Bahamian style
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Project • By OSPA Architecture • Private Houses
BAH House
Located in a historic preservation area in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, the BAH House was designed with the premise of adapting contemporary architecture to a construction context from 1900, a period marked by Bahamian immigration to the region.
Guilherme Silva
The surrounding buildings on the lot follow the “Caribbean Vernacular” and “Bahamian Style,” characterized by prominent roofs both on the exterior and interior of the dwellings, as well as front porches and facades with banded patterns.
Guilherme Silva
The project’s proposal is to apply this shape grammar through contemporary architecture, using the vernacular as a basis for material selection and volumetrics. The context is treated with re... More