[Sagaponac] Sagaponac House #4 - Shigeru Ban & Dean Maltz

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"Shigeru Ban's design for Sagaponac House 4 employes a spatial division of the house into four seperate zones of public and private use" from the AMERICAN DREAM - THE HOUSES OF SAGAPONAC




The references to Mies van der Rohe are clear, and the entire house is based on the modular of the cabinet system you will see in the images. The cabinet system is also a classic look at mass production and standardization of components for a highly engineered product. These units are not only structural but very functional. They form spatial divisions while creating indoor and outdoor
spaces.

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ARCHITECT'S NOTES:

The Furniture House is a weekend house on a flat wooded lot in Sagaponac, New York.

The Developer's concept for a modestly priced modern speculative house and an expansive site led to the integration of two ideas: a re-interpretation of the inexpensive and time-efficient mass production advocated in early modernism, and the open space planning of Mies van der Rohe's unbuilt Brick Country House.

In the early twentieth century, modern architecture explored standardization and mass production as an efficient means of achieving a low cost product. The Furniture House is conceived along these lines and is furthered by both an innovative approach to mass produced units and the understanding that architectural standardization can lead to spatial elasticity.

The furniture in this house is not traditionally imagined, designed or executed. It is comprised of modular, full height furniture units which become elements of structural support, spatial division and storage (closets, bookcases, cabinetry, lighting and packaged HVAC units). Because the furniture units are pre-fabricated in a controlled factory environment, no skilled workers are needed on site for furniture production. These units work as a modular system in which two people can move, position and install each piece. The furniture is pre-finished on the interior and exterior. If a furniture unit composes an exterior wall, sheathing is applied for waterproofing and insulation. The remainder of the building systems involves site-built floor slabs, roof and curtain wall glazing.

Shigeru Ban's development of structural furniture began in 1983 and to date, four Furniture Houses have been built in Japan and China. The Sagaponac Furniture House marks the adaptation of the system to the American virtues of large expansive spaces. In total, the planning is a cohesion of open interior and exterior space planning and inventive simple, human-proportioned building components.

With no particular client in mind and no particular site constraints the floor plan and elevations of the home are based on an analysis of the Brick Country House by Mies van der Rohe. The geometry is derived from the analysis and is adapted to fit the conditions of the unique structural system.

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Entry 2

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Cabinet - Structural Modular

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Entry Canopy Support Detail

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Cabinet Entry Rythem

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Pool View

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Looking Back At House From Canopy

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Pool Bar Lounge Area

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Bedroom Patio