Company: Ezequiel Farca
Participation: Interior architecture, interior design & furniture.
Location and Date: Santa Monica, California, USA. 2016.
Area: 4,843 ft2 / 450 m2
No. of Floors: 3
Architect of Record: Hagy Beltzberg
Photography: Jaime Navarro

The living area, which receives natural light from a double-height skylight and a floor-to-ceiling window with a smoked film.

The upper level of the social area with the interior furnishings was meticulously created so that the materials could provide color contrasts and a harmonic and natural integration of space, art, and daily use.

An open living, dining, and kitchen layout in which the owner showed his collection of contemporary photography.

The kitchen and dining area with the floors are European oak, with a consistent tone that extends to dining table, kitchen cabinetry, and even the staircase.

A minimalist kitchen with a marble island and built-in equipment, as well as a white kitchen counter that contrasts with the dark brown counter.

The bedroom has European oak flooring and gray walls, and photographs are also displayed.

The bathroom has a freestanding tub, and a walk-in shower and a marble sink beneath a full-width mirror.

A second-floor home office with the same dark timber tone of the deck and the wall. The two trendy working chairs complemented the wood materials.

The roof garden's large dining room and an outdoor lounger with a fire pit. — The roof garden’s large dining room and an outdoor lounger with a fire pit.

The lounger with firepit in the roof garden surrounded by plant boxes with views of the neighboring houses.

The basement plan of the Venice beach townhouse.

The ground floor plan of the Venice beach townhouse.

The mezzanine plan of the Venice beach townhouse.

The roof level floor plan of the Venice beach townhouse.

Returning to the concept of a townhouse, this California residence was designed to meet the resident’s space needs and host his collection of contemporary photographs.

The architectural program was divided into 3 levels: the first with the social program, the second with the private and finally the third with a roof garden. The general concept of the house is based on living with the collection, which the owners started more than 30 years ago.

In the main hall, the natural light floods the spaces through a double-height skylight and a floor-to-ceiling window with a smoked film, making the collection a protagonist of interiors, while at night a museographic rail illuminates the perimeter creating a gallery environment.

The interior furniture was carefully designed so that the materials could generate chromatic contrasts and a harmonious and natural integration between space, art and daily use. The interior floors are European oak with a uniform tone and little beta, which cohabit with the walls in different shades of gray.

Passing the main hall is a terrace to the outside – as a complement to the public program – with a small room, dining room for outside, a fire pit, olive trees like vegetation and clear ceramic concrete floors that dialogue with the interior. The second level concentrates the private program where the same intentions were followed.

Finally, in the roof garden the program was extended to take advantage of every corner and make it playful with a jacuzzi, deck chairs, a complete grill with a pizza oven, a large dining room and an outdoor sofa with fire pit. To delimit the roof concrete masonry and tall plants were used as a living visual barrier.

Finally, the outer materials were defined to contrast, passing through a range of grays to different shades of wood.