Obata Office and Residence
Designed for the owner of a construction company, this project has unique requirements of accommodating his public offices, guest rooms and family residence. The functions are organized around several courtyards which provide outdoor living spaces for the various public and private uses. The project is sited to provide maximum privacy, access to sunlight and protection from prevailing winds, which combine with strict zoning and sunshading laws to create the highly specific form of the structure. The interior spaces are united beneath a single, flowing roof form that follows the slope of the site, rising and falling to accommodate the solar envelope limitations.