Red Bluff Residence
Posted on August 4th, 2009 by agustina.
Red Bluff is an active project located in Austin, Texas near Town Lake. The following post serves to highlight key moments throughout the design process of this 1400 square foot residence. Listed below are the initial design charrettes for Red Bluff which illustrate three very distinct conceptual approaches with various iterations therein:
1. A compound scheme with a marked axis
2. A hacienda/Roman villa iconographic scheme
3. Architecture as land art/earth work
The charrette that was ultimately chosen for further development is the third. As seen in the work of conceptual German artist, Wolfgang Laib, Red Bluff similarly touches on architecture as site specific installation art, but it mostly deals with architecture as an extension of the landscape. As with many of our designs, influence is often drawn from vernacular precedents of various cultures. Red Bluff’s relationship to the landscape, both in terms of approach as well as building performance, references the oldest housing typology in North America; the Pit House.
Examples of the Pit House
Category: Projects | Tags: Red Bluff Residence 10 comments »
August 5th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Welcome to the blog Agustina! It’s nice to have some company
August 5th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Now that wasn’t so bad, was it? Welcome.
This is exactly what I was hoping we could do with the Greensburg competition, so this is very nice to see and a useful addition to the blog.
August 6th, 2009 at 10:02 am
[...] This just turned up in a post about the gas crisis of ‘73. It’s described as “the outcome of the architect asking himself the question “How to make a house that resembles a park?”, and has an interesting resemblance to our approach to the Red Bluff residence. [...]
August 7th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
[...] previous post, Red Bluff borrows from the oldest housing typology in the Western Hemisphere, the Pit House. One of Red Bluff’s most dramatic architectural moves involves a 7 foot deep excavation [...]
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