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Mummy Mountain Residence in Paradise Valley
Modern Real Estate: New Arizona Property, USA ? design by Chen + Suchart Studio, Architect
Nov 30, 2016
Mummy Mountain Residence
Architect: Chen + Suchart Studio
Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA
Mummy Mountain Residence

The project proposes an architecture that responds to the inherent qualities of the site, privileged views, and the larger context of the Sonoran Desert. The language of the house draws upon these inherencies and allows for a greater understanding of the project?s circumstances.

A series of parallel sandblasted concrete block walls (CMU) are configured in a way that allows the landscape and the views to flow freely through the spaces. These CMU walls orient the spaces to the undisturbed views of Pinnacle Peak, the McDowell Mountains, Four Peaks, and the Superstition Mountains, while controlled openings within the CMU walls capture characteristics of the immediate site and landscape, specific views of the mountains beyond, and the desert sky.
A metal clad roof is situated between the CMU walls and inflects to focus specific views based on program. The configuration of Cor-Ten clad metal stud walls aid in editing out the immediate manmade context of the neighboring uninspired houses and assist in focusing views on the landscape and mountains in the distance.

In an effort to domesticate the otherwise ?raw? ...