Phoenix, AZ
Completed 2008
Completed 2008
The residence's typically-considered small footprint is expanded into outdoor rooms wherever possible, the main living area extends through a glass entrance system to a concrete block screen wall with plans to extend the dining room onto the exterior patio through a similar glass wall. The covered exterior patio extends out into a large exterior room defined by concrete block walls, firepit, garden and raised concrete planter/seating area. The house’s room sizes and functions are graphically defined through a gray-scale palette and corresponding private/public relationships.
The rear, south yard’s grass lawn was recently removed in favor of a concrete paver system and reclaimed gravel and the existing sprinkler irrigation system was replaced with a drip-irrigation system supplying a new vegetable garden and raised planter. The front yard is undergoing a conversion to xeriscaping; most grass removed naturally, the concrete drive will be removed and expanded with a semipermeable paver and gravel system with additional native shade trees.
The rear, south yard’s grass lawn was recently removed in favor of a concrete paver system and reclaimed gravel and the existing sprinkler irrigation system was replaced with a drip-irrigation system supplying a new vegetable garden and raised planter. The front yard is undergoing a conversion to xeriscaping; most grass removed naturally, the concrete drive will be removed and expanded with a semipermeable paver and gravel system with additional native shade trees.