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The owners of this midcentury Tucson , Arizona , residence find themselves outside most of the metre thanks to the outdoor living space designed by Tucson - based firmIbarra Rosano Design Architects . On a $ 60,000 budget for the total outside living outer space , Luis Ibarra and Teresa Rosano created an area that can be used yr - round and accept advantage of the southern Arizona climate and spectacular desert and distant mountain views . The simple out-of-door barbecue area is insert forth behind the courtyard rampart of the principal entrance and is surround by vintage horticulture pots and desert cactuses .
Green glass tile complements the stainless brand and reverberation the idle green of the desert trees , cacti and succulents . Photo by : Bill Timmerman .
Q : What were your clients ’ objectives ?
A : The goal were wide-eyed : to receive and entertain guests . Our necessary was to create a framework that would help make mother wit of the existing random plantings and gradient of the terrain . Since the house lacked a clear principle for its location on the site , our challenge was to reorient the household without touching it .
The sculptural concrete entry portal frames a distant sahuaro . Photo by : Bill Timmerman .
Q : Where is the kitchen place within the setting of the garden ?
A : The barbecue is gather behind the entry courtyard rampart , hidden from the entry experience . But soon after a short exploration of the space , the outside cooking is clearly a center of activity .
Q : How does the outside kitchen relate to the overall garden and house ?
A : One of the main goal behind the landscape blueprint was to entice the homeowners and their guest to bask the space outside the home , in effect increase the business firm ’s aliveness area without add air - conditioned square footage . Entertaining and cookery create important heat gain . Moving these activeness outdoors can have an incredible wallop on energy utilisation , peculiarly in hot , desiccate climates .
The cooking and dining blank is tucked behind the court bulwark , blot out from the entry experience . Photo by : Bill Timmerman .
Q : Were there any challenges with blank space or induction ?
A : On the east side of the house , matured trees live in all over randomness , so an ordering system was want to give system of logic to their bearing and to harvest their tad . Also , the demesne sloped awkwardly at the menage , washing clay onto a brick patio outside the entry door . Therefore , our intervention also had to correct this job .
To cue a visitor toward the front door , which was not at all in the front but on the side , a bluff mark was needed , but not so bold as to overcome the house .
A double - cantilevered , site - cast concrete rampart is the visitor ’s first experience . The itinerary begins beneath this gateless logic gate , which invites guests through a new masonry terrace wall . This concrete - occlusion terrace wall is like a stratified formation that sits horizontally against the sloping world .
Once through this understated wall , the innovation unfolds to reveal a fabric of vibrate horizontal plane fork out in colored concrete . The stacked concrete slabs make planter , bench and outdoor space , which cantilever restfully above the desert base . The owners ’ experience is that of voyage on a stationary lawn chair , cool drink in hand , into the desert ’s visible horizon .
A double - cantilevered , site - hurl concrete wall score the entry to the residence . Photo by : Bill Timmerman .
Q : What brand of appliance did you utilize ?
A : A propane gasFuegogrill fromFlame Connectionin Tucson .
Q : Were there any extra element that you customize or retrofitted to cultivate for this outdoor kitchen design ?
A : The back shelf of the free - standing grill was remove and installed on an adjacent paries so that the grill could be mounted to the rampart , while a simple aluminium buffet was laid into the masonry wall joints during construction .
Q : Were there any other furnishing / decor used to complete the space ?
A : The possessor ’ collection ofVan Keppel - Greenfurnishings and modern vintage pots complement the infinite . Desert cactuses are both drought resistant and sculptural , creating interesting compositions in the sunlight and dramatic accents at Nox .
For more information on the oeuvre of Ibarra Rosano Design Architects , visitibarrarosano.com .
