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Golden View Residence /
Workshop AD
This project involved the redesign and
The project team diligently worked to
component was required to assess
completion of a partially constructed
understand the client’s lifestyle including
degrees of intervention and appropriate
house on the Upper Hillside
specific ritualistic cooking and food
repair and or replacement remedies.
in Anchorage, AK. Construction of the
preparation, entertaining demands, and
The elevated floor structure was built
underlying steel and wood structure
the desire for an increased awareness of
using steel beams, struts, and structural
had ceased for over five years resulting
their environment. The reconfiguration
insulated panels resting on beam bottom
in significant organizational and
resulted in a highly responsive dwelling.
flanges.
to be resolved in order for the home to
When the project came to our office,
Steel columns support steel beams and
be completed. Programmatically, the
we were faced with numerous technical
open web wood roof joists. With the
existing organization presented several
challenges associated with a degraded
extreme temperature variations of this
deficiencies.
structure exposed for an extended
northern climate, the steel members
period of time to the harsh Alaskan
presented extensive thermal bridging
elements. A thorough structural
issues. Steel connections, whether bolted
investigation and inventory of each
or welded, were inspected and repaired.
technical building issues that needed