GROUP–SINC.

Completed 2010 · Architect + Builder + Investor

1160 McClellan

A spatial journey from street through landscape and threshold into a luminous interior. Shahram Shokoufandeh was the architect, builder and one of the investors.

McClellan residence seen from the street in daylight

Architecture understood in motion

Completed in 2010, 1160 McClellan is not presented as a collection of isolated rooms. It unfolds as a carefully directed sequence: street, approach, garden entry, compressed court and threshold.

Like the spatial journeys of Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque and Tadao Ando, movement prepares the moment of arrival. The intimate entry sequence gives way to the full height, light and landscape of the central living space.

01

Street · Approach · Entry

Approaching the McClellan residence from the street
The private garden entrance from the street
Moving through dense landscape toward the entrance
02

Court · Compression · Threshold

The compressed entry court
The Hashti-like transitional passage
The wood and glass entrance threshold
03

Release · Light · Living Space

The double-height living space opens to the landscape
Elevated view of the full interior volume
04

The same journey after sunset

Landscaped entrance illuminated after sunset
The entry passage at blue hour
The illuminated entrance threshold
Interior opening toward the courtyard at blue hour
The main courtyard and living spaces in the evening
Final evening view across the deck and landscape
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