PPAA Architects Design Concrete House in Los Angeles Using Subtractive Design Approach
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Summary
Mexican architecture studio PPAA designed a concrete house in Los Angeles using "subtractive design" principles. The 4,488-square-foot residence, called Mar Vista, features carved-out courtyards and voids within a blocky concrete form to address the challenges of a narrow urban site. The design approach reframes site restrictions as opportunities by removing material to create outdoor spaces and light wells within the building's mass.
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Known as Mar Vista, the 4,488-square-foot (417-square-metre) house is a practice in what the studio called 'subtractive design', a way of reframing the site's restrictions and opportunities.
PPAA has designed a concrete house on a narrow site in Los Angeles, carving out courtyards and voids into the form.
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