THE BILLBOARD HOUSE

BY DAVID SALLE IN COLLABORATION WITH AA STUDIO

THE BILLBOARD HOUSE

BY DAVID SALLE IN COLLABORATION WITH AA STUDIO

THE BILLBOARD HOUSE

BY DAVID SALLE IN COLLABORATION WITH AA STUDIO

THE BILLBOARD HOUSE

BY DAVID SALLE IN COLLABORATION WITH AA STUDIO

THE BILLBOARD HOUSE

BY DAVID SALLE IN COLLABORATION WITH AA STUDIO

THE BILLBOARD HOUSE

BY DAVID SALLE IN COLLABORATION WITH AA STUDIO

THE BILLBOARD HOUSE

BY DAVID SALLE IN COLLABORATION WITH AA STUDIO

THE BILLBOARD HOUSE

BY DAVID SALLE IN COLLABORATION WITH AA STUDIO

THE BILLBOARD HOUSE

BY DAVID SALLE IN COLLABORATION WITH AA STUDIO

THE BILLBOARD HOUSE

BY DAVID SALLE IN COLLABORATION WITH AA STUDIO

DESIGNER

David Salle in collaboration with AA Studio

FUNCTION

Precrafted Home

LIMITED EDITION
DIMENSIONS
10.9m L x 7.32m W x 3.35m H
14.6m L x 7.32m W x 3.35m H
21.9m L x 7.32m W x 3.35m H
32.9m L x 7.32m W x 3.35m H
7.32m L x 3.66m W x 3.35m H
SMALL MODULE
(3 MODULES, 1BR)
Dimensions:
10.9m L x 7.32m W x 3.35m H
Interior Area: 80.27 square meters
MEDIUM MODULE
(4 MODULES, 2BR)
Dimensions:
14.6m L x 7.32m W x 3.35m H
Interior Area: 107 square meters
LARGE MODULE
(6 MODULES, 3BR)
Dimensions:
21.9m L x 7.32m W x 3.35m H
Interior Area: 160.5 square meters
MODULE DAVID SALLE
(9 MODULES, 3BR)
Dimensions:
32.9m L x 7.32m W x 3.35m HInterior Area: 160.5 square meters
Terrace: 53.5 square meters
Garage: 26.7 square meters
Total: 240.2 square meter

Inspiration

Our idea was to make a house and studio complex for an artist (myself) and his family that can be easily installed on a site in the West Texas high desert. The views are relatively un-obstructed, and the house is designed to bring as much of the view inside as possible. The structure is intended to support a life both active and contemplative: reading, writing, painting, outdoor activities, socializing all have designated area. In addition, we wanted to dedicate entire exterior walls to the “function” of pure image: images drawn from a “palette” of painting fragments can be digitally printed on the metal cladding of the two solid end walls, creating startling imagistic interventions in the otherwise predominantly horizontal landscape. The house is an image in the landscape; an image inside of an image, like a small painting inset into a larger one.

The design concept began by looking at a modular element that fits inside of shipping containers, that can also be combined to create pleasingly proportioned living spaces. The basic production module size is 4’ x 8’, which can be expanded into a structural framework of 12’ x 24’. This framework can in turn be combined and multiplied to create generous living spaces: one, two, or three bedrooms, living/dining room, kitchen, study, bathrooms, covered outdoor space, or a mixture of all programs.

Ultimately, we created two basic modules that would house the basic elements of the house’s program: the “wet” areas and the “dry” areas. The basic wet module contains the kitchen, which shares a structural wall with the bathrooms and laundry. The wet modules have a spine of plumbing and electrical services that support the adjacent dry modules.

The basic house is comprised of three modules – two dry and one wet, measuring 36’ x 24’, or 846 sf. The two dry modules consist of the living/dining room, and the bedroom/study area.

The roofline of the manufactured house is equally important as the modularity. Tilting the roof upwards toward north allows for a large area of solar panels, which will generate enough energy to power the house. In addition to the solar component, a rainwater collection system will receive any rainfall, and channel it to cisterns for storage. The angled roofline allows interior ceiling heights to reach a full 11’, and the up-tilted roof overhang enhances the feeling of modernity.

Limited Edition

ABOUT THE DESIGNER

David Salle painter, printmaker, stage designer, and essayist David Salle is one of the most important figures to define the postmodern sensibility. Major exhibitions of his work have been held at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Castello di Rivoli (Torino, Italy), and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, among others. How to See, a volume of Salle’s collected essays, will be published by W.W. Norton in Fall, 2016.

ABOUT THE DESIGNER

Aldo Andreoli of AA Studio is an architectural design and real estate development team headquartered in the creative neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The team is entrepreneurial and exuberant and prides itself on the design-forward work it produces as well as the innovative and collaborative culture that permeates throughout the studio