Astrachan Residence - Hollywood Hills

This project is situated on a narrow pad with a long axis toward a steep slope at the rear of the house in the "Bird" streets overlooking Sunset Boulevard. Two towers were inserted into the system connected by a gallery. This created a strong axial motive to the rear of the home where the principle public spaces are located for the major views and light.

The general massing breaks the house into three main bodies, the major form is represented by the extrusion of an arc in elevation, which further reinforces the main axis, but at the same time provides a foil against which the more orthogonal forms are able to engage. The two towers then, secondarily, mark the moment of engagement as an event plus achieves programmatic desire for notated circulation and navigation.