Sited on the lands of the famed Eames House overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the Steel House project addresses the construction of residences using steel as a material, and invites comparisons to the architectural philosophy of the original Case Study House. Designed through the use of commonly manufactured steel structural members, the original Eames House was meant to provide an architectural solution comprised of an easily assembled kit of parts. Ease of construction and assembly, precision of materials and a structural aesthetic that allowed for large planes of transparency were all considerations when designing what eventually became an icon of modernism.
A contemporary update on the Steel House, Revision B extends the use of steel structural members from the original Eames House, enclosing the steel frame within a double-layered facade that magnifies the planes of transparency within the interior. Morphologically, the geometry of the structure derives from a perfect nine-sided polygon; multiple iterations later, and after a pushing and pulling of vertices both vertically and horizontally, the revised form begins to take shape. At its core, nine interior columns, mirror the nine original points of the nonagon in plan.
Instructors: Wil Carson, Neil Denari, Wonne Ickx, Mohamed Sharif
