICH
The redesign and insulation of an unused cold attic space in a Zurich row house is housing a library and bedroom. The innovative concept of introducing a repetition of affordable slimprofiled copper skylight windows but projecting them beyond the roof pitch allowed for an optimized view onto the street level, without banging ones head as well as convenient operation of the awning type windows.
REMODELS AND ADDITIONS IN HONOLULU
The list ranges from adding on to existing residences to creating beautiful new entrance situations to selecting the right type of window to allow for natural ventilation even when it rains to kitchen and bathroom remodels. The difficulty of adding another building or component to an existing structure lies in its very name: