IBARRA & ROSANO DESIGN ARCHITECTS – GARCIA HOUSE
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IBARRA & ROSANO DESIGN ARCHITECTS – GARCIA HOUSE
Growing out of the rocky tucson mountainside, Ibarra
Rosano Design Architects has
composed 'Garcia House' in harmony with the desert landscape. A series of three narrow platforms
step back along the hillside to minimize excavation and fill, each with its own
specific function. Intersecting the home in the middle, the narrowest section
comprises the entrance gallery. Inside it becomes the central corridor, which
separates the bedrooms from the living room, kitchen and dining room below. The
lower level angles downhill and is glazed at the end to frame views of the city
and catalina range beyond. Uphill the bedrooms are separated to allow southern
sunlight to enter. A terrace connects them and provides a private space with a
surprise. In contrast to the neutral palette of sandblasted integra blocks,
birch, steel and concrete, the patio wall is painted in a bold shade of pink.
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IBARRA & ROSANO
DESIGN ARCHITECTS
Luis Ibarra and Teresa Rosano (AIA, LEED AP) are native Tucsonans
and graduates of the University of Arizona College of Architecture. In 1999,
they founded Ibarra Rosano Design Architects, and have since earned national
recognition as one of Arizona's top design firms for their modern desert
architecture. Their work has been published internationally and has received
over fifty regional and national design awards. They were selected by
Architecture Magazine as one of nine firms to represent their state in its
issue on "the Arizona School", and their work was exhibited at the
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art in its architecture and design show
featuring work from six firms based in the southwest region. They were
honored with Residential Architect's "Rising Star" National
Leadership Award in 2008 and were recently included among 50 international
firms for their "ra50: Short List of Architects We Love" for their
body of work to date.
Architecture is space. This is the basic premise of their work, and they are
committed to the belief in the power of space to nurture and inspire. Luis and
Teresa have been influenced by esteemed architects such as Glenn Murcutt,
Judith Chafee and Luis Barragan, but also by vernacular builders who
unassumingly surpassed basic necessity to achieve masterful work. They believe
the goal of design is to create a structure that lasts, not just by the quality
of its construction, but also by the timeless beauty of its design - an
architecture that is informed by the past, responsive to the present and aware
of the future.
