THE HYPERION PROJECT
Residential Addition, Never-ending
Silver Lake, CA
Located on a vibrant commercial street in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles, this project involves an ongoing series of interventions and transformations to an existing 1920's residential duplex.
PHASE 1
The project began with the renovation of the existing building that includes the design office of Oyler Wu Collaborative, with a private residence located upstairs. The exterior of the building is an austere two-story volume clad in fiber-reinforced cement board with deep, recessed aluminum windows. The interior of the building combines exposed 1930’s wood frame construction with simple modern detailing.
PHASE 2
One of the primary design features of the project is an aluminum and 100% recycled composite board fence along Hyperion Avenue that was added in 2011. This fence serves as a visual barrier between the busy traffic along Hyperion Avenue and the live/work building. Conceived of as a [not so private] privacy fence, the structure explores the spatial and geometrical implications of a constant fluctuation between horizontal louver and vertical slat.
Project Credits:
Principal Architects:
Dwayne Oyler
Jenny Wu
Project Leaders:
Ming Jian Huang
Matt Evans
Design Team:
Mike Piscitello, Jacques Lesec,
Paul Cambon, Huy Le, Nathan Myer, Dan Hutchins, Jian Huang, Michael Chung, Vincent Yeh, Ehab Ghali, Sanjay Sukie, Chris Eskew,
Matt Evans, Harrison Steinbuch, Hans Koesters, Lung Chi Chang, Zack Mathews
Exterior Photography: Scott Mayoral
Interior Photography: Dwayne Oyler
Structural Engineer: William Hogan, Nous Engineering
PHASE 3
In 2013, the house grew to accommodate our growing family, adding two additional bedrooms to the back of the second story. This addition hovers over a large open workspace below that alternates between a covered outdoor gathering space and a workshop for office fabrication projects. The 15' high ceiling includes an installation made of rope and steel that hangs over the space.
PHASE 4
The latest addition to the space is a canopy at the entry to the office. Made of bent aluminum tubing and perforated aluminum sheets, the canopy provides shade for the balcony at the second floor. It then runs down stairs and cantilevers past the pedestrian entry at the front of the house, crinkling and twisting as it announces the entryway to the building.