David Jameson Architect Inc

Jigsaw Residence

JIGSAW RESIDENCE

David Jameson Architect

Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography

ARCHITECTS
David Jameson Architect

YEAR
2007

LOCATION
Bethesda, United States

CATEGORY
Houses

Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography
Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography

Text description provided by architect.

Recycling a single story suburban house located on a busy corner site, the Jigsaw Residence introverts itself in a continuous spatial flow around an open air courtyard carved from the home’s remains.

A matrix of spaces is linked by movement through them as storeys merge and spaces relate to each other as they rise and fall in a series of interlocked puzzle-like volumes giving a unique three dimensional framework to each space where plan and section respond to program simultaneously.

Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography
Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography
Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography

Fundamental to the conception of the house is the notion of reflectivity, rendering unclear the boundaries between inside and outside.

Light and space are modulated by meshing ribbons of wall and glass that form a tessellation of solid and void.

The conditioning of these internal and external walls is identical.

Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography
Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography
Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography

Planes of stucco exterior walls transform into plaster interior walls while passing through glass.

Clerestory glazing and window constructs are carefully sited to afford privacy to the occupants while framing and extending views through the site.


Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography
Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography


Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography
Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography
Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography


Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography
Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography
Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography
Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography
Jigsaw Residence
© Paul Warchol Photography


Jigsaw Residence
First Floor Plan
Jigsaw Residence
Second Floor Plan
Jigsaw Residence
Section
Jigsaw Residence
Site Plan

David Jameson Architect Inc
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David Jameson Architect Inc
7800 Wisconsin Ave #200, Bethesda, MD 20814, United States