An architect led design-build project, MOOD RING HOUSE is a low-cost ($80/sf) single family live-work house.

Architects: SILO AR + D

Location: Fayetteville, AR, United States

Design Team: Marc Manack and Frank Jacobus, Principals; Joseph Weishaar, Project Designer; Esteban Ayala; Thomas Geeslin; Ethan Werkmeister

Area: 1920.0 ft2

Project Year: 2014

Structural Engineer: Don Johnston PE

Building Area: 1920 gsf / 1584 nsf

Cost Per Square Foot: $80 gsf / $96 nsf

Construction Cost: $154,000

Plan

An architect led design-build project, MOOD RING HOUSE is a low-cost ($80/sf) single family live-work house.Located in an eclectic neighborhood in walking distance from the city center of Fayetteville, Arkansas, the design is born out of a mix of site limitations and opportunities, economic constraints, and programmatic requirements. With a skewed alignment to the lot lines, the siting preserves two established monumental Catalpa trees, orienting the house to take advantage of north light from a clerestory, and south and west facing views of the immediate forest and the distant mountains, all while fronting the main intersection near the property. Work functions are consolidated at grade, with a majority of living spaces above. The small base minimizes ...