Haus Gables in Atlanta
Haus Gables, Atlanta Home, CLT Georgia Architecture, US Cross-laminated timber House, Real Estate, Architecture Images
Haus Gables in Atlanta
Cross-laminated timber Georgia Residential Property, USA ? design by Jennifer Bonner / MALL
May 8, 2019
Haus Gables
Architects: Jennifer Bonner / MALL
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
photo © NAARO
Haus Gables is a 2,200 square-foot single-family residence located in Atlanta, Georgia USA. It is one of only two residences in the country made of cross-laminated timber (CLT), an exceptionally strong wood material produced by gluing together layers of lumber that alternate in direction.
photo © NAARO
A long-standing research project on roof typologies found in the American South informed this proof-of-concept. Haus Gables is a cluster of six gable roofs, combined to form a single roof. In an attempt to rework spatial paradigms of the past, such as Le Corbusier?s free plan and Aldof Loos?s raumplan, MALL offers the roof plan as a way to organize architecture. Here, the roof plan establishes rooms, catwalks, and double height spaces in the interior by aligning these spaces to ridges and valleys in the roof above. In this case, the floorplan is a result of the roof.
photos © NAARO
From a curb-side view, an asymmetrical and unfamiliar form replaces the traditional gable elevation house, as if the usual form were clipped. Strange profiles emerge on all four elevations as the six gable roofs are cut at the perimeter?s massing. Other sl...
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