Located in the heart of West Hollywood, this new eleven unit housing project emphasizes the central importance of shared open space for the residents and the community. Formosa takes what would be the internalized open space of the courtyard and moves it to the exterior of the building to create a park which occupies approximately one third (4,600 sf) of the project site.
As a result of shifting the common open space to the exterior and pushing the building to one side, units are organized linearly allowing for ‘park frontage’ and cross-ventilation for every unit. External circulation is used as a buffer between public and private realms and articulated through layers of perforated metal and small openings.
The careful placement of outer skin panels and inner skin fenestration creates a choreographed effect, both revealing and concealing, while achieving a unique expression of form and materials. The exterior skin also keeps west facing units cooler by acting as a screen and shading device. The facade is clad in red, metal panels that provide shade for the windows and separate the circulation of residents from the public domain.
All above info and images from http://www.dezeen.com
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w02n 2cents:
Impressed how the architect use the red colours in this apartment. No doubts the entire development consept and approaches are remarkable. But still, the heavy use of red colour is very subjective to the public. Anyhow, personally i felt awesome with those composition of red tone facade, and how the architect articulate the panelling and the proportionated opening.
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