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Eastern Slot Wall
The slotted eastern wall serves as a privacy edge of the shell to the neighbor to the east. It also becomes a light filter and provides openings for cool air to enter the structure from the shaded edge.
The W-16 steel floor plane is composed as a layer that slips through the masonry shell and floats within the space that it creates. The steel skeleton can be seen sliding behind the slots and out from behind the thin plane of the eastern wall as well as within the towers. |
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. . . forge ahead . . . |
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The eastern wall of the structure is composed with vertical slots that slip just above the living level floor at the master bedroom. They create openings measuring 18” square at the floor which, facing 22.5deg. South of east, they admit streaks of sunlight as the sun rises just above the tree line in the morning and quickly, as the sun gains azimuth angle, the slots slip across the floor and disappear. This phenomenon serves to bring sunlight into each day and by quickly slipping away, the heat gain is minimized. This photo was taken at about 9:30 am near the beginning of the summer. |
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The drawings are key here as they show the rebar layouts in elevation for the masonry walls. This is key because of the vertical and horizontal locations of the bars. |
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The sketchbook served as the field shop drawing design-pad. Figuring out how to cut all of the pieces needed from the stock of recycled Hebel and Ytong Insulating concrete block. (Autoclaved, aerated concrete blocks) was a task best suited at the time to field design. |
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More ink-on mylar drawings detailing how the guest tower makes the floating eroded corners and allows light to enter the spaces while providing privacy and selective views/and blocked views. |
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The loft stair, both in the ink-on mylar drawings and the field fabrication/construction. The prefab stair tread embeds are propped and shimmed on blocks to correct elevations |
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This detail is key at the masonry wall bond beam at the top of this living level. It is the steel embed for the connection of the steel columns to the concrete bond beam for lateral stability before they extend up beyond the towers to support the floating roof. |
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More sketchbook shop drawings |
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More ink-on-mylar drawings . . . |
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I try to connect the process of the making to its beginning as much as possible, that’s why I include the sketches, the drawings and the process photos here. |
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The Ruskin House: Living Level Shell, East Wall & Loft Stair |