https://manthripragada.net MANTHRIPRAGADA Tue, 01 Jun 2021 17:19:36 +0000 https://manthripragada.net en https://manthripragada.net/Page Thu, 14 Feb 2019 20:41:04 +0000 MANTHRIPRAGADA https://manthripragada.net/Page Page House and GalleryBerkeley, CaliforniaPhotographs: Naho Kubota <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e623f90aa3b422590adcec23adc07fbc2ae1492c19503c61e1e5630d3a7eb67/nkubota_0486_001_03.jpg" data-mid="35460495" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e623f90aa3b422590adcec23adc07fbc2ae1492c19503c61e1e5630d3a7eb67/nkubota_0486_001_03.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8eb31d8d766ab9cca9958a34eaec27a868b3b24f5c1dfe168c81482a19f170a/nkubota_04760008.jpg" data-mid="35460499" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f8eb31d8d766ab9cca9958a34eaec27a868b3b24f5c1dfe168c81482a19f170a/nkubota_04760008.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63ac51ed5b9725dad1cf0588bdfec3e922316a9b412e293f00338f3b47d0e57d/nkubota_04710008.jpg" data-mid="35460497" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/63ac51ed5b9725dad1cf0588bdfec3e922316a9b412e293f00338f3b47d0e57d/nkubota_04710008.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e467c903a6f321bfe15196a25c8d3c56b57ca97b60ada7b3062b94e7fe31b4c/nkubota_04730008_02.jpg" data-mid="35460498" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e467c903a6f321bfe15196a25c8d3c56b57ca97b60ada7b3062b94e7fe31b4c/nkubota_04730008_02.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ab5b8dfdcf1d0d29cffa3a61a58940d5e7091c23c72b3b4264ef0efaa65cf89/nkubota_04770002_02.jpg" data-mid="35460500" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1ab5b8dfdcf1d0d29cffa3a61a58940d5e7091c23c72b3b4264ef0efaa65cf89/nkubota_04770002_02.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3eb428d55162caa46a7ef2f8b6279dc1603be7c91f6faa72357aac3142149458/nkubota_04780007_02.jpg" data-mid="35460501" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3eb428d55162caa46a7ef2f8b6279dc1603be7c91f6faa72357aac3142149458/nkubota_04780007_02.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/978b6672b0e098ad09156802f473495f60c13e0ab368e19999068ff23c051a27/nkubota_04810009_03.jpg" data-mid="35460502" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/978b6672b0e098ad09156802f473495f60c13e0ab368e19999068ff23c051a27/nkubota_04810009_03.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/358476e5e1cc50e98e791496597a061c4f96fd9e685bda308ec47adda9131e9c/nkubota_04820004.jpg" data-mid="35460503" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/358476e5e1cc50e98e791496597a061c4f96fd9e685bda308ec47adda9131e9c/nkubota_04820004.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f36541b970747675c1cd91cec17656afa25d83606398b188079ec73d6132c22/nkubota_04870009_02.jpg" data-mid="35460504" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f36541b970747675c1cd91cec17656afa25d83606398b188079ec73d6132c22/nkubota_04870009_02.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c2bbf156426f9cafff3bbc340a5f9f28309a3e8029a32f08ea3906ca1ae0371/nkubota_04700012_02.jpg" data-mid="35460496" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c2bbf156426f9cafff3bbc340a5f9f28309a3e8029a32f08ea3906ca1ae0371/nkubota_04700012_02.jpg" /> Accommodating an extensive and rotating collection of contemporary ceramic art, the house/gallery is in a mixed-used, light-industrial neighborhood. The form is a twenty-eight-foot cube, determined in part by the choice of a four-foot square porcelain panel for the building’s facade and surrounding patio. Most walls house pockets for doors and windows--a doubling of the house that also conceals infrastructural elements. Organizationally, the division of the interior is based on a recursive diagram, with walls branching off a switchback stair. <img width="4584" height="3199" width_o="4584" height_o="3199" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f16d3cb4c2d04eac250d61656446cf65c8c8b9710e4a712a569a235442027f37/Page_Plans.png" data-mid="45646866" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f16d3cb4c2d04eac250d61656446cf65c8c8b9710e4a712a569a235442027f37/Page_Plans.png" /> <img width="1500" height="1047" width_o="1500" height_o="1047" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf71ff132272517307c738ea7e9c23a9489f2918afc741a30f42e8b374bcdc32/Page_Roof_Section.png" data-mid="45648019" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf71ff132272517307c738ea7e9c23a9489f2918afc741a30f42e8b374bcdc32/Page_Roof_Section.png" /> <img width="1500" height="1047" width_o="1500" height_o="1047" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d78aacd6dac5ff2754194a410dc6ec248fdf1fac7dd39ef7336635b943b72377/Page_Elevations_1.png" data-mid="45646864" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d78aacd6dac5ff2754194a410dc6ec248fdf1fac7dd39ef7336635b943b72377/Page_Elevations_1.png" /> <img width="1500" height="1047" width_o="1500" height_o="1047" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6168713d48878e328153fa9129ba70723c610ca5499167743e8638a30408882e/Page_Elevations_2.png" data-mid="45646865" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6168713d48878e328153fa9129ba70723c610ca5499167743e8638a30408882e/Page_Elevations_2.png" /> <img width="3456" height="3456" width_o="3456" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aebaa58d33c3ff40b2bef9934f07fbcc27bef1d8f7ccd46ad02c221e88f9d910/IMG_2336-edited-P.jpg" data-mid="35468522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aebaa58d33c3ff40b2bef9934f07fbcc27bef1d8f7ccd46ad02c221e88f9d910/IMG_2336-edited-P.jpg" /> <img width="3920" height="3920" width_o="3920" height_o="3920" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c41a519be3407be797dfc1fed63cb584e34c52e5ca1a284c40274c17c3d97ef/IMG_2305-edited-P.jpg" data-mid="35468521" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5c41a519be3407be797dfc1fed63cb584e34c52e5ca1a284c40274c17c3d97ef/IMG_2305-edited-P.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e9b898f9dd2007d697433b060557e01ad56af12bd19bde3238df8c01160ca8f/nkubota_04800007.jpg" data-mid="35461860" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e9b898f9dd2007d697433b060557e01ad56af12bd19bde3238df8c01160ca8f/nkubota_04800007.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f5a995ad6f91b10dd5ea20587ded06c0afdd72dfc83dc62aeff4433c1f44939/nkubota_04830012.jpg" data-mid="35461862" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f5a995ad6f91b10dd5ea20587ded06c0afdd72dfc83dc62aeff4433c1f44939/nkubota_04830012.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4a919eff939e10b45c05b18efde099d38f45c039c41db532e7cf85715110181/nkubota_04830001_02.jpg" data-mid="35461861" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4a919eff939e10b45c05b18efde099d38f45c039c41db532e7cf85715110181/nkubota_04830001_02.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f213d5d86a550935dc64c1f1c417fd101a13e6219ae9f35a7ecc0b26d9975b2/nkubota_04740008.jpg" data-mid="35461857" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f213d5d86a550935dc64c1f1c417fd101a13e6219ae9f35a7ecc0b26d9975b2/nkubota_04740008.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4f888dd67a3a8a5c0608072c4a9c470f50a17e73cf53c8f7d53967aa18f02b7/nkubota_04750011.jpg" data-mid="35461858" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4f888dd67a3a8a5c0608072c4a9c470f50a17e73cf53c8f7d53967aa18f02b7/nkubota_04750011.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1000" width_o="1000" height_o="1000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8138e002be2c94f215a0ce3f5ad634caaff9f47e90903bbc100c229ab5b935f5/nkubota_04790001_03.jpg" data-mid="35461859" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8138e002be2c94f215a0ce3f5ad634caaff9f47e90903bbc100c229ab5b935f5/nkubota_04790001_03.jpg" /> https://manthripragada.net/Four-in-One Mon, 24 May 2021 20:13:12 +0000 MANTHRIPRAGADA https://manthripragada.net/Four-in-One 1 x 4 = 1Low-Rise L.A. Competition Entry <img width="4000" height="2810" width_o="4000" height_o="2810" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08ef8f5ffd0f69436e5a4ea23301d47cac3b6eb423623d23a1508a19bfb81291/FourInOne_Concept_Stair.png" data-mid="114462771" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08ef8f5ffd0f69436e5a4ea23301d47cac3b6eb423623d23a1508a19bfb81291/FourInOne_Concept_Stair.png" /> Designed for a multi-generational family, 1x4=1 makes space for a community that operates like a set of interconnected parts. Symbollically and formally singular, the building is intricately divided into four units. The residences revolve around a communal courtyard, made possible by a system of L-shaped staircases that interlock. This enables each residence to have exposure to all four facades, the courtyard, and the roof. The design of the units values their independce as well as the potency of their mixing within a monolithic form. <img width="4000" height="2810" width_o="4000" height_o="2810" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcca7691eacd7437447d4d582aa6a148887656511fe69b65cac6ef78c03a8cb8/FourInOne_model.jpg" data-mid="114461743" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bcca7691eacd7437447d4d582aa6a148887656511fe69b65cac6ef78c03a8cb8/FourInOne_model.jpg" /> <img width="1969" height="1089" width_o="1969" height_o="1089" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf55b940d276d742eafb6b2c772f1f225e3f36c06ee7eca10ade902c048a6d88/LowRisePlans.png" data-mid="136667499" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf55b940d276d742eafb6b2c772f1f225e3f36c06ee7eca10ade902c048a6d88/LowRisePlans.png" /> <img width="1998" height="1492" width_o="1998" height_o="1492" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9be6ace9c3e7ef8967b4e50d3f8ba8512029a59744df2c3d0ffb9e81a21d4ee8/FourInOne_Side1.png" data-mid="114462545" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9be6ace9c3e7ef8967b4e50d3f8ba8512029a59744df2c3d0ffb9e81a21d4ee8/FourInOne_Side1.png" /> <img width="1998" height="1492" width_o="1998" height_o="1492" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c431753103ce03df065582c800966d2e8e9c3d1477028b021765f376b173157b/FourInOne_Side2.png" data-mid="114462546" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c431753103ce03df065582c800966d2e8e9c3d1477028b021765f376b173157b/FourInOne_Side2.png" /> https://manthripragada.net/Laurent Thu, 14 Feb 2019 22:13:57 +0000 MANTHRIPRAGADA https://manthripragada.net/Laurent Laurent HouseSanta Cruz, California<img width="1600" height="1200" width_o="1600" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b325dfb51fc3dab055cc1ae0d7e48f118d25d66ec8bf28c5b843e3f9cc30de5e/Laurent_Model-copy.png" data-mid="90105971" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b325dfb51fc3dab055cc1ae0d7e48f118d25d66ec8bf28c5b843e3f9cc30de5e/Laurent_Model-copy.png" /> This house occupies the rear portion of an exceptionally long site in the urban fabric of Santa Cruz. An existing house at the front of the property will be converted to an Accessory Dwelling Unit, allowing for a new single family house to be constructed on the site. The house is a 1,600 square-foot, low-lying structure that is nestled into the existing landscape. Organized around an equal division of living and sleeping quarters, the form bends at its midpoint to preserve existing mature trees. That midpoint occurs at the thinnest portion of the plan, where the roof rises to a peak to unify the two halves of the project. <img width="2200" height="1467" width_o="2200" height_o="1467" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf4f4f80125128a5f3c27d83e95aac05ee915e99ede75aef9da589ae3335630e/Laurent_PlanSection.png" data-mid="55940646" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf4f4f80125128a5f3c27d83e95aac05ee915e99ede75aef9da589ae3335630e/Laurent_PlanSection.png" /> <img width="1354" height="900" width_o="1354" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e46899a1cca069e9ca2b41f16ce21504e9d9c5026351511bfedec7ec6587ab9/Site_geometry.png" data-mid="46104049" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e46899a1cca069e9ca2b41f16ce21504e9d9c5026351511bfedec7ec6587ab9/Site_geometry.png" /> <img width="1703" height="1104" width_o="1703" height_o="1104" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fd1b295d9df0ce755ccececd3165b2c29042ed1d15ebb05045327060770d97b/Laurent_passage1.png" data-mid="101075425" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9fd1b295d9df0ce755ccececd3165b2c29042ed1d15ebb05045327060770d97b/Laurent_passage1.png" /> <img width="1703" height="1104" width_o="1703" height_o="1104" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95e3bd49a046b5e9ff5ecd039e8f1bf816a901acfe1b0ee6f27b56f42a5ef6eb/Laurent_passage2.png" data-mid="99925397" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95e3bd49a046b5e9ff5ecd039e8f1bf816a901acfe1b0ee6f27b56f42a5ef6eb/Laurent_passage2.png" /> https://manthripragada.net/K-12-Sports-Complex Tue, 28 May 2019 14:37:31 +0000 MANTHRIPRAGADA https://manthripragada.net/K-12-Sports-Complex K-12 Sports ComplexNashik, India <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fab75508b0bf21c02d0edb78acf7c007d5b9c08053607065d716cb6ebf40516/Nashik_StructuralModel1-copy.png" data-mid="124766227" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9fab75508b0bf21c02d0edb78acf7c007d5b9c08053607065d716cb6ebf40516/Nashik_StructuralModel1-copy.png" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/426c50c077a37aa83a9a0035360cc4c0658587a8508406f19cc33f455ab2a498/Nashik_StructuralModel2-copy.png" data-mid="124766228" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/426c50c077a37aa83a9a0035360cc4c0658587a8508406f19cc33f455ab2a498/Nashik_StructuralModel2-copy.png" /> https://manthripragada.net/Wallace Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:56:50 +0000 MANTHRIPRAGADA https://manthripragada.net/Wallace Wallace Art ShedOakland, California <img width="1092" height="600" width_o="1092" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dfd106a30b5f0ee793729f2af0bcad7fee6bcd71c31d5358ea295d34257cc876/190303-View2.jpg" data-mid="42933784" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dfd106a30b5f0ee793729f2af0bcad7fee6bcd71c31d5358ea295d34257cc876/190303-View2.jpg" /> A studio for painting appropriates an existing structure that falls under stringent codes for its transformation. Zoning setbacks allow for new fenestration to occur only in one corner of the building, but the program called for the splitting of the interior space into two rooms and for them to both be lit naturally. Two new openings to the exterior, of the same proportions but of different sizes to the existing openings, are added in the permitted zone. The problem of natural light is resolved with the use of a device akin to an embrasure, or a skylight that passes through the conceptually solid block of the shed, from the roof, through one room and to the other.&nbsp; <img width="2000" height="1490" width_o="2000" height_o="1490" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01cadfe9929e295135626ec92b4c8914556a6db1fbbb18dabdf737bf275202c2/SP_Model1.jpg" data-mid="37593138" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01cadfe9929e295135626ec92b4c8914556a6db1fbbb18dabdf737bf275202c2/SP_Model1.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1341" width_o="1800" height_o="1341" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51cc19a6fa4e11bff34f00901cbb312449813f86b9f5b62b320b937d8782d680/Wallace_kit.png" data-mid="69052814" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/51cc19a6fa4e11bff34f00901cbb312449813f86b9f5b62b320b937d8782d680/Wallace_kit.png" /> <img width="1500" height="951" width_o="1500" height_o="951" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/94af575be9ffdce6a9004d722a4343916461904414d622f6c4d8a0727fed31ad/Wallace_unfolded.png" data-mid="45654647" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/94af575be9ffdce6a9004d722a4343916461904414d622f6c4d8a0727fed31ad/Wallace_unfolded.png" /> <img width="2400" height="1750" width_o="2400" height_o="1750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5284fc26ba9e996f3ced4677c088a46719e68ce2ebb1f296dd072df3929bca0/Wallace_CeilingPerspective.png" data-mid="140220603" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5284fc26ba9e996f3ced4677c088a46719e68ce2ebb1f296dd072df3929bca0/Wallace_CeilingPerspective.png" /> <img width="1165" height="573" width_o="1165" height_o="573" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff205fbd216f705729f78b5a936ee236f1160de1f6ea1c5ff5626d16e0f88b8c/190302-Interior1_3.jpg" data-mid="36779604" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff205fbd216f705729f78b5a936ee236f1160de1f6ea1c5ff5626d16e0f88b8c/190302-Interior1_3.jpg" /> <img width="1165" height="573" width_o="1165" height_o="573" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd9a949ff5aac50f9b26009207acf40ee758b1407dac9defeecbe1cdffb3121c/190303-Interior2.jpg" data-mid="36779603" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd9a949ff5aac50f9b26009207acf40ee758b1407dac9defeecbe1cdffb3121c/190303-Interior2.jpg" /> <img width="1260" height="600" width_o="1260" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf61d68435942017e6452199ec07c4809a90f599782763bd0191ed825c34bd32/Skylight1.JPG" data-mid="36757020" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf61d68435942017e6452199ec07c4809a90f599782763bd0191ed825c34bd32/Skylight1.JPG" /> <img width="1260" height="600" width_o="1260" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c95e6a5fd92ab66bdb6b2d91bc81468b828bc28d3c8163fc95affe88cd7822d8/Skylight2.JPG" data-mid="36757019" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c95e6a5fd92ab66bdb6b2d91bc81468b828bc28d3c8163fc95affe88cd7822d8/Skylight2.JPG" /> https://manthripragada.net/Helix-Bound Tue, 01 Jun 2021 17:19:36 +0000 MANTHRIPRAGADA https://manthripragada.net/Helix-Bound Helix BoundDrawing Research Published in&nbsp;Domus, June 2021, “The Power of Geometry,” edited by Tadao Ando &nbsp;<img width="2400" height="2089" width_o="2400" height_o="2089" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1f4409d02cbf6b9308dbe8d20e28fd7ec3d5e4ba1dc2ef295a1d41807f450d1/HelixBound_composite.png" data-mid="110109580" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1f4409d02cbf6b9308dbe8d20e28fd7ec3d5e4ba1dc2ef295a1d41807f450d1/HelixBound_composite.png" /> These drawings isolate a spiral stair at the Rinascente department store in Rome, Italy, designed by Franco Albini and Franca Helg in 1961. The stair occupies a spatial remainder: a void at the corner of the building whose oddly shaped perimeter sits between the geometric purity of the massing and the site. A distorted helix, the stair is squeezed by the forces that are out of immediate sight and held up by a lattice-like arrangement of steel columns and beams, sometimes concealed, sometimes plainly visible. https://manthripragada.net/Kains Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:43:04 +0000 MANTHRIPRAGADA https://manthripragada.net/Kains Kains Addition Albany, California <img width="4680" height="3231" width_o="4680" height_o="3231" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82d01135cb03154135130fb5f1912a781994ce725a2d0eaa77aa81c3ce546ff2/IMG_2163.jpg" data-mid="36543600" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/82d01135cb03154135130fb5f1912a781994ce725a2d0eaa77aa81c3ce546ff2/IMG_2163.jpg" /> <img width="2537" height="2794" width_o="2537" height_o="2794" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8185843d2ded67f2d7682e899345c78e95a798c7ae4153d543b8130db1696a24/kains-portfolio-1.jpg" data-mid="35464667" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8185843d2ded67f2d7682e899345c78e95a798c7ae4153d543b8130db1696a24/kains-portfolio-1.jpg" /> <img width="2537" height="2794" width_o="2537" height_o="2794" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/441f64d701217940ac9d84d81ddff430cd04c317068cefdef6d65f6afd36fc1e/kains-portfolio-2.jpg" data-mid="35464668" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/441f64d701217940ac9d84d81ddff430cd04c317068cefdef6d65f6afd36fc1e/kains-portfolio-2.jpg" /> This project is a new bedroom wing addition to a 1916 bungalow. The interior walls of the old house are cleared to create a space for communal use by the family. A difference in section between the bungalow and the rear yard drives the design, revealed in the unusual condition of a large window between an outdoor deck and the corridor of the addition. The dimensions of the window are at once generous and strange, determined by the width of the deck and the datum of door heights in the addition. <img width="2400" height="2010" width_o="2400" height_o="2010" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8038be560bbb4ae477774aac182624c113577a3a9ac773c9be78a7d86e81424e/KAINS-SECTION-OBLIQUE-1-copy.png" data-mid="76510384" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8038be560bbb4ae477774aac182624c113577a3a9ac773c9be78a7d86e81424e/KAINS-SECTION-OBLIQUE-1-copy.png" /> <img width="2400" height="2010" width_o="2400" height_o="2010" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cdfc9e2afd4e44f80db1b19ea313b5a961cc6d481876bb10aa092c5dcd16dfe0/KAINS-SECTION-OBLIQUE-2-copy.png" data-mid="76510385" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cdfc9e2afd4e44f80db1b19ea313b5a961cc6d481876bb10aa092c5dcd16dfe0/KAINS-SECTION-OBLIQUE-2-copy.png" /> <img width="2400" height="2010" width_o="2400" height_o="2010" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c3a9d2ae524ce31da834a78d69708b796e96a3f17cf51b51604d2d107db66d5f/KAINS-SECTION-OBLIQUE-3-copy.png" data-mid="76510386" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c3a9d2ae524ce31da834a78d69708b796e96a3f17cf51b51604d2d107db66d5f/KAINS-SECTION-OBLIQUE-3-copy.png" /> <img width="4928" height="3264" width_o="4928" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00d57d5ef97dab4360dfce1f9a791ee971cddea812cfb6ba4fc98481751c6059/R0000948.jpg" data-mid="35464140" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00d57d5ef97dab4360dfce1f9a791ee971cddea812cfb6ba4fc98481751c6059/R0000948.jpg" /> https://manthripragada.net/Info Thu, 14 Feb 2019 22:55:30 +0000 MANTHRIPRAGADA https://manthripragada.net/Info info@manthripragada.net Ajay Manthripragada founded an independent office in 2016. He was nominated for the 2018 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize in 2018 and won the Lily Auchincloss Rome Prize in Architecture from the American Academy in Rome, where he was in residence from summer 2023 to summer 2024. Manthripragada is Assistant Professor of Architecure at the University of California, Berkeley. He previously taught at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University and the School of Architecure at Rice University, among others. He holds a BA from UC Berkeley and an MArch from Princeton University. Current Team Members: Dhruv Mehta, Erik Tsurumaki Past Team Members: Ethan Chan, Xinyu Chen, John Flaherty, Julie Klosterman, Leyuan Li, Xi Luo, Daniel Maslan, Shinji Miyajima, Mariah Smith, Will Sun, Thomas Stuart, Dino Vajraca, Weichen Wang, Jacqueline Wong, Jiaheng Xie &nbsp;© Ajay Manthripragada, 2026