Recently, bittonidesignstudio has completed the evansHOUSE which located in the modernist landmark community of Crestwood Hills. Back then, the small modernist community was originally planned by architects A. Quincy Jones and Whitney R. Smith to be an architecturallu controlled neighborhood.
The existing spatial condition of the house was clearly divided between public (lower level) and private (upper level) as well as fixed within a completely horizontal orientation. The major move was to carve out a double high space above the kitchen in order to animate the section vertically and allow for more social interaction.
While the idea of indoor/outdoor living is typically taken for granted in Southern California, the altitude of the site allowed for an atmospheric connection rather than a connection to the landscape. As the clouds change color and are in constant motion along the coastline, the house and its materials were thought of as a canvas to be manipulated by the sky. Photography by Eric Staudenmaier. Via
