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Sun Path House Miami Beach

Contemporary Concrete Building in Florida design by Studio Christian Wassmann, USA

Mar 6, 2019

Design: Studio Christian Wassmann

Location: 4225 Royal Palm Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33140, USA

Sun Path House, Miami Beach

photograph : Casey Kelbaugh

Sun Path House in Miami Beach, Florida

Studio Christian Wassmann and restaurateur Frank Prisinzano are pleased to announce the opening of the Sun Path House in Miami Beach, Florida. The house, a concrete structure in dialogue with a 1930s bungalow, uses the sun and as the central figure in the fostering of vitality and health of the inhabitants.

image : Casey Kelbaugh

Designed by Christian Wassmann, the Sun Path House is a three-story extension that becomes a new center of living. Creating an open space between the original structure and the new addition, an expansive kitchen serves as a spatial connection for the original house while also providing a space of interaction for the owner and his guests.

photo : Casey Kelbaugh

Behind the bungalow stands an outwardly spiraling wall with three levels. It is simultaneously structural, functional, and sculptural, and it serves as the spine of the project.

photographs : Christian Wassmann

At the top of the building is a solarium, the heart of the Sun Path House, where the curved wall at its precipice maps the path of the sun on the summer’s solstice. During this passage, the sun’s rays reflect off the wall onto the surface of the deck.

photo : Todd Eberle

Concurrently, the wall blocks the wind, imparting a sense of calm for the user. It is here that one can find solitude amongst the natural elements. This symptomatic experience under the open sky is free of the incursions of trivialities. At this moment, the user is able to identify an experience that is distinct from the banal. The highlighted interaction with the cosmos becomes exceptional.

images : Todd Eberle

Beneath, the vine-covered master bedroom on the second floor, the curved wall surrounds a round bed, while hiding an open bathroom on the backside. On the open ground level, the curved wall contains a large round dining table with a built-in bench that offers direct sight lines into the original bungalow.

image : Christian Wassmann

The form of the Sun Path House is a result of a dialogue with the original house and the cosmos. The top edge of the curved wall is rotated 11.25º in respect to the existing building and the site lines in order to face north. In the middle of the wall inside the master bedroom, the wall’s curvature is parallel to the existing house.

photo : Todd Eberle

On the ground floor the curvature is 11.25º towards the middle of the garden. The rotation point of this 22.5º twist is inside the flue of a pizza oven, which is in the center of the staircase leading to the sun.

image : Todd Eberle

Sun Path House in Miami Beach – Property Information

Location: 4225 Royal Palm Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33140
Total building area: 3,000 square feet
New house enclosed area: 540 square feet
New house Sun Path roof deck 540 square feet
New house outdoor living area: 540 square feet
New house hight: 26 feet
Main materials: Exposed cast in place concrete, terrazzo, Carrara marble, walnut and ipe wood, glass, marine grade aluminium and vines

image : Casey Kelbaugh

Team:
Client: Frank Prisinzano
Design architect: Christian Wassmann
Project team Studio Christian Wassmann: Joana Bem-Haja, Pino Pavese, Garrick Ambrose, Helene Nishijo Andersen, Jorge Rivera
Architect of Record: Armando Rizo, Rizo Carreno & Partners, Inc.
Structural eng.: Hector De Los Reyes Engineering. Inc.
Electrical and mechanical engineer: Project Caine
General contractor: Cobo Construction Corp.

images : Christian Wassmann

Frank Prisinzano bio: Frank Prisinzano is an entrepreneur and chef who owns Frank’s, Lil’ Frankies, Supper, and Sauce, four legendary New York restaurants. In 2003, he launched East Village Radio, an internet radio station with store-front studios on New York’s First Avenue.

images : Christian Wassmann

Sun Path House in Miami Beach information / images received from Studio Christian Wassmann

Location: 4225 Royal Palm Ave., Miami Beach, FL 33140, USA

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