Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2006

The Blackwell House responds to a site anomaly set within a dense inner-city neighborhood near a city park. The 10,000sq.ft. trapezoid shaped lot is traversed diagonally by a dry-bed creek. The urban grid and the modest scale of existing houses in the neighborhood is enhanced through a strategy of bridging and stacking of forms. The resulting scheme is an 'L' configuration that subdivides the interior program and the site into private and public entities. A carefully positioned glass-enclosed stairway hinges together the two 18 -foot wide boxes that form the house structure.