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This second level overhead plane is consistent with the light regulation element with the angled skylights providing shafts of natural light directed at specific areas so as to light the spaces without creating too much of a glare. Also they are tilted at the angle of the sun’s azimuth at noon on the equinox so that the solar radiation is averaged where summer sun is clipped and winter sun is maximized. This second level light regulating plane is also perched above the NE corner where a bedroom nestles within the two 200+ yr old live oak trees that are on the site. The sense if more like a tree-house. The language of materials and form is key in making the planes become a system both structurally and compositionally. |
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Overhead Plane Level 2 |
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The digital model of the overhead light regulating planes. |
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Right: View from the NE during ceiling board installation. This photo shows how the system of the regulating plane is governing not only light, but thermal energy and moisture as well. The thickness of the plane is 18” overall which is 1/2 of the 3ft module on which the composition is based. The 18” space is filled with R38 Batt insulation maintaining a foil-faced air space above the insulation by which to ventilate the cavity by means of the continuous screen vent along the edges of the plane. The structure above the vent is sprayed with flat black paint so that it reads as a consistent black void on the underside of the sculpted plane.
Far right: the intermediate plane over the stair reads as a floating plane that cantilevers from the corner of the tower. This is done by cantilevering a W14 to the north from the corner face of the tower to pick up another W14 that springs from the pier to the east, spans to the short beam from the north face corner and cantilevers another 9ft to the west.. This plane and its W14 structure then suspends the outer edge of the stair and its enclosing cypress & glass curtainwall. This adds to the sense of climbing up within the trees to the tree-house room. |
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Right: The placement of the skylights is bringing spots of light through the 9ft overhang to brighten the space in the room without letting glare in. The continuous strip soffit vent is seen here |
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Above: digital model views of the regulating plane. |
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