Carport / Parking Deck [Sausalito, CA]

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#333333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="2b28ec00ddualp.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#333333" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#99FF99" FACE="Tw Cen MT Condensed" >Studio 300A Art+ Architecture</FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Tw Cen MT Condensed" >    </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Tw Cen MT Condensed" > </FONT><B>|   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Studio 300A Art Architecture"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="new_residence_in_sausalito__ca.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Alaria Residence Sausalito, CA"><U><B>Alaria Residence  [Sausalito, CA]</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="renovation___addition_in_mill_valley.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Davy Residence Mill Valley, CA"><U><B>Davy Residence  [Mill Valley, CA]</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A 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Sausalito.  Very suburban in character, very atypical for Sausalito, with wide curving streets and...lawns by gosh.  The buildings are a kind of knock-off of  Charlie Moore's Sea Ranch development in Gualala, CA--only not nearly so thoughtful.  WB+E certainly could do really great work when they put their minds to it, but they must have been otherwise occupied when this was going through the pipeline.  The buildings are mind-numbing and  contribute very little to the street.  The area is intensely windy and cold at various times of the year and the buildings and their siting seem to entirely ignore this fact.  Over the years the property owners have made their adaptations and fixes by adding garages and planting windblocks.  Our own adaptation was along a similar line.  We wanted to allow there to be a weather protected entry to the house and provide covered parking for those arriving or departing by motorized vehicle.</B></div> <div> <B>We did not want a garage that further alienated the house from the street and we did not want a dark, shadowy carport  blocking all the light into the adjoining building.  We wanted something cheerier, visually interactive, and yet would offer shelter from wind and rain.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3db99bb0.jpg" border=0 width="665" height="443" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Using standard, off-the-shelf framing lumber and polycarbonate panels, we were able to keep costs pretty low (for Marin County CA).</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3dd9cbd0.jpg" border=0 width="668" height="445" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>We added LED up/down lighting on several of the posts.  These lights are very dim, but illuminate the translucent roof above and the ground directly below.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3df9ebb0.jpg" border=0 width="670" height="443" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> Typical of the blocky duplexes in this neighborhood.  We wanted to add some grace, and yet not seem too foreign for the area.  This image shows the covered walkway that leads to the main entrance of the house on the far right.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3e19dbe0.jpg" border=0 width="669" height="446" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> The last 30" of the carport is removable without affecting the carport's structural integrity or the roof drainage into the gutter.  We made it removable because it is in fact encroaching into the city right-of-way.  We needed the extra length since the house was just a wee bit too close to the street for fully covered parking.  By making it detachable, the city felt much less hesitant to grant us an encroachment permit for the added length and so granted it .</B></div> <div> <B>We had designed a bench that projected out to the sidewalk, not only for the owners to load and unload their vehicles from, but also as a gift to the street.  Apparently they forgot to build it.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>