Fourth Wall House / SAW // Spiegel Aihara Workshop
For The Fourth Wall, Spiegel Aihara Workshop (SAW) renovates and expands a 1907 home in Bernal Heights, repositioning the house as a stage. Rather than inward-facing and endlessly interior, rooms are reoriented towards a new rear facade, enabling scenes of domesticity to play out across large windows facing the backyard. Referencing theater, this design breaks through the “fourth wall” as a performance of the daily routine.
© Bruce Damonte
- architects: SAW // Spiegel Aihara Workshop
- Location: Bernal Heights, San Francisco, CA, United States
- Project Year: 2021
- Photographs: Bruce Damonte
- Area: 2432.0 ft2
