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Zag House 2 addresses a desire for a contextual but somewhat unconventional design by combining an iconic
residential form with a simple diagram of the client's needs. The residential form is a gable roof, which is typical in
the surrounding context. The clients required the house to be on a single level and to be separated into three distinct
parts: one for living, a second for sleeping, and a third for the garage. The massing is created by first extruding the
gable and then bending the ends of the extrusion at 45 degrees in opposite directions creating the "zag." This divides
the mass into three sections with sleeping and garage at two ends and living in the center.
Two chunks are cut out of the center living section at the kinks of the zagged mass; one at the front of the house
creates an entry vestibule, and another at the rear creates a screened-in outdoor dining area. Natural light flooding
the living space draws inhabitants around the bends of the zag from the sleeping and garage wings toward the center
of the house.
Designed by Adam Dayem and Nick Sideropoulos , actual/office architecture
Photography by David Hiepler
Designed by actual / office architecture, Brooklyn, NY, page 380
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