Design Arts Utah ’21 Virtual Exhibition Opening – Oikos Residence
Utah Division of Arts & Museums, “DesignArts Banner,” Utah Visual Arts, accessed September 2, 2021, https://utahvisualarts.omeka.net/items/show/310
DesignArts Utah ’21 – this year’s virtual installment of the Utah Division of Arts & Museums’ annual exhibition – is now open! Sparano + Mooney Architecture is pleased to announce that our Utah custom residential project, Oikos Residence, will be featured in the show. While we are always thrilled to create bespoke mountain modern architecture for our clients, this home showcases our firm’s equal passion for designing contemporary urban sanctuaries and leading-edge heritage homes.
The site for this sophisticated sustainable home is located at the edge of downtown Salt Lake City with spectacular panoramic views overlooking the metropolis below. The passive design takes full advantage of the solar path and captures dramatic vistas including the Wasatch mountain range to the east, and valley and city views to the south and west, with a shimmering field of city lights illuminating the occupants’ view at night.
The design team explored ideas of western mountain architecture and its materiality, history, proportions, and architectural form. The design concept for Oikos Residence was organized around two essential principles; a focus on accessible home design for the client as they age into the home, and sustainable home design with passive design strategies and renewable energy to power the house. Sparano + Mooney Architecture designed the home to meet LEED-H (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Homes) standards and is powered by solar panels.
The main level program addresses all needs for the residents on a day-to-day basis, and the lower level functions as an ADA-accessible destination for family and gathering throughout the year. Universal design and planning allow the home to adapt over time for future generations and abilities, with an elevator, accessible lighting, and acoustical cues. The program includes family suites, living and entertaining spaces, kitchen and dining spaces, an office, a pool, and gardens landscaped with native and drought-tolerant vegetation.
At Sparano + Mooney Architecture, great design is at the heart of our architectural practice. Similarly, Utah Division of Arts & Museums believes that design “is the creative beginning of any human-initiated arrangement of materials”. They are dedicated to the promotion of excellence in the diverse fields of design in Utah, striving to help community members see, experience, utilize and value the art of design that surrounds us. Yearly, the organization sponsors a juried exhibition of work by some of Utah's best designers. The juror for DesignArts Utah ’21 was Antionette Carroll, Founder, President and CEO of Creative Reaction Lab, a nonprofit educating and deploying youth to challenge racial and health inequities impacting Black and Latinx populations. Ms. Carroll selected 19 designs from Utah creatives working in a broad representation of media. She highlighted the excellence of both Utah's professional and post-secondary student designers and their work.
Sparano + Mooney Architecture will exhibit conceptual models, sketches, drawings and renderings of the Oikos Residence, as well as photographs of the completed project via the DesignArts Utah ’21 Digital Exhibitions Page. Please visit the site to find more information about our work, and to explore and support the plethora of extraordinary design talent in Utah. And, of course, we’d love to hear from you about the vision for your own timeless, contemporary custom home!
Sources:
Utah Division of Arts & Museums
Utah Division of Arts & Museums DesignArts Program
About the DesignArts ‘21 Exhibition
Sparano + Mooney Architecture: Oikos Residence at DesignArts ‘21