Shamberg House

To the right of the balcony, the entry-level circulation plan continues along a corridor that serves the spaces behind the front façade to an interior bridge that leads to the owners’ bedroom, an open platform that cantilevers over the living space. Movement through the bedroom culminates in an exterior balcony, read as a curved solid that pushes through the glass wall to the exterior, where it appears to balance on a curved glass wall per floor. An exterior staircase provides direct access to the outdoor pool.
As in previous house projects, the formal potential of a decisive separation of public and private spaces is again explored, but with some significant variations. Vertically stacked rooms and corridors, facing a horizontally oriented living area with 180-degree views of the landscape, physically define the private sector. In plan, the entrance sequence and private spaces (the deck, master bedroom, balcony, and hallway) are oriented diagonally. The entrance façade is seen obliquely from the deck; the cantilevered sleeping area is seen from the top of the curved staircase, through the double-height interior. Frontality and right angles, in contrast, determine the views and approaches into the lower public spaces.
The mullions of the rear façade are moved beyond the structural columns, a departure from previous houses. This shift, in concert with the opposing grids of the upper and lower levels, creates a sense of rotation within the tightly strung house box and of tightly distinct collisions between structure and surface.