Stack House
STACK HOUSE
Lazor / Office
ARCHITECTS
Lazor / Office
LEAD ARCHITECTS
Charlie Lazor
MANUFACTURERS
American Standard, Daltile, Eureka Lighting, Kate-Lo Tile black slate, Vercon
PHOTOGRAPHS
Peter VonDelinde
AREA
2644 ft²
YEAR
2016
LOCATION
Minneapolis, United States
CATEGORY
Houses
Text description provided by architect.
The Stack House is like a child’s stack of blocks.
Solid blocks of private spaces, are stacked in an open, laced pattern to form voids for shared living space.
The long and short sides of the blocks are positioned in response to the urban and natural setting of the Stack House.
On the mid level, the blocks run perpendicular to the street to open parts of the main living space to the street below and garden behind.
On the lower and upper levels, the blocks run parallel to the street to shape privacy for bedrooms, baths and utility spaces.
The result of this laced stacking is an open, two-story void of shared space that is simultaneously protected for privacy and immersed in its natural surroundings.
To open a view to the lake, visible off the corner of the stack, the mid level block is pushed back from the street, like a move in a Jenga game, thereby making the corner a micro void for solitary contemplation of the water beyond.
