Syndesis, Inc. - Residential Projects

Bay Addition 1997 Brentwood, California

For director Michael Bay,Architect David Hertz AIA created a dramatic addition to a modernist building designed originally by architect Jerold Lomax AIA. The addition focused primarily on an expansion and re design of the original master bedroom and bath to provide for an increased orientation to views of the landscape below and the city beyond. From the entry to the master suite a large wall is oriented diagonally in juxtaposition to the rectangular geometry of the original house and creates a force perspective making the space seem wider while pulling the views inside. The diagonal wall serves to divide the bath from the bedroom and simultaneously forms the shower wall and head board. A large sweeping curve is introduced as the addition cantilevers over the original structure. Frameless glass extends from the floor to the floating sculptural roof forms which are cantilevered by way of a complex structural system so that no structure blocks the view. Materials were selected for their natural beauty and expressed in an honest and direct way and include integrally pigmented Venetian plaster in several tones of gray used on the diagonal wall, shower and tub as well as the roof forms and fireplaces, slate bathroom floors,exposed fir beams and several exotic but sustainable lesser known species of wood for cabinets, furniture and millwork.